"Bed Stuy's Order of Tents Kicks Off Mansion Restoration On a recent crisp fall afternoon, around three dozen people gathered on the lawn of the 19th century mansion at 87 MacDonough Street in the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District to fete the start of long-awaited restoration work on the magnificent but dilapidated building. The moment marked not just a new chapter for the building but a "homecoming" for the members of the secretive women's aid society that has owned it since the 1940s."
"The Insider: Furnishings Refresh Cobble Hill Townhouse for Evolving Family Jennifer Morris' clients had been living in their 19th century townhouse for about a decade when they called her in for a top-to-bottom redecorating juggernaut. "They got a 10-year itch to make a change," said Morris, whose Park Slope-based firm, JMorris Design, has a portfolio of both urban and suburban homes. "They'd survived the toys and mess, and their children were now teenagers. Things had started to look a little worn.""
"Midwood Park Colonial Revival With Pass-Through, Sleeping Porch Asks $2.8 Million For a home hunter looking for room to spread out, this early 20th century standalone has a roomy main level, an abundance of bedroom space, and a garage turned studio for those who want some distance while they work. In the Midwood Park portion of the Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District, the single-family at 51 Dekoven Court also has some period detail, a private driveway, and an attic with potential."
Several Brooklyn residential highlights span open houses, restorations, and redesigns across multiple neighborhoods. Open houses in Windsor Terrace, Sunset Park, and Flatbush listed properties from $1.389 million to $2.5 million. A 19th-century mansion at 87 MacDonough Street owned by the Order of Tents has entered a long-awaited restoration and serves as a symbolic homecoming for the society. A Midwood Park Colonial Revival at 51 Dekoven Court offers a roomy main level, abundant bedrooms, a garage-converted studio, period detail, a private driveway, and attic potential, asking $2.8 million. A Cobble Hill townhouse received a comprehensive furnishings refresh for a family with teenage children. A Clinton Hill co-op with arched openings and an updated kitchen is asking $825K.
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