Tag Archives: Bedford-Stuyvesant

The Insider: Rustic Modern Row House in Bed-Stuy

Posted on May 21, 2015 by cara

FOR THE FIRST OF MY NEW SERIES OF ‘THE INSIDER’ columns on Brownstoner.com, the colossal Brooklyn real-estate website, I chose a house I wouldn’t mind moving into myself: a gut-renovated Bed-Stuy row house by architects Robinson + Grisaru for a … Continue reading →

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The Insider: Creative Layout in Bed-Stuy

Posted on July 5, 2012 by cara

SUPER BROWNSTONE in my column today on Brownstoner: an 1892 house in Bedford-Stuyvesant, dripping with original woodwork and renovated in a somewhat quirky way. The master bedroom has pride of place in the front parlor; the living room is relegated … Continue reading →

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The Outsider: Rooftop Farm in Bed-Stuy

Posted on May 6, 2012 by cara

A 500-SQUARE-FOOT VEGETABLE GARDEN six stories above Brooklyn is a whole lot of work, but Pamela Reed and Matthew Rader love all of it — even lugging jugs of water up stairs and waking at 6AM to pollinate pumpkin blossoms … Continue reading →

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The Insider: All the Details in Bed-Stuy

Posted on November 3, 2011 by cara

I REALLY LOVE the house featured today on my latest “Insider” post for Brownstoner. Of course, everything I write up has something to recommend it, but some I respond to more than others — the colorful, more ‘bohemian’ ones, I … Continue reading →

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The Insider: Well-Crafted Rehab in Bed-Stuy

Posted on October 20, 2011 by cara

ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS of last Saturday’s Bedford-Stuyvesant House Tour (the 33rd annual!) was the impressive level of craft in the bay-windowed 1890s limestone where Christiaan Bunce and his wife Jules Gim recently completed a gut rehab. No surprise, as … Continue reading →

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