Reimagining The Townhome

A New York architect takes on the challenge of redesigning a 1920's era building in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood.

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January 19, 2007, 7:00 AM PST

By Mike Lydon

'When Andrew C. Friedman, a Manhattan architect known for his elaborate (and expensive) classical residences, chose a nondescript little brick and fake-stone building in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn to redesign, he already knew the kind of urban couple he imagined there - and they were very different from his usual clients.

No, this imaginary makeover was not for the people who commissioned the eight-room Park Avenue pied-à-terre that Mr. Friedman is currently working on, nor the guy with the town house who wants his new ballroom to take up an entire floor.

The house at 9A Pulaski Street - listed at a $695,000, negotiable - would be 'for a very hip couple without a great deal of money,' he said, 'who might start out by renting out the bottom floor to pay a chunk of the mortgage, and then, later, take over the whole house and maybe eventually add on.'

So far, so good."

FULL STORY: Designing a Starter Town House With a Twist

Sunday, January 14, 2007 in The New York Times

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