Brownstone Open Houses Bloom in Brookline

Earlier this week, The Boston Globe ran an article about buyers choosing modern condo buildings over the classic Boston brick rowhouse or brownstone. Brownstones, the naysayers argued, are a lot of work. Plus you have to take your own trash out to a smelly alley. Modern buildings, on the other hand, are shiny and new. No mice. No stairs. And hopefully no robbers climbing through your bedroom window at night.

Still, let’s face it, condos in modern buildings are never going to have the romance that older buildings have. Will the new buildings even still be standing in 100 years? If you don’t believe that brownstones are pretty darn classy, (thanks to a plethora of architectural details like wood paneling, built-in sideboards and bow windows), take a look for yourself this weekend at these open houses in brownstones:

14 Marshal Street, #1
Brookline
BEDS:3/BATHS:1
SQ.FT: 1898
$699K
Sunday, July 27, 2008 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

1865 Beacon Street, #1
Brookline
BEDS:3/BATHS:2
SQ.FT: 1450
$729K
Sunday, July 27, 2008 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

22 Garrison Road, #1
Brookline
BEDS:2/BATHS:1
SQ.FT: 994
$464K
Sunday, July 27, 2008 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

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