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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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Landmark Philly Dollhouse 450K
AS READERS OF THIS BLOG KNOW, I have a great fondness for diminutive antique row houses, whether part of a mews (a row of converted stables or carriage houses) or just working- class homes along a narrow alley. They’re often … Continue reading
Posted in PHILADELPHIA, PROPERTIES FOR SALE, REAL ESTATE/INVESTING
Tagged 18th century, Elfreth's Alley, mews, museum, Old City, row house
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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
