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Brownstone, the Glossary

Brownstone is a brown Triassic–Jurassic sandstone that was historically a popular building material.^[1]

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Apostle Islands

The Apostle Islands are a group of 22 islands in Lake Superior, off the Bayfield Peninsula in northern Wisconsin.

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Astoria, Queens

Astoria is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens.

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Back Bay, Boston

Back Bay is an officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, built on reclaimed land in the Charles River basin.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry

The Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry, also known as the Basswood Island Quarry, on Basswood Island in Lake Superior was operational from 1868 to 1893.

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Basswood Island

Basswood Island is a Wisconsin island in Lake Superior.

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Bath Beach, Brooklyn

Bath Beach is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, located at the southwestern edge of the borough on Gravesend Bay.

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Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Bay Ridge is a neighborhood in the southwest corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

Bedford–Stuyvesant, colloquially known as Bed–Stuy, is a neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

Bensonhurst is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Besançon

Besançon (archaic Bisanz; Vesontio) is the prefecture of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

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Boerum Hill

Boerum Hill (pronounced) is a small neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Schermerhorn Street to the north and Fourth Avenue to the east.

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Borough Park, Brooklyn

Borough Park (also spelled Boro Park) is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.

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Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Heights is a residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Building material

Building material is material used for construction.

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Bushwick, Brooklyn

Bushwick is a neighborhood in the northern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

Carroll Gardens is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Cladding (construction)

Cladding is the application of one material over another to provide a skin or layer.

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Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

Clinton Hill is a neighborhood in north-central Brooklyn, a borough of New York City.

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Cobble Hill, Brooklyn

Cobble Hill is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Crown Heights, Brooklyn

Crown Heights is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era during the Phanerozoic eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian period at million years ago (Ma), to the beginning of the succeeding Carboniferous period at Ma.

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Dimension stone

Dimension stone is natural stone or rock that has been selected and finished (e.g., trimmed, cut, drilled or ground) to specific sizes or shapes. Brownstone and Dimension stone are building stone.

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Dyker Heights, Brooklyn

Dyker Heights is a predominantly residential neighborhood in the southwest corner of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City.

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East Harlem

East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, Fifth Avenue to the west, and the East and Harlem Rivers to the east and north.

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East New York, Brooklyn

East New York is a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, United States.

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Façade

A façade or facade is generally the front part or exterior of a building.

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Fairmount, Philadelphia

Fairmount is a neighborhood within Lower North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Flatbush

Flatbush is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Forest of Chailluz

The Forest of Chailluz is a wooded area comprising 1,673 hectares, located in Besançon, in the Doubs, France. Brownstone and Forest of Chailluz are building stone.

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Fort Greene, Brooklyn

Fort Greene is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Freestone (masonry)

A freestone is a type of stone used in masonry for molding, tracery and other replication work required to be worked with the chisel.

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Glendale, Queens

Glendale is a neighborhood in the west-central portion of the New York City borough of Queens.

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Gowanus, Brooklyn

Gowanus is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, within the area once known as South Brooklyn.

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Gravestone

A gravestone or tombstone is a marker, usually stone, that is placed over a grave.

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Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Greystone (architecture)

Greystones are a style of residential building most commonly found in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Brownstone and Greystone (architecture) are house styles.

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Hamilton Park, Jersey City

Hamilton Park is a neighborhood in Historic Downtown Jersey City, Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, centered on a park with the same name.

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Harlem

Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan in New York City.

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Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Hoboken, New Jersey

Hoboken (Unami: Hupokàn) is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Hudson County, New Jersey

Hudson County is the smallest and most densely populated county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Hudson River

The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.

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Hummelstown brownstone

Hummelstown brownstone is a medium-grain, dense sandstone quarried near Hummelstown in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Hummelstown Brownstone Company

From 1863 to 1929, the Hummelstown Brownstone Company owned and operated quarries in the Hummelstown, Pennsylvania area which produced Hummelstown brownstone, once widely used as a building stone throughout the US.

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Hummelstown, Pennsylvania

Hummelstown is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Immediate Media Company Limited (styled as Immediate Media Co) is a British multinational publishing house that publishes a significant range of titles, including Radio Times, BBC Top Gear, BBC Good Food and a host of others.

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Indiana Limestone

Indiana limestone (also known as Bedford limestone) is a form of limestone used as a building material, particularly for monumental public structures. Brownstone and Indiana Limestone are building stone.

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Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City is the second-most populous, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

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Jurassic

The Jurassic is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya.

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Kensington, Brooklyn

Kensington is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, located south of Prospect Park and Green-Wood Cemetery.

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Long Island City

Long Island City (LIC) is a residential and commercial neighborhood on the western tip of Queens, a borough in New York City in the United States.

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Longwood, Bronx

Longwood is a mixed-use neighborhood in the southeast Bronx in New York City.

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Lower East Side

The Lower East Side, sometimes abbreviated as LES, is a historic neighborhood in the southeastern part of Manhattan in New York City.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Marble

Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)) that have crystallized under the influence of heat and pressure.

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Midwood, Brooklyn

Midwood is a neighborhood in the south-central part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Milwaukee County Courthouse

The Milwaukee County Courthouse is a high-rise municipal building located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Morrisania, Bronx

Morrisania is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern Bronx, New York City, New York.

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Mott Haven, Bronx

Mott Haven is a primarily residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of the Bronx.

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Neighborhoods in New York City

The neighborhoods in New York City are located within the five boroughs of the City of New York.

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New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Park Slope

Park Slope is a neighborhood in western Brooklyn, New York City, within the area once known as South Brooklyn.

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Passaic Formation

The Passaic Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Portland Brownstone Quarries

The Portland Brownstone Quarries are a set of historic quarries in Portland, Connecticut.

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Portland, Connecticut

Portland is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States.

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Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

Prospect Heights is a neighborhood in the northwest of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Prospect Lefferts Gardens is a residential neighborhood in the Flatbush area of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Quarry

A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground.

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Railroad apartment

A railroad apartment or railroad flat, sometimes referred to as a floor-through apartment, is an apartment with a series of rooms connecting to each other in a line.

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Ridgewood, Queens

Ridgewood is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Rittenhouse Square

Rittenhouse Square is a neighborhood, including a public park, in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral. Brownstone and Sandstone are building stone.

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Schist

Schist is a medium-grained metamorphic rock showing pronounced schistosity.

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Slate

Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous, metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade, regional metamorphism. Brownstone and Slate are building stone.

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Stoop (architecture)

In American English, a stoop is a small staircase ending in a platform and leading to the entrance of an apartment building or other building.

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Sunset Park, Brooklyn

Sunset Park is a neighborhood in the western part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Park Slope and Green-Wood Cemetery to the north, Borough Park to the east, Bay Ridge to the south, and New York Harbor to the west.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Townhouse

A townhouse, townhome, town house, or town home, is a type of terraced housing. Brownstone and townhouse are house styles.

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Triassic

The Triassic (sometimes symbolized 🝈) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.5 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.4 Mya.

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Upper East Side

The Upper East Side, sometimes abbreviated UES, is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, bounded approximately by 96th Street to the north, the East River to the east, 59th Street to the south, and Central Park and Fifth Avenue to the west.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownstone

Also known as Brownstones, Lake Superior Brownstone, Lake Superior Sandstone.

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