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CONTENTS
BROWNSTONER FALL/HOLIDAY 2021/22
RENOVATOR’S TOOLBOX
Brooklyn Brick:
History and Care
58 Living the Good Life
on Eastern Parkway
The elegant and bucolic
approach to Prospect Park
is a panorama of grand
apartment buildings.
Art Space
The colorful paintings of
Greenpoint artist Shara Hughes
have a dreamlike quality.
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Blithe Spirits
An inviting, colorful Ditmas
Park house is a pick-me-up.
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Making History
The Weeksville Heritage
Center looks to the future
with a renewed focus on art
and community.
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FEATURES
Clockwise from top left: Furnishings in a Ditmas Park living room take their color cues from the original stained glass windows. Photo
by David A. Land. ‘The Gleaming,’ 2021, by Shara Hughes. Photo by JSP Art Photography. © Shara Hughes. Courtesy of the artist,
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich / New York and Pilar Corrias, London. Trees and paths line Eastern Parkway. Photo by Susan De Vries.
