NYT Strolls Columbia Heights Overlooking Promenade

A century ago, Columbia Heights was the most fashionable street in Brooklyn, according to the Glens Falls Morning Star in 1896. The street overlooks the Brooklyn Promenade in Brooklyn Heights and is still fashionable today, found The New York Times’ Christopher Gray, being home to many fine, historic homes with water views that trade for around $10 million. The column pointed out many alterations that have occurred on the street over the years, including a 1938 Regency makeover of the exterior at 204 Columbia Heights and “two inebriated stories of strange protuberances” on top of 220 Columbia Heights, added between 1876 and 1884.
Still in Fashion, a Century Later [NY Times]
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