Brownstone

The Imminent Demise of Mr. Brownstone

author: EvilGentleman : Montreal, QC
Monday, March 5th, 2007

Abandoned Vespa

author: Peter : Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

Prospect Heights:

author: Peter : Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday, May 4th, 2005

Brownstones in

author: joe urb : Harlem, NY
Tuesday, June 18th, 2002

Brownstones in Harlem

author: joe urb : New York, NY
Monday, June 17th, 2002

Slivers of History

author: Franny Wentzel : New York, NY

Of the NY real estate terms 'sliver' is probably the only one that was sufficiently 'evil' enough to title a horror movie. In modern parlance a 'sliver' is one of those high rise apartment buildings set on an extremely thin lot - something like 20 storeys on the footprint of a brownstone. It's not exactly a new phenomenon... The very first steel frame skyscraper - the optimistically named 'Tower Building' went up on lower Broadway in 1889. The architect Bradford Gilbert was oblidged to take an office on the top floor to calm fears...

The Imminent Demise of Mr. Brownstone

author: EvilGentleman : Montreal, QC

This old home on Place Lucy, just west of Decarie in the Cote Des Neiges area has seen better days, and is now condemned, just waiting for nature to take its course and return its bricks to good old Mother Earth. Police danger tape (and an unplowed driveway) keeps pedestrians from venturing into the zone of the impending collapse. The window behind the bulge has already fallen out of its frame. It is hard to see due to the tree, but the wall is clearly bulging outwards (about 12 to 16 inches). The sign reads "Mur dangereux", which means "Dangerous wall" in...

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