Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Choosing Backyard Plants, Affordable Housing in Brownsville

Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 37 Units in Brownsville, Starting at $666 a Month

An affordable housing lottery has opened for 37 newly constructed units in an eight-story building at 7 Livonia Avenue in Brownsville.

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6 Things You Must Know Before Installing a Fence

People must be dreaming of outdoor projects while they stay home as this story from 2018 is particularly popular again this week. If you are mulling a new fence for your backyard oasis, there are six things you should consider.

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One-Bedroom Condo With Built-Ins in Alfred Tredway White’s Cobble Hill Towers Asks $450K

The walk up to the sixth floor is guaranteed to give you a workout, but this Cobble Hill condo does come with a fascinating architectural pedigree. This one-bedroom apartment is in the Cobble Hill Towers, the 1870s red-brick buildings developed by philanthropist Alfred Tredway White as housing for the working poor.

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Fanciful Gate House to Oak Terrace, Eleanor Roosevelt’s Childhood Home, Yours for $960K

In 1949, a group of picnickers looking for a fine Hudson River view and a bit of nostalgia stopped by a gate house to ask if the driveway heading to the ramshackle old mansion beyond was passable. Leading the way was Eleanor Roosevelt, taking a group of her Hyde Park neighbors and her grandchildren to the estate where she spent much of her childhood with her grandmother.

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Brownstone Boys: We Choose Plants and Grow Grass for Our DIY Budget Backyard Garden

Tis the season for gardening and planting! The sun is out and birds are chirping and we’ve been working on our backyard makeover the past two months. It’s been a really fun 100 percent DIY project and the perfect distraction from the problems of the world. We have already planned our space, torn out a lot of the existing features, built our hardscaping, and now we are finally ready for planting.

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