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Row houses in 894-916 Sterling Place, Crown Heights North, Brooklyn. 1889.
"Before the mid-1880s, most of Brooklyn’s row houses were mostly rows of identical buildings stretching down a block. These were houses in the Greek Revival, Italianate, and neo-Grec styles, with a few variations and cross pollinations tossed in. The repetition of their facades is actually part of their charm, but by the 1880’s, people were tired of it, and wanted something different. In came the Romanesque Revival style of architecture, followed closely by the Queen Anne style. Here, diversity was prized.
But many developers were not interested in an architect’s flights of creativity. They just wanted some nice looking and sellable buildings. So in these cases, repetition was often back, but this time, the repetition had a new look. In the case of this group of twelve houses, we have that long line of identical row houses, but updated to 1889."
Brooklyn, New York. 2018
In need of some paint
Row houses in 894-916 Sterling Place, Crown Heights North, Brooklyn. 1889.
"Before the mid-1880s, most of Brooklyn’s row houses were mostly rows of identical buildings stretching down a block. These were houses in the Greek Revival, Italianate, and neo-Grec styles, with a few variations and cross pollinations tossed in. The repetition of their facades is actually part of their charm, but by the 1880’s, people were tired of it, and wanted something different. In came the Romanesque Revival style of architecture, followed closely by the Queen Anne style. Here, diversity was prized.
But many developers were not interested in an architect’s flights of creativity. They just wanted some nice looking and sellable buildings. So in these cases, repetition was often back, but this time, the repetition had a new look. In the case of this group of twelve houses, we have that long line of identical row houses, but updated to 1889."
Brooklyn, New York. 2018