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Brownstoner considers Clarkson to be the dividing line, and this house is on the Flatbush side. Flatbush Row House With Eight Mantels, Pass-Through Asks $2.295 Million. This house is within the boundaries of Prospect Lefferts Gardens (which, of course is part of Flatbush). IIRC it has been on our house tour in the fairly distant past.
History Underfoot: Flooring in the 19th Century Home
Apr 1, 2019 · By the last decade of the 19th century, and well into the 20th, hardwood floors became the norm for all new construction. Plain strips of tongue and groove flooring, usually in oak, was now throughout most custom made and spec houses, in hallways, ground floors, and upper floors. Most parlor floors enjoyed parquet floors, usually with a ...
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Brownstone Brooklyn: The Rise of the Brownstone in New York
Jan 31, 2017 · Photo by Susan De Vries. Many 19th-century New Yorkers blamed the brownstone problems on improperly cut stone in the quarries, or overly quick construction procedures. When cut and laid with the grain, brownstone crumbles and scales, because water seeps into the exposed pores of the thick brownstone blocks and, upon freezing, expands and splits ...
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The Insider: Architect Makes Sense of Awkward Space in Heights Triplex. The passthrough in our 1899 house had Fuller ball faucets similar to the ones in your 1882 illustration. I tried hard to keep them, first piecing washers together to replace deteriorated rubber Fuller balls. I then found actual NOS Fuller balls at Alexander's Hardware on ...
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Everything You Need to Know About Italianate Architecture
Apr 4, 2016 · Italianate style in Brooklyn. The mid 1800s — the age of the Brooklyn brownstone — was an architectural era that defines the city to this day. The neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill are still teeming with Italianate brownstones. The pure Italianate brownstone with its ...
Domino Square Public Plaza Opens on Williamsburg Waterfront
Sep 23, 2024 · Domino Square, the penultimate piece of Two Trees’ major redevelopment of the Williamsburg waterfront on the site of the old Domino Sugar Refinery, has opened, providing an acre of open public space next to the landmarked Refinery building. Designed for flexible public programming, the space at 320 Kent Avenue has a central egg-shaped plaza ...