An 1871 Italianate Brownstone in Brooklyn - $6,500,000
177 Prospect Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11238
4 bed/3.5 bath - 3,788 sqft
Original parquet floors, marble fireplaces and mantelpieces, crown moldings and medallions, etched glass, walnut banisters, and pier mirrors now shine with exquisite care. The restored Italianate foundations are complemented by historically accurate customizations: 18 custom-built windows with mahogany frames, including double-height casements on the parlor level; foyer stone cut from the last slab of marble remaining from the lobby of the Empire State Building.
The Foras Studio-designed sculptural garden itself stretches over 100’. A marvel of regeneration, no usable materials left the site in the garden’s reimagination: rough stone from a ‘60s gas fireplace found new life as a striking bench; an old-growth Eastern White Pine, which survived a lightning strike in the 1970s, now shelters three maples, the younger planted from seedlings found on the property. Components salvaged from an antique printing press were repurposed into accents and equipment for artful fitness and play.
