Renovating a brownstone in a NYC historic district? Here's what you can—and can't—do

… category are interior updates those are pretty much a done deal and a few exterior rear modifications like adding a deck or enlarging the garden However changes to the facadesay painting the front door and … oversight … The trend for years has been for people to buy smaller homes than they need with plans to expand square …

By Evelyn Battaglia |October 1, 2019 - 9:00AM
5 ways to dig up historical photos of your NYC apartment building

… the city Landmarks Preservation Commission launched an updated version of the interactive map it first released in … silver prints mostly intimate portraits inside borough homes shot in the 1970s The collection is a thorough survey … be found in the full digital collection … 4 NYC Municipal Archives Collections … The mother of all historic photo …

By Hannah Frishberg |January 5, 2018 - 10:00AM