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brownstone
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brownstone

A row house built of reddish-brown sandstone; usually refers to one built in the nineteenth century, in a large city, with a narrow profile facing the street.



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This celebrated team of architects has developed five-story luxury townhouses, single-level townhome suites in three-story buildings, four-story brownstones with three residential levels above ground-floor retail, conventional eight-story condominium buildings and loft rental buildings.
I became very interested in the slated demolition of the other nearby buildings: the massive Dorset Hotel and two brownstones on Fifty-third Street.
The architectural historian has transformed the space with antique mirrors, a Chinese carpet, artfully stacked books, a low-hanging chandelier, imported textiles, Bayard Rustin's walking sticks and stone fragments from other old brownstones in Harlem.
 
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