Comments about brownst

There are 23 comments about "brownst"

Joe Drexler: From a building design standpoint many blocks in Bushwick were attached "row frames" as known by firefighters these row frames differed from attached brownstones in that the space or void between the roof and the......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

luna park: there are actually large swathes of brownstone rowhouses in brooklyn, where the houses are set back from the street and allow space for front yards. in many cases, the yards have been paved (as is......

in response to: Beware of Owner by luna park

Edward: Better area? There should be a picture of the other side of the building or even across the street (http://brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/Eastern%20Parkway.jpg) This school is near the Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. The barbed wire is to......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

FRED MEGLIO: I LIVE IN BUSHWICK SECTION FROM 1946 TO 1979 THE 50S AND 60S WERE GREAT! LIVED 1403 GATES AVE BETWEEN WILSON AND KNICKERBOCKER AVENUES WE NEVER LOCKED OUR DOORS AT NIGHT TILL THE 70S CAME......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Franny Wentzel: You'd think it was Belsen with all the security fencing in front of those brownstones......

in response to: Bushwick Gates: Part 1 by Peter

larry: hey--anyone know much about brownstones on cornelia st. in ridgewood?...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon (cache-dtc-ab07.proxy.aol.com): My wife and I attended Pratt Institute from '68-72. We saw the pack of wild dogs in that area several times, usually in winter. The assumption was that they were very hungry, and on the......

in response to: Bushwick: Wild Dogs Gone Soft by upfromflames

Peter: certain neighborhoods are just denser-than-average in free-standing clapboard/shutter-style houses like that, while other areas have more brownstones, etc... im assuming this is most likely {bushwick} or {bed stuy}......

in response to: No Children at Play by upfromflames

zilep: Bought a house in the heart of Bushwick- on Central avenue and Cornelia streets (one of those cookie cutter homes with all the meters showing- you know the ones the BROWNSTONER people love to hate).......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: [[http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2005/05/architecture_10_1.php]] You can learn more about this building here. Apparently the owner wanted to tear it down and build a parking garage. grrrr ...

in response to: Housing Got You Down? Turn to History for Hope by upfromflames

Budajiho: I grew up in East New York of the '50s. My pediatrician's office was on President Street, which was known as "Doctors' Row." The brownstones were beautiful, with magnificiant gardens and exquisite stonework......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Joan: Hi again, Love this picture too. It looks like it might be the brownstone we lived in in the l950's. Is it 390 Park Place. Would love to know.......

in response to: park place by sine

Chris Erb: I love Brooklyn brownstones....

in response to: Across the Street by Peter

Susannah: Before Park Slope (yes - Park Slope) became gentrified we had what were known as block busters, landlords who made the neighborhood unbearable to live in through various means, crime and social tension would escalate,......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

BooBoo: Bought a 3 family brownstone on greene ave between St Nick and Cypress ave about three yrs ago for 260,000. my next door neighbor sold the exact same building as mine for 580,000 last year.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Dizzy: I was just looking at places near bushwick avenue... around gates/palmetto. it's really close to the J train (gates avenue) - anyone have any opinions about this? Everyone keeps talking the parts of Bushwick that......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Elicar: I first went to NYC in 1998 and was fascinated by the graffiti all over the subway stations and the trains. I went back in 2000, then again in 2005. In my last two visits,......

in response to: A Trip to NY by Noah

GGP: a few years ago, here in Park Slope, there was a raccoon perched over my neighbor's brownstone doorway--it was BIG!!...

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Peter: heh. thats a permastone wall. looks like sandstone (sort of) but is man-made. alot of {brownstones} that were renovated in the fiscal crisis of the 70s-80s were faced in cheap permastone as opposed to terra......

in response to: Orange Truck by GGP

Peter: as far as i can tell, its a single family home... which is rare in this neighborhood. most of the old brownstones like that have been split into at least 2-3 apartments or so. that......

in response to: Boulders on B Street by GGP

kc: I like progression to the smoky revelation...and the deconstruction/fracturing at the end. It reminds me of this brownstone in Greenwich Village that got blown up, by accident if I remember correctly, in the 1970s, I......

in response to: demolition by elaine

elaine: some of my favourite domiciles have been slums at the time of living, but i am of that ilk, and maybe i have grown out of it too. when my beautiful faded - grandeur georgian......

in response to: Brownstones in by joe urb

Peter: thats the front of a brownstone just down the street from our place. the light in brooklyn is amazing and golden!...

in response to: park place by sine