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The Insider: Small & Stylish in Carroll Gardens
IT’S THE END OF AN ERA: my last Thursday design column for the Brooklyn real-estate website Brownstoner,The Insider, went up this morning. I saved one of my favorites for last: the 600-square-foot apartment of my friend Robert Farrell, an interior … Continue reading
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Tagged Carroll Gardens, Robert Farrell
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The Outsider: Private Woodland in Carroll Gardens
INTERIOR DESIGNER Robert Farrell re-made his Brooklyn backyard with dense plantings of small trees and shade-tolerant perennials. It’s the subject of my column today on Brownstoner.com. Read all about it by clicking this link.
The Insider: Green Agenda in Carroll Gardens
THIS c.1900 BROOKLYN ROW HOUSE is about as green as you can get without being LEED-certified. The DUMBO architecture firm Delson or Sherman took on the job of converting the three-unit house, which had had the same owner for 50 … Continue reading
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Tagged architects, Carroll Gardens, Delson, Delson or Sherman, LEED, Leed-certified, Sherman
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