Queens Detour: Fading But Still a Gem

On our way over to browse the salvaged building materials at Build It Green NYC in Astoria on Saturday, we passed this beautiful, though somewhat ramshackle, brick house on 27th Avenue. It looks like it was once the home of a well-to-do merchant or other member of the bourgeousie. We’d be curious to know more about what this nabe was like a hundred years ago.