Archive for the 'Buildings (Structures)' Category

Oct 18 2008

Streetscapes | 45 Grove Street: The Many Lives of a Village Dowager

By JOYCE COHEN wrote an interesting post today on
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Even among the oddball buildings of the West Village, 45 Grove Street defies all typology: it is an 1871 apartment building created from an 1830 mansion.

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Oct 10 2008

Streetscapes | Tower Buildings in Brooklyn: Architectural Wealth, Built for the Poor

By VIVIAN S. TOY wrote an interesting post today on
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Built in 1879 as a group of model tenements, the Tower Buildings, at Hicks and Baltic Streets in Cobble Hill, may soon face substantial changes.

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Oct 03 2008

Streetscapes | Thomas W. Lamb’s Theaters: An Architect for Stage and Screen

By JOYCE COHEN wrote an interesting post today on
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The architect Thomas W. Lamb was a king of theaters, with hundreds to his credit, and at least 48 in New York.

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Sep 26 2008

In the Region | Long Island: Should This Icon Be a Rental?

By ANTOINETTE MARTIN wrote an interesting post today on
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A proposal to retrofit the Victorian St. Paul’s School with apartments is meeting resistance.

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Sep 26 2008

This Old Recyclable House

By JOSH BARBANEL wrote an interesting post today on
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Every year, we demolish 250,000 homes and bury the debris. What if all those floors and joists and beams were reused?

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