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There’s no news in this one, but Christopher Gray’s appreciation of Albemarle Road in yesterday’s Times—”Albemarle is one of the grandest residential streets in the whole city, even with some dings and dents”—is a nice excuse to put up a photo set of the incredibly beautiful Victorian Flatbush boulevard. Gray talks about how Albermarle’s developer, Dean Alvord, built up the road between 1899 to 1910, giving us three blocks of neo-Classical, Queen Anne and Colonial manses. Flatbush Gardener, who took all the photos above, notes that Albermarle’s landscape architect also played a big role in shaping the boulevard’s identity, turning it into a lush mall.
Brooklyn’s Stately Esplanade [NY Times] GMAP
Albemarle Road Featured in the Times [Flatbush Gardener]
All photos by Flatbush Gardener.