Yeah, generally, the front steps of the brownstone go right to the sidewalk, as do the steps from the basement apartment.
I don't give half a hump if you're innocent or not. So where does that put you?
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Jul 10, 2011 1:57:45 pm PDT #16052 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Tom Scola - Jul 10, 2011 1:59:18 pm PDT #16053 of 30001
hwæt
In Brooklyn, a brownstone might be far enough from the curb for a garden out front, but that is never the case in Manhattan.
Connie Neil - Jul 10, 2011 2:30:51 pm PDT #16054 of 30001
brillig
Is there any roadway or access behind the brownstones, or is the greenspace taking all the room? IE, what's behind the brownstones? (Probably the simplest form of the question, actually)
Tom Scola - Jul 10, 2011 2:41:24 pm PDT #16055 of 30001
hwæt
Behind a brownstone is a garden/patio, fenced in on three sides. The only access is through the building, usually (but not always) via the basement apartment, hence real estate agents try to market them as "garden apartments".
Zenkitty - Jul 10, 2011 2:45:09 pm PDT #16056 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Do you mean one can't get to the garden without going through the basement apartment? Doesn't the super usually live in the basement apartment?
Tom Scola - Jul 10, 2011 2:54:22 pm PDT #16057 of 30001
hwæt
Most brownstones aren't big enough to have a full-time super. There are lots of different possible layouts. Sometimes the basement apartment has full access to the back yard; sometimes there are stairs from the 1st floor to the garden, sometimes the basement and 1st floor are a single-unit duplex, sometimes there is single occupant in the whole brownstone.
Burrell - Jul 10, 2011 3:06:45 pm PDT #16058 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh dang, Nilly baby! That is one adorable baby, and yes, so happy and so completely engaged. Oh Nilly, he's scrumptious.
quester - Jul 10, 2011 3:18:07 pm PDT #16059 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Pi-baby is insanely happy, as he should be!
Jesse - Jul 10, 2011 3:32:20 pm PDT #16060 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
When I lived in a brownstone in Manhattan (7 apartments?), the basement was not an apartment, I don't think (it was a long time ago, but I'm pretty sure the super lived upstairs), I have no idea what was behind the building, and the trash cans were in the stairwell area in front going toward the basement. The super took the trash out front. Also possibly relevant, the trash got picked up five days a week.
sarameg - Jul 10, 2011 3:36:23 pm PDT #16061 of 30001
Pi-baby is indeed awesome!
Spent the day being lazy. Got in my swim (I am irrationally excited I'm getting a laptimer) and TJ's and laundry, but that's about it. And a manicure. Totally missed my neighbor inviting me over for coffee this morning cause I slept in. I need to ask him to make it a standing sunday date to get my ass out of bed.