Tag Archives: facade

Springtime Fix-ups in Boerum Hill

Posted on March 10, 2011 by cara

CHOOSING EXTERIOR PAINT COLORS is even more nerve-wracking than choosing interior paint colors. After all, everyone will see them. And you have to consider context. You don’t (I don’t anyway) want it to clash with the house next door. I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in ARCHITECTURE, BROOKLYN, MANAGING RENTAL PROPERTY, OLD-HOUSE MAKEOVERS, REAL ESTATE/INVESTING, RENOVATION | Tagged 1830s, Benjamin Moore, Boerum Hill, brownstone, Carroll Gardens, cast iron, cornice, egg and dart, exterior paint colors, facade, fluted pilasters, Greek Revival, molding, NYC, restoring, row house, storefront, tax photo, vestibule, wood storefront | 7 Comments

Spare Us the ‘Fancy Houses’

Posted on February 18, 2011 by cara

PROSPECT HEIGHTS in Brooklyn was designated a New York City Historic District in 2009. Now any external changes to a house’s appearance are subject to the guidelines and regulations of the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission. No longer will it be … Continue reading →

Posted in BROOKLYN, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, OLD-HOUSE MAKEOVERS, RENOVATION | Tagged Amity Street, brownstone, Carlton Avenue, Clem Labine, Clinton Hill, Cobble Hill, crazy paving, crazy quilt, facade, fancy house, historic district, Joe Delgado, Landmarks Preservation Commission, National Trust for Historic Preservation, NEW YORK CITY, Old House Journal, Permastone, Prospect Heights, St. Mark's Avenue | 5 Comments

Rainy Night in Brooklyn

Posted on November 30, 2010 by cara

WHEN IT’S DAMP AND DRIZZLING AND DARK BY 5, and some trucker has sideswiped your car and taken off your driver’s side mirror, and you find yourself walking home in the rain from an auto body shop in gritty Gowanus, … Continue reading →

Posted in ARCHITECTURE, BROOKLYN, HISTORIC PRESERVATION | Tagged 19th century, Bar Tano, Brooklyn Bridge, brownstone, facade, Flatbush Avenue, Four and Twenty Blackbirds, Fulton Ferry, Future of Fourth Avenue, Gowanus, horse-drawn, late Victorian, Michael & Ping, omnibuses, Park Slope, parlor, Prospect Heights, Prospect Park, Romanesque, row house, stone faces, Victorian, Whole Fods, wood frame | 3 Comments

House, 412, in London’s V&A

Posted on November 11, 2009 by cara

AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, my thoughts turn to London. I used to go there often, usually in November when air fares dropped. On my last visit, I went to the City of London Museum and saw a huge exhibition … Continue reading →

Posted in ENGLAND, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, LONDON | Tagged Bishopsgate, City of London Museum, facade, Great Fire of 1666, New Medieval and Renaissance Galleries, Paul Pindar, Paul Pindar's House, timber-framed, Victoria & Albert Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum | 3 Comments

Colors of Brooklyn

Posted on March 8, 2009 by cara

IF YOU’VE GOT A BROWNSTONE, you’re going to keep it brown, one hopes. If you’ve got unpainted brick, you’re going to keep it unpainted, most likely, because it’s easier to maintain that way. But that leads to a sea of … Continue reading →

Posted in BROOKLYN | Tagged brick, brownstone, Carroll Gardens, Clinton Hill, exterior paint, facade, Gowanus | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: facade

Springtime Fix-ups in Boerum Hill

Spare Us the ‘Fancy Houses’

Rainy Night in Brooklyn

House, 412, in London’s V&A

Colors of Brooklyn

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