Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Bed Stuy Reno, a Crown Heights 'Slumlord' Removed

Classic Park Slope Prewar With Fireplace, Herringbone, Lavender Tile Asks $2.75 Million

Prewar apartments don’t come much grander than the ones at 35 Prospect Park West, a building designed by eminent architect Emery Roth. This one is no exception, with two large bedrooms and two former maid’s rooms, endless nooks and crannies, and original Deco era tile in the bathrooms and kitchen.

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The Insider: Creative Solutions Address ‘Weird Geometry’ of Triangular Park Slope Prewar

Few Brooklyn apartments present space-planning challenges as unique as those confronting architect Themis Haralabides, cofounder of Park Slope’s reBuild Workshop, where the focus is on sustainability and, usually, the transformation of vintage townhouses into energy-efficient homes for modern living.

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Ogle the Details of This ‘Naive’ Federal Style Upstate Farmhouse, Yours for $1.075 Million

While the restored interior will appeal to those looking for an historic property that doesn’t require an immediate dive into a wallet-taxing total reno, the true architectural appeal in this early 19th century Columbia County residence are the details of its Federal-style exterior.

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Court Grants Tenants’ Calls for Takeover From Crown Heights ‘Slumlord’

A Brooklyn Housing Court judge removed the owner of 567 St. John’s Place in Crown Heights from managing the eight-unit building after he failed to address hundreds of safety violations and complaints and allegedly harassed and intimidated tenants, according to tenants group Crown Heights Tenants Union.

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The Insider: Inventive Rethinking of Bed Stuy Townhouse Pulls Together Old and New

It’s an unusual developer who gives architects and designers the time and freedom to develop and execute a nuanced, soulful, one-of-a-kind program for the renovation of an investment property. Yet that is exactly what happened when Bretaigne Walliser and Thom Dalmas of the design studio TBo were called on to enlarge and rethink a long neglected, thoroughly derelict row house.

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