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Step back in time for a good cause

By elizabeth | Published: August 3, 2010
Two very forward-thinking (or backward, if one chooses to look at it that way) New York City cultural institutions will be pouring some vintage spirits this month in celebration of a simpler time. Whether you find yourself in uptown Manhattan or deep in Brooklyn this August, head over to toast an old-fashioned in support of [...]
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A Beautiful Reveal

By elizabeth | Published: January 12, 2010
These are some of the most smile-inducing before-and-after renovation photos we’ve seen in a while. It’s always scary to think what could happen when vinyl or other artificial siding is removed (in this case it was Permastone); you never know what you could find. This beautiful project in Clinton Hill puts our fears to rest, [...]
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Why Not Buy Something Old-Fashioned and Glittery?

By elizabeth | Published: January 11, 2010
We’re  venturing across the East River today to focus on one of our favorite sources for Victorian and Art Deco eye candy. The Upper Rust Antiques, on East 9th Street, is a more intense version of what we’d like our apartment to look like, featuring a assortment of new and old accoutrements that artfully blend country [...]
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Save These NYC Gems

By elizabeth | Published: January 4, 2010
Am NY has posted it’s fourth annual feature on “crumbling NYC gems that deserve a second chance.” Two buildings of note (which are surprisingly both designated NYC landmarks): The Coignet Stone Building, which sits in solitude on the corner of 3rd Street & 3rd Avenue, and was made a landmark in 2006. The building was  once [...]
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The Old New Victorians

By elizabeth | Published: December 22, 2009
An ad for the Brooklyn Union Gas Company’s Brownstone Information Center. A couple weeks ago we had breakfast with Everett Ortner, one of the first “brownstoners” to buy up a dilapidated house in Park Slope in 1963. This was during the time when most people were fleeing the city in favor of suburban life and it [...]
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Gaslit Brooklyn

By elizabeth | Published: August 19, 2009
Photo found on: Violette79 Brooklyn is a goldmine of Victorian architecture, and every so often we’re reminded of what it must have looked like over 100 years ago, when much of Brownstone Brooklyn was constructed. The other day we happenstanced upon a block in Park Slope, on which every single street light has a flickering gas [...]
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Joey Gallo: Redhook Mobster

By elizabeth | Published: August 19, 2009
Earlier this year in May we went on a walking tour with the author of Mad Ones; Tom Folsom. We learned much about the underground king pin that was Joey Gallo and his gang. From the 1940s through the 1960s Redhook, Brooklyn was his mafia playground. You can listen to Tom Folsom talk in more [...]
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