272 Berkeley Place – $4,800,000 20′ Park Slope Museum-Quality Townhouse! Featured in Curbed, NY Observer, Brownstoner, The Real Deal, and more! 272 Berkeley Place was the home of Everett and Evelyn Ortner, the “Couple Who Saved Park Slope” (NYT). For the first time in half a century, this museum-quality Park Slope jewel is on the […]
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A version of this article appeared in print on June 5, 2012, on page A21 of the New York edition with the headline: Remembering a Couple Who Gave Brownstones New Life. From left, Clem Labine, Joseph Sweeney, Susan Stewart, James Marshall and John Casson on the stoop of a brownstone in Park Slope, Brooklyn. […]
Continue reading →Dear Friends, We are profoundly saddened by the death on May 22, 2012 of Everett H. Ortner, noted preservationist and founding chairperson of both the Brownstone Revival Coalition and Preservation Volunteers. For almost fifty years, Everett worked tirelessly to preserve and defend New York’s brownstone neighborhoods. He was our dear friend. After purchasing and restoring […]
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(Image courtesy reclaimedhome.com) By Everett H. Ortner Reprinted from The Brownstoner (A Publication of Brownstone Revival Coalition) Spring 1993 It is 1885 in a fine New York City townhouse on West 75th Street, or maybe it is in Park Slope or Fort Greene in Brooklyn. No matter – they are all much alike. The doorbell […]
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On July 27, 2010 the Preservation Volunteers were featured in a story on NY1! A news crew taped them at the Green-Wood Cemetery as they scrubbed, washed and polished the statue of Minerva, the Goddess of War. Click here to view the NY! story and watch the video clip! They were also featured on the […]
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