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1 bedroom apt at 655 Unlon St. Affordable Housing Lottery Opens in Gowanus With $888 One-Bedrooms. And also to note Mr. Kutner expressed that the clubhouse was open to all people of all backgrounds and creeds; the general public. He took ownership of the clubhouse around 1905 after managing the establishment.
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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Heat pump permit. Starting the process to install heat pumps to replace gas hydroponic system. Permits are not part of the deal – this from 2 contractors. So…. 2. 443. meeotch. in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 1 weeks ago.
Construction Wrapping Up at Brooklyn Tower
02/07/2024 0. Work is almost complete on the borough’s first supertall, The Brooklyn Tower, with facade installation wrapping up on the building’s double-height plinth and tenants and homeowners already taking up residence in the skyscraper that towers over it. On Tuesday, workers at 9 Dekalb Avenue were busy in the still-under construction ...
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 ...
Victorian Bathroom: A Quick History of the Bathroom
Nov 28, 2016 · Rogers’ bathrooms coincided with the inventions of another plumbing legend, his former boss, Solomon Willard, who is credited with the American invention of hot air central heating. The two features would come together 50 years later in the late Victorian bathroom. Late 19th century bathroom at the Codman House.
Gowanus Affordable Housing Lottery Opens With $784 Studios
Aug 28, 2024 · The affordable housing lottery opened today for the towering complex at 420 Carroll Street, right on the banks of the canal, with studios starting at $784 a month. Meanwhile, market-rate units, which went on the market in late July according to StreetEasy, include studio apartments starting at $3,436 a month, the building’s website shows.
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Brooklyn Paramount Set to Open With Restored Opulent 1920s …
02/22/2024 0. Still putting the finishing touches on its highly anticipated restoration, Brooklyn Paramount is getting ready to open its doors March 27 as a live-music venue. Newly released renderings of the 1928 Fort Greene theater, closed for decades, show an impressive Roccoco fantasy interior with a columned marble lobby and theater with an ...
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 ...