tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741186653279066194.post90745682237304041..comments2023-09-11T03:43:51.607-04:00Comments on One More Folded Sunset: At Hicksonemorefoldedsunsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995652957356064546noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741186653279066194.post-15822099370680060952012-01-20T21:20:23.400-05:002012-01-20T21:20:23.400-05:00Thanks guys. This is on top of the former Tower &...Thanks guys. This is on top of the former Tower & Home buildings (now Cobble Hill Towers) - model tenements buildings from the 1870s. In 1906, Jacob Riis wrote about them: <br />"They are six stories (sixty feet) high, are almost absolutely fireproof, and have excellent means of egress…Every apartment not only opens outdoors, but has a through draft,…are " self-contained " ; rooms are supplied with water, a clothes-press with shelf and hooks, a place for a stove, and a coal-box, holding a quarter of a ton…. Children can play in the courtyard, and also in the cellar or covered verandas when it rains. There is a band of eight pieces for two hours on Saturday afternoons in summer. The Home building has a reading-room for its own tenants and for those of the Tower building and the general public, which takes daily papers and weekly and monthly magazines, and also has a circulating library of 334 novels. The buildings have open stairways, but the tenants do not seem to object.” <br />Different times.<br />If you go today, & claim to be looking for a condo (ha!) you can get quite a tour. Six flights of stone spiral stairs, tiny apartments designed in pairs, with wrought iron balconies & courtyard gardens. You could be very happy here if it weren't for the infernal ROAR of the BQE. Right now it's an uneasy mix of condo & rental.onemorefoldedsunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995652957356064546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741186653279066194.post-86863291669879109712012-01-20T16:03:14.030-05:002012-01-20T16:03:14.030-05:00Awesome photo! The grays and reds make such great...Awesome photo! The grays and reds make such great contrast.Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741186653279066194.post-34674261415900097102012-01-19T10:14:42.838-05:002012-01-19T10:14:42.838-05:00Very cool photo! Like a portal to another world, n...Very cool photo! Like a portal to another world, nice work!Marty Wombacherhttp://www.martyafterdark.comnoreply@blogger.com