brownstone
noun
brown·stone
ˈbrau̇n-ˌstōn 
1
: a reddish-brown sandstone used for building
2
: a dwelling faced with brownstone
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She lives in a beautiful brownstone in Manhattan.
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After completing two homes for NBA player Kyrie Irving, Walker is currently working on Angela Yee’s home—a historic brownstone—in Brooklyn.
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Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
In the summer of 1919, the former MI-8, now officially called the Cipher Bureau, moved its headquarters to a four-story brownstone in New York City.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
Productions initially began to rely on the state as a substitute for New York City’s five boroughs, as Hoboken and Jersey City’s brownstones made for ideal stand-ins for Manhattan and Brooklyn.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
Though she was born in London, Kirke grew up in a brownstone in downtown Manhattan, where her rock star father (Simon Kirke played drums in Bad Company and Free) and fashion designer mother, Lorraine, led the sort of bohemian lifestyle that creates good art and deep trauma.
—Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
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Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
In the summer of 1919, the former MI-8, now officially called the Cipher Bureau, moved its headquarters to a four-story brownstone in New York City.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
Productions initially began to rely on the state as a substitute for New York City’s five boroughs, as Hoboken and Jersey City’s brownstones made for ideal stand-ins for Manhattan and Brooklyn.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
Though she was born in London, Kirke grew up in a brownstone in downtown Manhattan, where her rock star father (Simon Kirke played drums in Bad Company and Free) and fashion designer mother, Lorraine, led the sort of bohemian lifestyle that creates good art and deep trauma.
—Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Brownstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brownstone. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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brownstone
noun
brown·stone
ˈbrau̇n-ˌstōn
1
: a reddish brown sandstone used for building
2
: a dwelling covered with a layer of brownstone
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