Anglo-Italianate: A Charming Architecture Style That Makes the Most of Narrow Lots
Brooklyn’s urban architecture evolved over the 19th century to fit into city planners’ ideas of ...
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Colonial Revival Architecture: Quintessential American Homes Inspired by Our Patriotic Past
Trends always start somewhere, and in the mid-19th century, the best way to start a trend that would...
Beaux-Arts Architecture: This European Style Classed Up Brooklyn’s Gilded Age
Beaux-Arts architecture was tailor made for the Gilded Age: It’s big, showy, opulent and gleaming,...
Romanesque Revival: The Grand Architectural Style Loved by Brooklyn’s Victorian Robber Barons
Rugged, muscular and opulent, the Romanesque Revival style was perfectly suited to the power and mig...
Neo-Grec Architecture: For Highbrow Folks Who Knew the Italianate Style Was “So Over”
Neo-Grec was a highly influential architectural style when it hit Brooklyn's streets in the height o...
Italianate Architecture: Classic Row Houses With Over-the-Top Leafy Ornament
The quintessential Brooklyn row house is the Italianate-style brownstone, homes with tall stoops, l...
Feast Your Eyes on the Luxurious Beauty of Aesthetic Movement Design
The Aesthetic Movement was one of the most important social movements of the late 19th century, yet ...
Walkabout: Aesthetically Speaking, Part 2
Iridescent jewel-tones, warm woods, patterned parquet floors, and marquetry furniture, Japanese-...
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