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- noun Plural form of
brownstone .
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Examples
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While the neighborhood remains characterized by the brownstones and the mansions on Clinton and Washington avenues, the neighborhood also has new condo buildings.
Clinton Hill: College-Town Feel in Brooklyn Joseph De Avila 2011
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Across the street from the brownstones are the back windows of Brooklyn Teen Challenge, a treatment center for drug addicts and home for almost three months to a man named Frank Willingham, 47, who kicked PCP and crack and now works there.
NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL WILSON 2011
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Across the street from the brownstones are the back windows of Brooklyn Teen Challenge, a treatment center for drug addicts and home for almost three months to a man named Frank Willingham, 47, who kicked PCP and crack and now works there.
NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL WILSON 2011
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Bethel AME occupies an imposing, Gothic-style white stone building with a towering steeple that stands out amid the surrounding boarded-up brownstones, low-rise public housing, and crumbling, mostly vacant row houses.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Our neighborhood in Wicker Park, just northwest of downtown, is a mix of Polish bakeries, Mexican apothecaries, and dilapidated brownstones with men who sit on stoops and sing as I pass by: Que bonito culo!
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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Those romantic fantasies of four-story brownstones and easy parking spaces exist only in the movies.
Brooklyn Love & Basketball Jason Gay 2011
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The Back Bay beckons with its grand-scale brownstones, manicured Common gardens and the shops along Newbury Street.
Boston: Culture Pop 2011
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The area, bordered by Clinton Hill, Bushwick, Williamsburg and Crown Heights, is known for its rich African-American history as well as its brownstones and tree-lined streets.
Bedford-Stuyvesant Steps Up Its Game Melanie Lefkowitz 2011
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It's got some comfortable brownstones, and, we thought, some affordable apartments in our price range.
David Serchuk: New York City Apartment Hell Pt. 2 David Serchuk 2011
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The neighborhood was middle class and largely Hispanic, a stark contrast to those living in the multi-million dollar brownstones just a few blocks north.
Duplex Danny Goodman 2011
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