The 17-Year Bed-Stuy Brownstone Renovation

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Great Rooms [The 17-Year Bed-Stuy Brownstone Renovation]( Rodney Lawrence and Terry Sonterre finally get their house how they wanted it. Photo: Annie Schlechter Every piece of millwork and fireplace, every detail, was left intact,” recalls Rodney Lawrence of the Bedford-Stuyvesant brownstone that he and his husband, Terry Sonterre, bought in 2005 and have been slowly renovating ever since. The couple had been living in a cramped rental in the West Village and looking for a house, and they were ready to give up on finding anything that hadn’t been denuded of character by a bad renovation when they walked into this place. The sellers had 25 offers, but they prevailed: “We were the first people here, and we were the last people here,” Lawrence says. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( for unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest 1. [The New Urbanists Make Friends With Tucker Carlson A warm chat between Andrés Duany and a bigoted nativist.]( By Alissa Walker 2. [A Perfectly 1989 ‘Barbie House’ in Mill Basin Glass blocks and formica built-ins are everywhere.]( By Jenny Xie 3. [Is Justin Theroux’s Epic Neighbor Feud Finally Coming to an End? Maybe.]( By Clio Chang 4. [We May Be Entering a Glorious Era of Stroller Spreading Is this the end of the MTA’s policy requiring caregivers to fold and stash their strollers?]( By Alissa Walker [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( It happened this week — let’s talk about it. [Sign up for My Week in New York](: a new newsletter from the editors. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( If you enjoyed reading Curbed’s daily newsletter, forward it to a friend. Or [sign up for our Design Hunting newsletter]( for a visual diary from design editor Wendy Goodman and the [Listings Edit newsletter](, a digest of particularly worth-it apartments for rent in New York City. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved