I.D. This Photo, Win a Book
Charles Lockwood, author of the definitive Bricks and Brownstone, sent in this photo of a mother and child on a brownstone stoop that he bought online. He’s not sure where it is and is offering a signed copy of his book to the first reader that can correctly identify the location. Guesses?
Charles Lockwood, author of the definitive Bricks and Brownstone, sent in this photo of a mother and child on a brownstone stoop that he bought online. He’s not sure where it is and is offering a signed copy of his book to the first reader that can correctly identify the location. Guesses?
Mr. Lockwood, I enjoyed your book very much and learned a great deal from it. I particularly appreciated the interior photos, especially of the period, and also from the 1970s when the book was written. I particularly remember one showing an early example of indoor plumbing, a wet sink in a bedroom. I look forward to the new edition.
Hats off to you Amzi!
Thanks StuyMom. I am a amateur genealogist and I did go online to ancestry.com to find out who lived in these homes. It would be nice to see what that missing house across the street looked like.
Nice Job Amzi! If you don’t mind my asking, how did you find all the data on the inhabitants? Is the Brooklyn 1910 census searchable online?
I had thought judging by the way the shadow of the house opposite just stops 3/4 of the way across the pic that it might be on a t junction facing south down a street starting oppostie. But google map 299 Jefferson and whip the 360 degree camera round and theres your gap. Still there.
Any more id jobs out there this is fun!
Dear THL–and Other Jersey City/Hoboken Residents–
who are Brownstoner fans.
No, I don’t haver plans to cover Jersey City or Hoboken.
Why hasn’t somebody done it?
I do need to find time to expand the late 19th and
early 20th century section of Bricks and Brownstone. I have all the research. Just need the time to write it up.
Charles Lockwood
Mr. Lockwood,
As an owner of both the original and newer Rizzoli editions (the edition of the walking tours was fantastic!) I need to ask…
Is there ANY chance you could do a similar book on the Brick and Brownstones of Jersey City and perhaps Hoboken? There are a substantial amount of these phenomenal homes where I live in JC but it’s been a struggle for me to find the depth of information that is available for similar New York homes. For me, a big part of the joy of owning these homes is knowing their history.
Thank you,
THL
(Sorry for the intrusion Brooklynians!)
Just saw this now. Great detective work Amzi. Thanks Charles for putting this up, it was really fun. Mr B I agree that this could be a cool semi-regular feature if there were more pictures that needed ID’ing.
Congratulations to Amzi, who has contacted me directly.
Amzi, please share with everybody the information
that you sent me about the residents of the house.
I am surprised that somebody found the missing
address for me so quickly. I guess that I under-estimated the “smarts” and numbers of Brownstoner bloggers.
I am really impressed at the many good comments
about the house. The analysis of the styles
and where a house of this size and style might have
been located. If only the Landmarks Commission were
intelligent. Right?
I suspected that the photograph showed “inner Bed Stuy.
The house has that look. Or, my lesser guess was
the East 80s or 90s near Third Avenue in Manhattan.
Similar size houses at that time.
The photograph was sold to me on-line as
“New York brownstone.” So, I had that clue.
But I suspected from the start that it was Brooklyn.
Now, what about this hidden “sin” behind the curtains?
And talk of Norman Bates’ mother. Halloween is over.
Thanks, finally, for the good comments about my
book. The new Rizzoli edition has the same text
as the original edition, but it has some great
color photographs, half taken in Brooklyn, and it
has the walking tours of some of my favorite brownstone
neighborhoods. I have many other favorites, but Rizzoli
limited the Walking Tours length.
If anybody cannot live without the new color picture
edition, Amazon is the best and easiest place to buy.
Their price is close to my author’s discount price.
Charles Lockwood
PS–Sombody suggested that I post another historical
photograph. I don’t have any Brooklyn photographs
with such a good house and the human interest of
the Mother and child heading out the door. That’s rare.