Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Groups Call for Changes at LPC, Whisk Opening on Atlantic
Popular stories this week include the modest renovation of a Crown Heights townhouse, period details re-created in a Fort Greene townhouse and neighborhood groups call for the ouster of Landmarks Chair Srinivasan.
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The Insider: Just ‘Shy of Gut’ Reno Improves Flow, Light and Utility in Crown Heights Townhouse
The three-story brick townhouse had been occupied for decades by the same owner when a young international couple bought the building — and lived in it for just one month before having to relocate to Europe.
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The Insider: Fort Greene Townhouse Opens Up With Three-Story Addition
Sometimes, in the renovation of a dilapidated vintage row house, when no original details remain, the interior is given a spare contemporary treatment. In other cases, when little can be saved, period details are painstakingly re-created.
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Park Slope Home With Zen Vibe and Three More to See This Weekend, Starting at $1.695 Million
We’ve got four move-in ready houses up for view this weekend; three of them are renovated and in faultless condition, the fourth could use updating for the buyer who’s inclined to do it. Including two brownstones, a standalone and a semi-detached house built in 1990, they’re found in Park Slope, Bed Stuy, Columbia Street Waterfront District and Ditmas Park.
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Williamsburg’s Whisk to Open on Atlantic Avenue in Former Home of A Cook’s Companion
Brooklyn chefs will once again have a specialty resource on Atlantic Avenue. A sign recently popped up on the door of 197 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights indicating that Whisk, a kitchen shop which opened in Williamsburg in 2008, would be coming to the storefront this spring. The space was formerly the home to A Cook’s Companion, which closed in February after 20 years on Atlantic Avenue.
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Neighborhood Groups Call for Ouster of Landmarks Chair Srinivasan and a Halt to LPC Rule Changes
Two dozen neighborhood groups have signed onto a letter calling for the replacement of the Chair Meenakshi Srinivasan and halting the proposed rules changes being considered in a public hearing at the Landmarks Preservation Commission today.
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