位于前景高地历史区的震中是177 Prospect Place，这是一座独特而富有诗意的意大利风格褐石屋，坐落在一个162英尺的稀有地块上，拥有一个受野口勇启发的花园。

在自1871年建成以来的第四任业主的管理下，这座卓越修复和重塑的独栋住宅既是对往昔布鲁克林的颂歌，也是对过去与现在结合的优雅颂歌。此前转变为三户家庭的房屋，其历史细节被典型的1960年代重地毯覆盖下的设计所掩埋，经过二十六年的启发和投资，重新焕发了生机。

原始的拼花地板、装饰性大理石壁炉和壁炉架、拱顶型装饰和圆盘、雕花玻璃、胡桃木扶手和镜子，如今在精心打理下熠熠生辉。修复过的意大利风格基础得到了历史准确的定制完善：18扇定制窗户，带有桃花心木框架，包括一层客厅的双高窗户；大堂剩余的最后一块大理石切割成的前厅石材。从超过12英尺的客厅天花板上悬挂的重电吊灯，为家居空间带来了罕见的悬浮光线和空间感，即便在同样20英尺的联排别墅中也难得一见。

与住宅的历史调色板和谐共存的是必要的现代化改造；丰富的自然材料体现了时光的简约。卧室楼层的胡桃木推拉门在封闭安静空间的同时，维持了一种开放感。浴室和洗衣房（配有通风的Miele洗衣机和干衣机）采用Mosa瓷砖和胡桃木装饰，配有Corian围挡、Duravit水槽，以及来自Barber Wilsons UK的水龙头和配件。三区中央空调体现在铸铁格栅后无缝整合。

重新装修的厨房是一个为坚固而设计的商业级空间——配备Marlo Manufacturing的定制橱柜和制冷设备，以及通风的Jade“Supreme”重型炉灶——它也注入了温暖，具有木材燃烧的Rumford壁炉，采用在纽约Alcove采集的蓝石（同样的石材也用于相邻浴室的深日式浸泡浴缸）。一整面玻璃窗壁将花园变化的光线引入室内，使室内外浑然一体，全年无休。

Foras Studio设计的雕塑花园本身延伸超过100英尺，提供独特的用餐、思考、运动和娱乐区域。作为再生的奇迹，在花园的重新构想中没有可用材料离开现场：来自1960年代燃气壁炉的粗糙石材被重新利用成一张惊艳的长凳，成为162英尺地块的锚点；一棵自1970年代雷击中幸存的东部白松，如今为三棵枫树提供庇护，年轻的枫树是从场地上的种子中种植的。几十年存放在地下室的古老印刷机的零部件被重新利用，转变为艺术健身和游戏的装饰和设备。花园配备了LifeSource Irrigation安装的全自动地下灌溉系统。花园各处低调的铜灯具与户外空间的宁静相得益彰，伴随整个夜晚。

住宅内部的维护与外部美学同样细致，首先对历史铸铁台阶扶手进行了全面重建，并修复了褐石外立面。三区中央空调在2009年完成，同时住宅被改造成了单户家庭的C of O。屋顶在2014年更换，并于2020年由Brooklyn SolarWorks安装了地标区允许的最大数量的太阳能电池板。那时，电表进行了合并，且从锅炉房安装了符合新规范的通风管道。锅炉本身在2021年更换，而连接到市外排污管道的主要污水管道则在2016年全部更换。该住宅还受益于一个co

At the epicenter of the Prospect Heights historic district sits 177 Prospect Place, a singular and poetic Italianate brownstone on a rare 162’ lot, with a Noguchi-inspired garden.

Exquisitely restored and reimagined under the stewardship of its fourth owner since the home was built in 1871, this distinctive single-family is both a paean to bygone Brooklyn and an elegant ode to the integration of past and present. Previously converted to a three-family – its historic details buried under a characteristically linoleum-heavy 1960s design – the home has been brought back to life over twenty-six years of inspiration and investment.

Original parquet floors, decorative marble fireplaces and mantelpieces, crown moldings and medallions, etched glass, walnut banisters, and pier mirrors now shine with exquisite care. The restored Italianate foundations are complemented by historically accurate customizations: 18 custom-built windows with mahogany frames, including double-height casements on the parlor level; foyer stone cut from the last slab of marble remaining from the lobby of the Empire State Building. Rewired chandeliers hang from over 12’ ceilings on the parlor floor, giving the home a quality of suspended light and space rare even amongst its fellow 20’ townhouses.

Essential modernizations have been made in harmony with the home’s historic palette; rich natural materials shine through in ageless simplicity. Walnut pocket doors across the bedroom floor maintain a sense of openness while enclosing serene spaces. The bathrooms and laundry room (with vented Miele washer and dryer) are finished in Mosa tile and walnut, with Corian surround, Duravit sinks, and faucets and fixtures from Barber Wilsons UK. Three-zone central air integrates seamlessly behind cast-iron grilles.

The gut-renovated kitchen, a commercial-grade space designed for indestructibility — with custom cabinetry and refrigeration by Marlo Manufacturing, and a vented Jade “Supreme” Heavy Duty Range — is also designed for warmth, with a wood-burning Rumford fireplace, fashioned from bluestone quarried in Alcove, NY (the same stone chosen for a deep Japanese soaking tub in the adjoining bath). A full glass curtain wall creates an immersion in the changing light of the garden, bringing the outdoors in, daylong and year-round.

The Foras Studio-designed sculptural garden itself stretches over 100’, providing distinct areas for dining and dreaming, exercising, and entertaining. A marvel of regeneration, no usable materials left the site in the garden’s reimagination: rough stone from a ‘60s gas fireplace found new life as a striking bench that anchors the 162’ lot; an old-growth Eastern White Pine, which survived a lightning strike in the 1970s, now shelters three maples, the younger planted from seedlings found on the property. Components salvaged from an antique printing press stored in the cellar for decades were repurposed into accents and equipment for artful fitness and play. The garden is equipped with a fully automatic inground irrigation system installed by LifeSource Irrigation. Discreet bronze light fixtures throughout the garden complement the peacefulness of the outdoor space all evening.

The home’s internals have been attended to with the same meticulous care as its external aesthetics, starting with a complete reconstruction of the historic cast iron stoop rail and restoration of the brownstone facade. Three-zone central air was completed in 2009, at the same time that the home was converted to a single-family C of O. The roof was replaced in 2014, and in 2020, the maximum allowable number of solar panels for the Landmark District were installed by Brooklyn SolarWorks. At that time, meters were consolidated, and new code-compliant ventilation conduit was installed from the boiler room. The boiler itself was replaced in 2021, and the main sewer piping connecting to the external city sewer line was fully replaced in 2016. The home also benefits from a co