The Salvation Army will close its longtime store and distribution center on Quincy Street, which was built in 1899 as a warehouse and delivery center for the one of Brooklyn’s largest and most prestigious department stores.
Looks like some work might finally be happening on a modest mid-19th century wood frame building that has been badly deteriorating ever since a fire more than a decade ago.
A designer’s home is both her calling card and her workshop, but the most important thing, at least to Delia Kenza Brennen, is that it feel like home.
After living for more than two decades in their gloriously detailed brownstone, the homeowners decided to finally embark on a renovation.
The home’s interior is modern but for the mantels and moldings, with inset lighting and a loft-like feel thanks to the tall windows and generous ceiling heights.
Brooklynites can get out and enjoy another new public space this summer with a roster of free public programs sponsored by the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership.
This Queen Anne brownstone combines an extravagance of original architecture with a colorful history and stunning recent renovation.
A pair of extraordinarily well-preserved Greek Revival wood-frame houses with lovely original details are being sold as a set, but can also be bought separately.
The extensively renovated house has an open feel and new mechanicals as well as elegant moldings, plaster decorations and a marble mantel.
A rendering shows off-center frothy white neo-Classical columns and a pediment fronting a banal modern apartment building.
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