Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Graceful Arches Transform a Fort Greene Townhouse

The Insider: Arched Openings Are Elegant Leitmotif in Renovation of Fort Greene Townhouse

In reimagining a compact mid-19th century townhouse as a tranquil home base for a newlywed couple with high-powered careers, his in the media business and hers in travel, architect Alexandra Barker of Gowanus-based Barker Associates Architecture Office (BAAO) lit upon the idea of creating arched openings between rooms. “The front facade was two arches — the entry door and the arched window to the left of it — so we thought we would carry it through” as a theme throughout the building, Barker said.

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A Grand Italianate Brownstone in Fort Greene and Three Others to See, Starting at $1.075 Million

Our picks for open houses to see last weekend were found in Fort Greene, Greenpoint, Windsor Terrace and Midwood. They range in price from $1.075 million to $4.2 million.

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Crown Heights Renaissance Revival House With Five Mantels, Stained Glass Asks $2.485 Million

When this Renaissance Revival single-family was completed at the turn of the 20th century, developer Charles G. Reynolds pitched it and its neighbors in the row as “a grand opportunity” to live in the “garden spot of Brooklyn” in a house with up-to-date features and innovations. Located a short stroll from Brower Park in Crown Heights, 202 Brooklyn Avenue is still bursting with the woodwork, mantels and other fetching details that that would have appealed to a buyer reading Reynolds’ ad in 1902.

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Park Slope Limestone With Plasterwork, Mantels, Marble Sinks Asks $3.2 Million

The list of early 20th century details still intact inside this Park Slope limestone is fairly extensive. The Axel Hedman-designed house has elaborate plasterwork, mantels, fretwork, marble sinks and even some original bathroom tile.

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The Insider: ‘Light Reno’ Freshens Up Bed Stuy Row House for Young Family, Buying Them Time

When Katrina Peralta of LivletStudio and her husband, David, who works in real estate, purchased a circa 1894 row house in August 2020, the place was perfectly livable, with no mechanical issues needing immediate attention. Nevertheless, said Peralta, “It needed a refresh. There was a lot of beige. We wanted to make it brighter, airier and crisper.” Though they plan a full-blown renovation at some future date, they were by no means ready to plunge into a major overhaul right away.

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