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For Rent: Idyllic Family Home in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
UPDATE: It’s rented!:-) ASK MY KIDS, they’ll tell you: Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, is a great place to grow up. Especially on Verandah Place, the most coveted block in perhaps the most charming neighborhood in brownstone Brooklyn. It’s a row of … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, PROPERTIES FOR RENT
Tagged arched windows, carriage house, Cobble Hill, Cobble Hill Park, columns, cove molding, for rent, garden, marble mantels, mew house, mews, neighborhood, original detail, park block, parlor floor, parquet floors, prime, townhouse, Verandah Place, Viking, wood floors, working fireplaces
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Researching a Cobble Hill Alley
Verandah Place in the 1930s A COUPLE OF HOURS SPENT IN THE STACKS of the Brooklyn Historical Society’s library goes a long way toward understanding what Brooklyn was really like in the days when our brownstone neighborhoods were first carved … Continue reading
Mews-ing in Cobble Hill
Cobble Hill Park, Brooklyn WHAT IS IT ABOUT A MEWS that I (and others) find so irresistible? Nineteenth century brick carriage houses are neither as elegant nor as large as your classic high-stoop brownstones, but in neighborhoods like Brooklyn Heights … Continue reading
Whole House in Cobble Hill Can Be Yours Tomorrow!
KNOW ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO RENT a 5BR, 3 BATH TOWNHOUSE in Cobble Hill? A truly special four-story house, on a coveted park block, with great light, two working fireplaces, a high-end kitchen, wood floors, lots of original detail, and … Continue reading
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Tagged arched windows, Bosch, carriage house, Cobble Hill, Cobble Hill Park, columns, cove molding, for rent, garden, gas fixture, Henry Street, high-end kitchen, marble mantels, neighborhood, original detail, park block, parlor floor, parquet floors, prime, Sub-Zero, townhouse, Verandah Place, Viking, Warren Street, wood floors, working fireplaces
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