Bricks & brownstone

"Bricks and Brownstone was the first - and is still the only - book to examine in depth the varied architectural styles of the much-loved New York City row house, or "brownstone." When it first came out, and in several subsequent editions, Bricks and Brownstone helped pave the way for a brownstone revival that has transformed the very appearance of the city. No other book has so thoroughly delved into the ways of life of the nineteenth-century families who lived in these homes or has so authoritatively dealt with the development and growth of the historic and highly desirable row house…