Tag Archives: Boerum Hill

These Walls Talk: Story of an 1830s Brooklyn House

Posted on December 3, 2019 by

I AM BACK in Brooklyn for the winter and turning my attention to another of my vintage properties, one that hasn’t had much love in recent years: a four-story brick in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, located conveniently but noisily between two … Continue reading →

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The Itinerant Urban Gardener

Posted on July 27, 2014 by

IT BEGAN when my daughter moved into a Prospect Heights brownstone with a struggling pine tree in a barrel  out front. Each time I visited, I eyed the dead branches, wishing I could take a pruner to the thing and … Continue reading →

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Barclays Ain’t Bad

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

LEAVE BROOKLYN FOR A LITTLE WHILE, you come back and find new things happening left and right. Reacquainting myself with my neighborhood after some months spent mostly out on the East End of Long Island, I’m aware of a definite … Continue reading →

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The Insider: All the Details in Boerum Hill

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

MY COLUMN TODAY on Brownstoner features a duplex apartment I know very well: it’s the 1872 home of a friend, chock full of those coveted brownstone “details.” Go here to ogle her pier mirror, Eastlake-style mantelpiece, plaster molding, and more.

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The Insider: New-Construction Townhouse in Boerum Hill

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

THAT’S SOME SUPER-MODERN townhouse among the brownstones, above, but to my surprise, the often snarky commenters on Brownstoner seem to like it. Most of them anyway. I was afraid the architects, Ben and Christine Hansen, might be raked over the coals. … Continue reading →

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Still Here

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

FOR THE RECORD, I’m still here. Bouncing back and forth between East Hampton and Brooklyn, and heading for a record low number of casaCARA posts this month. Reasons why: Work. I’m starting a second weekly column on Brownstoner.com, the behemoth … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Skies, Brooklyn Pies

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

I KEEP TRYING to capture the light. The ephemeral, late afternoon, early January light. As I went about my mundane errands, on the most ordinary stretches of Brooklyn street, I was taken again and again by the beauty of the … Continue reading →

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