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It’s a modest Crown Heights house, one of a stretch of brick dwellings with tidy front yards, but its owner in 1972 had a bold vision for change. Brooklynite

Just shy of 100 years since the grand French Baroque Brooklyn Paramount theater first opened its doors as a music and movie hall in Fort Greene, it is ready

It's the blue belle of Brooklyn; a former country villa that stands alone at 271 Ninth Street, between walkup flats and a featureless one-story Post Office. Passing this dowager beauty, which has stood on the block between Fourth and Fifth Avenues since the Antebellum era, is like being in a time machine. Everything about it…

The Black women of the United Order of Tents are scrambling to save their grand Brooklyn headquarters, and to preserve their ambitious future.

The season of shopping and gift-giving is here, and for the architecture enthusiasts on your list, these three recently published volumes offer rich

Why Powder Rooms Are the Best Place in the House to Take Decorating Risks Here, a brief design history of the humble half bath. By Kelsey Keith Stephen Karlisch While every bit of our homes has gotten more usage during the past year in quarantine, never before have our humble sinks seemed quite so ho-hum. Even brass swan taps lovingly sourced from estate sales inevitably bear the brunt of so much handwashing—and hand-wringing. Woe, indeed, is the washbasin. But the hygienic realities ...

3:34 A concept for a proposed apartment development along the Hudson River in Troy has hit a snag after a decision from the city’s planning commission Thursday night. For months, neighbors and advocates from out-of-town conservation organizations have packed public meetings to oppose the potential development of a wooded, riverfront parcel in the northernmost section of Troy. Developer Kevin Vandenburgh has floated the idea of building an apartment complex on the site, but before that could h...