Thursday, April 26, 2007

A different angle

Interesting little story in the NY Daily News about houses askew:

Homes on side of angles

For Bob Singleton, a trustee of the Greater Astoria Historical Society, these houses have special meaning.

"Whenever I see a house turned from the street grid and still stubbornly facing forgotten country lane, I feel that time itself is giving me a nod, a wink and a reminder that my generation will, at some point be but a fragment of a future world," Singleton said.


Know of any houses like this?

Photo from Daily News

4 comments:

verdi said...

Yes....there's one little frame house (now covered in white Aluminum siding) on the Northwest corner of 35th Ave. and 167th Street in the Broadway- Flushing neighborhood.

It's architectural proportions suggest that it pre-dates the houses from the 1900s through the 1920s that dominate the area.

Anonymous said...

How about a list, folks? Maybe Forgotton NY or Crappie can do a piece on these little gems that to a developer, are just so many little $ bills strewn around the landscape.

Anonymous said...

108th and 67th in forest hills on the corner....

Anonymous said...

33rd st between broadway and 34th ave in astoria