tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151585685559160014.post6299467165774827305..comments2024-03-05T23:54:09.480-08:00Comments on Save the Slope: 1889 "Elegant Brick Row" in Carroll StreetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151585685559160014.post-79677928653359790922009-02-01T11:49:00.000-08:002009-02-01T11:49:00.000-08:00Yes, the houses definitely seem to refer back to N...Yes, the houses definitely seem to refer back to New York's Dutch colonial past.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, Chris Gray published an <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/realestate/01scape.html?ref=realestate" REL="nofollow">article in today's NY Times</A> about Dutch/Flemish-influenced buildings on West End Avenue, from right around this same time, late 1880s.HDEChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606554107782503091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151585685559160014.post-45304937097451145992009-01-31T05:27:00.000-08:002009-01-31T05:27:00.000-08:00I'm intrigued by the "style" type, whether colonia...I'm intrigued by the "style" type, whether colonial or Queen Anne. I was always struck by their "Dutch" style "step-gables" (trap-gevels in Dutch). Were they evoking Brooklyn's Dutch past?Old Firsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02450204955608047437noreply@blogger.com