Someone was having an open house today and on their flyer they had some very interesting information about our building:
The Arlington - 1887 - this was the original name of the building - maybe I will add it to our mailing address - or is that just a tad too pretentious!!!
The building is listed on the National Historic Register - no wonder it is costing us so much to do some of the work :)
The building was designed by Montrose Morris.
Was home to playwright Arthur Miller (still unconfirmed whether Marilyn lived here too - but we understand she didn't like Brooklyn too much) and apparently wrote Death of a Salesman here, artist/filmmaker Marie Menken and poet Willard Maas.
So there you go. We are also having a lot of work done on the facade of the building - going to look fabulous when done, but a bit like our renovations seems to be taking forever. Thought I would share a couple of pictures of the work that is being done up at the top of the building.
Also check out some others photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sminor/4354292722/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/sminor/4354141388/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/sminor/4349645030/
 |
| The dormer window that is being fixed |
 |
| Fiber glass replacement |
 |
| Picture from 1920's |
 |
| Looking up from promenade - 62 Montague is the turreted building |
No comments:
Post a Comment