Open House Picks

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Actually, the race issue isn’t much older than America. Although a form of servitude has existed in every society on the planet
at one time or another, it was the advent of the Atlantic slave trade that made “race” a perpetual and inherited condition of servitude. Before the Age of Enlightenment, men did not care about the conditions of those who were in servitude. They made no pretenses that all men were created equal and saw the enslavement of other ethnic groups – usually those that they conquered, as natural. The Slavs and many others white people served the Romans, not because of skin color but because they were conquered. After the Age of Enlightenment, men knew that it was wrong to enslave others but justified the practice by creating the concept of race and the concept that some “races” were actually inferior and therefore enslaving and Chritianizing them would actually be beneficial to them. Science then jumped on the bandwagon by dividing the one human race into racial categories based on skin color, hair texture and other superficial physical features. Recent science has of course disproved the concept of distinct races via DNA.

The powder room on parlour floor is a mixed blessing…its great for you to use when there are no guests but if its off of the kitchen or dining room your guests feel uncomfortable using it when there’s a bunch of people all congregating there.

i think the big master ensuite bath is a great thing to have and a real selling point. I took out the one third floor 5′ X 7′ bath and demo’d the big closet behind it that connected the two bedrooms and made a 14′ X 9′ bath with two sinks, whirlpool, and shower stall (and a toilet too) and then I did another 3/4 bath with a 32″ X 32″ shower stall at the top of the third floor stairs for occassional guests and the overnight guests in the second bedroom. I’ve debated putting in the parlour floor powder room but too much trouble and I don’t want to lose all that great architectural detail looking down the hallway as tou enter even though that back door to the kitchen isn’t used.

With the brick wall and fire escapes next door, the Kensington house looks straight out of “Death of Salesman.” (For those too young to remember, that’s the Arthur Miller play about Brooklyn traveling salesman, Willie Loman.)

To paraphrase his spouse: Attention must be paid!

But 900,000 dollars worth?

Somehow, I doubt it.

6:32 I’m here in Brooklyn and I only posted 2 sentences..don’t judge me I’m not naive. The issue with race is older than America. Don’t let race force you to say things or act a certain way. Especially today! Walk with your head up and come up with a better way to celebrate MLK’s sacrifices and death.