Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: An Art Deco Facade Vanishes, a Stone House for Sale

A Petite 18th Century Stone House Packed With Charm in Piermont, Yours for Under $550K

There are lots of historical caveats given with this property: It’s possibly the oldest house in Piermont, N.Y., possibly a former tavern and, naturally for a house of this vintage, George Washington is rumored to have visited. No matter what is fact or fiction, what is clear is that the 18th century stone structure has charm a-plenty with wide plank wood floors, beamed ceilings and working fireplaces.

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Former Downtown Brooklyn Woolworth’s Loses Art Deco Facade, Awaits Makeover

All traces of the streamlined bands of ornament that once graced the facade of the former Fulton Street F.W. Woolworth store are gone, leaving a blank slate as the building preps for a new look.

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The Insider: Impeccable Renovation Brightens, Updates Woodwork-Laden Park Slope Townhouse

By now it’s a familiar story. Young couple purchases a 19th brownstone that hasn’t been updated in decades — in this case, a fine bay-windowed 20-footer on a Historic District block, with mahogany woodwork aplenty — and embarks on a tasteful, well-funded renovation with predictably lovely results.

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The Insider: Prospect Heights Brownstone Retains Old-School Charm in Major Reno

The most unusual aspect of this recent row-house renovation is what the homeowners and their architects, Dumbo-based Robinson + Grisaru, chose not to do. The clients, a pair of empty nesters who decided to stay put rather than downsize once their children were grown, did not blow out the back wall and replace it with steel and glass. They did not install central air, instead choosing a whole-house fan on the roof to pull out hot air.

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Brooklyn Heights Movie Theater Court Street Regal Cinema Shutters

The Court Street Regal Cinema has permanently closed after more than two decades, leaving nostalgic Brooklynites devastated at the loss of the quasi-historic movie house.

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