"Le Fenestre delle nostre case sono meravigliosamente lunghe permettendo l'entrata di molta luce e prestanto una dignità alla facciata. Come si vede nella fotografia alla sinistra."
No you are not reading this wrong. The above sentences are in Italian. You see, back in the early 1970's when there was an effort to get the Carroll Gardens neighborhood landmarked, there was quite a bit of resistance by residents. In order to educate local brownstone owners to the benefits of landmarking, a poster sized flier was published and handed out. Respecting the large Italian population in the neighborhood, the literature was translated from the English.
It is quite a document, illustrating the wonderful historic details worth preserving on a brownstone. The correct "fenestre i le facciate" are shown next to the bastardized examples in wonderful black and white pictures.
Only a two block area of Carroll Gardens was landmarked in 1973. Maybe the brochure should be reprinted and redistributed now that there is a serious push underway to landmark the entire neighborhood. "Bella" Carroll Gardens is worth preserving.
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2 comments:
love this...where did you find the poster.
Isn't it cool? Someone in the neighborhood held on to a copy from 1973 and showed it to me. I took some pictures with my camera.
What a document, don't you think?
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