A Taste of Old Windsor Terrace
With all our focus on the brownstones of Sherman Street or the newer developments like the Simone, it’s easy to forget about Windsor Terrace’s even earlier architectural heritage (which, we saw on Friday, is far from protected). Namely, the very modest wood frame houses that make streets like Greenwood Avenue (Church of the Holy Apostles,…
With all our focus on the brownstones of Sherman Street or the newer developments like the Simone, it’s easy to forget about Windsor Terrace’s even earlier architectural heritage (which, we saw on Friday, is far from protected). Namely, the very modest wood frame houses that make streets like Greenwood Avenue (Church of the Holy Apostles, top left) and East 5th Street (bottom left) such special spots. A little later in time (1890s), the Engine Company 240, at 1309 Prospect Avenue, struts its Romanesque Revival stuff in the otherwise relatively modest nabe. More from Forgotten NY’s recent walk-through on the link.
Windsor Terrace: Brooklyn Between the Green [Forgotten NY]
What’s with the “Windsor Terrorized”? If you hate the neighborhood’s look – get out! I’m so sick of johnny come latelies who make fun. Some of us are quite happy here and wish those of you who wish it looked like something else would go live there instead.
The garden behind the picket fence is absolutely beautiful in bloom — sort of like a wild meadow or English cottage garden crowded with all sort of different colored flowers. The old lady who lives there tends it lovingly. There is also a wonderful old wooden house with a porch further down the street closer to Greenwood Ave that has a plaque on it that says it was built in 1873. It’s so heartbreaking the way most of the houses in this ‘hood have been “Windsor Terrorized” — i.e., obliterated by horrible renovations.
What a cute front yard! Like small-town USA.