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Despite having had a house in a landmark district for five years, the owner of 470 14th Street in Park Slope couldn’t be bothered to play by the rules when she decided to spruce up the exterior of her 1892 William Hawkins-designed townhouse earlier this year. Now, after the fact, she’s having to go back to LPC to try to get approval for the unauthorized windows and paint job. While they’re at it, they should take a look at that door. It doesn’t exactly scream “original!”
December 18, 2007 Agenda [LPC] GMAP


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  1. I used to live in the building next to the pink house, and while I didn’t hate it, I would never do that to a brownstone.

    When they repainted, they definitely used a completely different color – it isn’t just the old color in a not-yet-faded version. It is much more offensive than the old pink color, and now it really is an eyesore.

  2. 4:43, “We have white windowframes on our limestone house. We didn’t choose them, the seller did, but we like them, our rooms are absolutely brightly sunfilled, so that’s that on the issues as far as we’re concerned. I would not want brown or black windowframes in my interior.”

    Nobody is disputing white window frames on a limestone – light stone, light frames. On a brownstone though, white windows are tacky.

    One last thing, brown exterior frames doesn’t mean brown interior ones. I replaced my windows two years ago on my brownstone. They are dark brown on the outside and white on the inside.