From the Forum: Should a Landlord With a No Pet Policy Make an Exception for a Good Tenant?
A homeowner has a no-pets policy for their rental unit but is being asked to consider allowing a dog...
Susan De Vries
Susan De Vries is the Photo and Research Director for Brownstoner. She has a background in historic preservation, historic site management, and research, and has a passion for photography, documenting 19th century architecture, and ferreting out fact from folklore.
A Country Estate in Old Chatham With Room for a Crowd Asks $3.95 Million (Sheep Not Included)
If the arrival of the summer season has filled your head with visions of acres of space for houses g...
Cleanup Continues at Site of ConEd Oil Spill in Dumbo [Video]
Boats were out in the water Tuesday hauling what appeared to be cleanup equipment around the ConEd p...
Still Photogenic After All These Years, the Brooklyn Bridge Turns 134 (Photos)
It's hard to imagine Brooklyn without its namesake bridge, but 134 years ago the Brooklyn Bridge was...
From the Forum: Protecting Your Property When a Neighbor is Planning an Addition
A neighbor is going to be constructing a large addition and a homeowner wants to be prepared for the...
From the Forum: What if the House Doesn’t Have a Certificate of Occupancy?
Home buyers are considering the purchase of a two-family home and have discovered that there is no c...
Be One With Nature With Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian Vision in Westchester County
If your tastes veer more mid 20th century than mid 19th you may dream of owning a home by one of Ame...
From the Forum: Getting the Lead Out of Backyard Soil
A homeowner is concerned about the amount of lead that might be lurking in their backyard and is loo...
Brownstoner’s Top 10 Instagram Photos of Spring
With spring in full swing and summer quickly approaching we take a look at some of the colorful spri...
From the Forum: How Can You Prove Ownership of a Neighboring Garage?
A homeowner suspects that a garage next door might actually have been built on their property and is...
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