Peaked roofs with chimney's, a front lawn, wooden frames and clapboard siding — these are all rarities in the urban housing stock of New York City. The New York Times explores many of these houses in a recent article and gives us a peek inside a few…
For the full article and many more pictures, see The New York Times | Forgotten by Time and Termites and the accompanying slide show Country Houses in the Midst of Brownstones.
Images: ©2009 Chester Higgins Jr. & Angel Franco/The New York Times
© 2010 Apartment Therapy
I try to ignore the rampant misuse of "it's" vs. "its" that occurs AT-wide, but I think any regular writer (including bloggers) should know better than to write "chimney's" ...ever!
And does anyone else think it's a little lazy to merely repost another publication's work without much comment?
Still love you AT; carry on...
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Looking very forward to clicking over to the article, but for now I just have to second pridescrossing's observation on apostrophe use/misuse, both in this post and elsewhere. This is basic stuff - come ON.
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i am surprised they didn't feature that house on 1st & 1st thats on top of an apartment building...or was that featured recently? memory's a little foggy. anyway, that house rules, and so do these! i esp. like jose delgado's house...you'd never know it was a block from the BQE.
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