Get Ready to Get Lost in Time: Brooklyn Library Digitizes Thousands of Historic Newspaper Articles In a move sure to get history-loving hearts racing, Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library is making more than 40 borough-specific newspapers available for online hunting. — Landmarked Brooklyn Heights Carriage House With Lofty Living Room, Indoor Parking… Read More >The post Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A New Research Resource from Brooklyn Public Library appeared first on Brownstoner.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Bold Reno in Clinton Hill, New Dumbo Building Tops Out
The Insider: Central Stair, Bold Black Paint Distinguish Renovated Clinton Hill Townhouse Sarah Hill’s definition of sustainable design takes it back to basics. “We try to make forever homes that are welcoming and timeless and that the homeowners will not feel the need to change,” said Hill, an interior designer who… Read More >The post Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Bold Reno in Clinton Hill, New Dumbo Building Tops Out appeared first on Brownstoner.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A New Cobble Hill Townhouse, Designing a Deck
The Insider: A New Townhouse in Cobble Hill That Feels Both Traditional and Modern “I want a row house that doesn’t feel like a row house,” Brendan Coburn’s client told him, as Dumbo-based CWB Architects, founded as a two-person shop in 1995 and now one of the borough’s leading firms for… Read More >The post Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A New Cobble Hill Townhouse, Designing a Deck appeared first on Brownstoner.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A ‘Burg Bachelor Pad Transformed, a Covetable Kitchen
The Insider: Bright Park Slope Condo Stands Out for Covetable Kitchen and Out-of-the-Ordinary Baths When a developer purchased a century-old eight-family building outside the Park Slope historic district, he hired a childhood friend, architect Idan Naor of Gowanus-based Idan Naor Workshop, with a plan to massage the corner building, much wider… Read More >The post Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A ‘Burg Bachelor Pad Transformed, a Covetable Kitchen appeared first on Brownstoner.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Townhouse Reno Brings a Garden View
Two Recently Renovated Brownstones and More to See This Weekend, Starting at $1.25 Million For these open house picks, we have a spectrum of period homes in a range of conditions, all with impressive original details. — 6 Things You Must Know Before Installing a Fence When the groundhog tests the weather in early… Read More >The post Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Townhouse Reno Brings a Garden View appeared first on Brownstoner.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Rendering Shows Pool Atop Landmarked Dime Savings Bank
6 Things You Must Know Before Installing a Fence When the groundhog tests the weather in early February, it’s time to start thinking about the rotting fence you never got around to replacing. Fencing comes in a wide variety of styles and materials, not to mention price ranges, from premade fence… Read More >The post Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Rendering Shows Pool Atop Landmarked Dime Savings Bank appeared first on Brownstoner.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: New Life For a Crown Heights Fixer-Upper
Rare Warren Place Mews Townhouse and Three More to See, Starting at $1.695 Million Open houses to see include a few special places offering a rare glimpse inside such as a townhouse on the Warren Place Mews, built in the mid-19th century as a utopian enclave of Gothic-style brick workingmen’s houses… Read More >The post Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: New Life For a Crown Heights Fixer-Upper appeared first on Brownstoner.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Modern Look for a Prospect Heights Brownstone
6 Things You Must Know Before Installing a Fence When the groundhog tests the weather in early February, it’s time to start thinking about the rotting fence you never got around to replacing. Fencing comes in a wide variety of styles and materials, not to mention price ranges, from premade fence… Read More >The post Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Modern Look for a Prospect Heights Brownstone appeared first on Brownstoner.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: BQE Plans Get a Hearing at a Brooklyn Heights Town Hall
A Redone Brownstone With Original Details and Three Other Houses to See, Starting at $1.5 Million This weeks’s open house picks are all 19th century row houses, ranging from a brick townhouse in Carroll Gardens with mostly mid-20th century updates asking $3.499 million to a Romanesque Revival brownstone in Bed Stuy… Read More >The post Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: BQE Plans Get a Hearing at a Brooklyn Heights Town Hall appeared first on Brownstoner.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Installing Fences and Homes on the Market
Longtime Owner Sells Flatbush Edwardian for $5.15 Million, Corner to Become Apartments Back in November of 2017, a developer’s plan to replace a freestanding house at 100 Lenox Road in Flatbush with a block of modern apartments was suddenly halted, and they were looking to sell. — Well-Preserved 1910s Arts and Crafts House… Read More >The post Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Installing Fences and Homes on the Market appeared first on Brownstoner.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Bed Stuy Restoration, a Dramatic Cobble Hill Reno
The Insider: No-Compromises Gut Gives Cobble Hill Townhouse Window Wall, Dramatic Interior Volume When you have a wide-open brief from adventurous clients, creative architects at the top of their game, no serious budget constraints and, by the way, fine taste, here is the result: the complete transformation of an 1850s brick… Read More >The post Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Bed Stuy Restoration, a Dramatic Cobble Hill Reno appeared first on Brownstoner.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Reader Restoration Diary, a Townhouse Transformation
The Insider: No-Compromises Gut Gives Cobble Hill Townhouse Window Wall, Dramatic Interior Volume When you have a wide-open brief from adventurous clients, creative architects at the top of their game, no serious budget constraints and, by the way, fine taste, here is the result: the complete transformation of an 1850s brick… Read More >The post Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Reader Restoration Diary, a Townhouse Transformation appeared first on Brownstoner.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Look at Home Renovations in Flatbush and Carroll Gardens
‘Artistic Home’ With Porch, Stained Glass, Fanciful Topper in Kensington Asks $1.499 Million This real charmer in Kensington belongs to a row of circa 1910 two-story brick homes with front porches and fanciful toppers. Inside are impressive original details like parquet floors with elaborate borders, stained glass windows, a pier mirror… Read More >The post Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Look at Home Renovations in Flatbush and Carroll Gardens appeared first on Brownstoner.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Tea in Brooklyn Heights, A Brownstone’s Modern Update
Alice’s Tea Cup Set to Bring Its Whimsy to Brooklyn Heights This Spring A slice of wonderland is coming to Brooklyn this spring when quirky cafe Alice’s Tea Cup opens in Brooklyn Heights. The storefront windows of their new location at 43 Hicks Street are currently papered over as the work,… Read More >The post Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Tea in Brooklyn Heights, A Brownstone’s Modern Update appeared first on Brownstoner.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard Selling in Brooklyn
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard Put Park Slope Brownstone on Market for $4.599 Million Actors Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard are selling their Park Slope brownstone. The couple purchased the Italianate row house for $1.91 million in 2006. Located at 36 Sterling Place in the Park Slope Historic District Extension II,… Read More >The post Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard Selling in Brooklyn appeared first on Brownstoner.