Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: An Old-Time Brooklyn Concert Garden
Popular stories on Brownstoner this week include a Clinton Hill reno and CB2 backing a 72-story Fort Greene tower with conditions.
The corner of Fulton Street and Smith Street in Downtown Brooklyn was once home to a concert garden. Photo by Susan De Vries
Music, Beer, and Cigars: A Concert Garden Comes to Brooklyn
Successful Victorian entertainment venues had to pander to popular taste, as a self-made impresario quickly discovered.
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Clinton Hill Neo-Grec With Mantels, Medallions, Pass-Through
This 1870s Clinton Hill brownstone hasn’t changed hands in decades and it is filled with lovingly cared-for period details like marble mantels, wood floors, pocket doors, and a pass-through. The less than 19-foot-wide dwelling at 309 Vanderbilt Avenue is set up as a single-family and boasts a bit of surprise space with a setback third floor hidden behind the cornice.
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The Insider: Clinton Hill Brownstone Reno Synthesizes Historic and Contemporary Design
Every vintage row-house renovation presents its unique challenges. For Palette Architecture, a mid-sized firm based in New York and Los Angeles, which reimagined a multi-unit brownstone as a single-family home for a couple with two children, these began with the layout.
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A Crown Heights Row House and More to See, Starting at $950K
Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Brooklyn Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Crown Heights, and Sheepshead Bay. They range in price from $950,000 to $4.995 million.
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Community Board Backs 72-Story Fort Greene Tower, With Conditions
A new tower planned for Fort Greene, set to become the second tallest in Brooklyn if built as proposed, has received conditional approval from Community Board 2.
At its September full board meeting, the board voted 26 in favor, five against, and two abstaining to support the development at 395 Flatbush Avenue Extension. The site, currently occupied by a seven-story black glass office building housing Verizon, is owned by the city.
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