Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A South Slope Retro Renovation
Catch up on your reading with a look at the most popular stories from the past week.
Narrow Fort Greene Row House With a Playful Reno by GRT Architects Asks $3.495 Million
While it is a sliver of a house, this circa 1870s Fort Greene dwelling was given a thoroughly modern makeover to make the narrow spaces work, including inserting translucent steel and glass panels to bring in some light. Brooklyn firm GRT Architects also preserved some original details on the lower floors of the Anglo-Italianate at 128 South Oxford Street, plus added some fun paint colors, wallpapers and ombré effects.
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The Insider: Surgical Renovation Updates Prospect Lefferts Gardens Victorian for Young Family
Talk about intact detail. This Prospect Lefferts Gardens row house was so laden with original woodwork and other Victorian embellishments, “it was almost too much” for the young family that bought it. “My clients appreciated the historic details. That’s why they bought the house,” said architect Themis Haralabides, the founding principal of Park Slope-based reBuild Workshop, a design and construction firm committed to sustainable building. “But they wanted more bathrooms, more storage, a new kitchen — all the things a modern family needs — and to make the house more efficient.”
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Once Part of a Colonnade Row, Williamsburg Wood Frame With Parking Asks $2.125 Million
There are only a handful of photos in the listing, but this Williamsburg wood frame has enough history behind it to make it an intriguing prospect. Despite changes to its exterior it is still possible to discern the Greek Revival colonnade row origins of 201 Richardson Street.
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The Insider: Collectors’ South Slope Wood Frame Row House Celebrates All Things Retro
Rarely do homeowners get to realize a personal vision as thoroughly as the couple who bought a derelict 19th century wood frame row house and transformed it, with the help of architect Michelle Krochmal of Park Slope-based Filament Architecture Studio, into a playful, colorful homage to early and mid-20th century domestic life.
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An East Flatbush Storybook House With Garage and Two More to See, Starting at $599K
Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Bed Stuy, Bay Ridge and East Flatbush. They range in price from $599,000 to $1.35 million.
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