Comments about brownstones

There are 13 comments about "brownstones"

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

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

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

Chris Erb: I love Brooklyn brownstones....

in response to: Across the Street by Peter

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

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

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