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July 20, 2007
What really is a brownstone?
where else can they be found other than the park slope/bed stuy areas?
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Manhattan, ues/uws, greenwich village, chelsea etc.
Posted by: Anonymous at July 20, 2007 12:45 PM
PLG, Crown Heights, Bronx, Carrol Gardens, Brooklyn Heights, Bay Ridge, Philadelphia, Boston......on and on and on........Browstone is a building material quarried in Connecticut....
Posted by: Anonymous at July 20, 2007 12:57 PM
PLG, Crown Heights, Bronx, Carrol Gardens, Brooklyn Heights, Bay Ridge, Philadelphia, Boston......on and on and on........Browstone is a building material quarried in Connecticut....
Posted by: Anonymous at July 20, 2007 1:03 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownstone
Posted by: Anonymous at July 20, 2007 1:11 PM
In it's broadest use, the term "brownstone" as used in NYC has come to mean any historic rowhouse, from late 18th Century federal frame through 1920's colonial revival brick. It would include frame, brick, brownstone and limestone-faced rowhouses.
Besides "brownstone Brooklyn" brownstones can be found in Manhattan, Hunters Point and Ridgewood Queens, parts of the Bronx, and Jersey City and Hoboken, NJ.
Posted by: Bob Marvin at July 20, 2007 1:56 PM
Ok. Cause the park slope dwellers make it seem as if it's such an exclusive thing where as people are shelling out millions to own them. Why?
Posted by: original poster at July 20, 2007 2:29 PM
oh I get it...OP is a wise and witty comedian...
go away - clown
Posted by: Anonymous at July 20, 2007 3:24 PM
Well, they are an exclusive thing since they aren't made anymore and the design and details of the houses are on grand scale, they are truly something special, no matter where they are. After you have lived in one for a while try visiting a friend in a modern apt. - it will feel like a cave.
Posted by: Anonymous at July 20, 2007 4:20 PM
You want to see beautiful 'brownstones'. Go down to Savannah, GA.
Posted by: tom at July 20, 2007 5:19 PM
Wow. 3:24 really emphasizes the original poster's case. Not everyone has to share taste.
Posted by: Anonymous at July 21, 2007 5:19 AM
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