Comments on: Entry Beauty — 60 Clarkson http://mylifeinbrooklyn.com/2006/09/10/entry-beauty-60-clarkson/ A Perspective Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:59:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Laurel http://mylifeinbrooklyn.com/2006/09/10/entry-beauty-60-clarkson/#comment-577 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:12:13 +0000 http://mylifeinbrooklyn.com/2006/09/10/entry-beauty-60-clarkson/#comment-577 Wow, thanks for writing and sharing all the details about the place! I wish I could have a tour of so many of these buildings, I can well imagine the grandeur of the time! I wonder if the apartments are intact now or divided into smaller units. Wow, thanks for writing and sharing all the details about the place! I wish I could have a tour of so many of these buildings, I can well imagine the grandeur of the time! I wonder if the apartments are intact now or divided into smaller units.

]]> by: susan rosefielde http://mylifeinbrooklyn.com/2006/09/10/entry-beauty-60-clarkson/#comment-574 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 04:28:32 +0000 http://mylifeinbrooklyn.com/2006/09/10/entry-beauty-60-clarkson/#comment-574 I lived in this house from 1951 to 1965. It was also lovely inside. Their was a second grated door that entered into the large lobby. When we moved in, the lobby had great antique furniture, velvet drapes and a large central rug. I was told that the street entry had been canopied. We had a door man, and two old fashioned grated door elevators. I lived on the 3rd floor and my bedroom faced out the front. We faced several 19th century brownstones, which I painted over the years. The whole block had interesting architecture. Being an artistic child I always noticed it. Closer to Flatbush Avenue there were brownstone type houses on both sides of the street. I think they may have been built later. Also there were several wooden structures, one family homes, around "60". Perhaps they were built around 1905. The new houses, "40" and "80" were built "after the war", around 1848. Our apartment had only one previous tenant, so all the light fixtures, bathroom and kitchen features were original to the house. Kitchen cabinets were great, window paned cabinets. But my mother renovated the kitchen, put in modern 1957 style, and new appliances. The bathroom had a large pedestal sink, that I disliked. Hot and cold water came out of separate faucets and it was hard to get a nice balance. You had to fill the sink, which was hard for a child in a rush. I liked the drying rack in the bathroom,that worked on a pulley. On wash day you could lower it, load it, then raise it up near the ceiling above the door. I lived in this house from 1951 to 1965.
It was also lovely inside.
Their was a second grated door that entered into the large lobby.
When we moved in, the lobby had great antique furniture, velvet
drapes and a large central rug.
I was told that the street entry had been canopied.
We had a door man, and two old fashioned grated door elevators.

I lived on the 3rd floor and my bedroom faced out the front.
We faced several 19th century brownstones, which I painted over
the years.
The whole block had interesting architecture. Being an artistic
child I always noticed it.
Closer to Flatbush Avenue there were brownstone type houses on
both sides of the street. I think they may have been built later.
Also there were several wooden structures, one family homes,
around “60″. Perhaps they were built around 1905.
The new houses, “40″ and “80″ were built “after the war”, around
1848.
Our apartment had only one previous tenant, so all the light fixtures,
bathroom and kitchen features were original to the house.
Kitchen cabinets were great, window paned cabinets. But my mother
renovated the kitchen, put in modern 1957 style, and new appliances. The bathroom had a large pedestal sink, that I disliked.
Hot and cold water came out of separate faucets and it was hard to
get a nice balance. You had to fill the sink, which was hard for a
child in a rush.
I liked the drying rack in the bathroom,that worked on a pulley.
On wash day you could lower it, load it, then raise it up near the
ceiling above the door.

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