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 all, there’s nothing else that could explain how her Brooklyn apartment—the parlor floor of a brownstone—came to be, and how the stars aligned, if only momentarily, when the previous tenants moved out.
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Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025
In 2023, Allen and Harbour gave an inside look at their brownstone to Architectural Digest.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
The album opens with Allen's move to New York with her daughters Ethel and Marnie, where she is pushed by her partner to buy a brownstone.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
The young man who opened the door to the Chicago brownstone was the first person to show me that other side of White evangelicals.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
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Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025
In 2023, Allen and Harbour gave an inside look at their brownstone to Architectural Digest.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
The album opens with Allen's move to New York with her daughters Ethel and Marnie, where she is pushed by her partner to buy a brownstone.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
The young man who opened the door to the Chicago brownstone was the first person to show me that other side of White evangelicals.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Brownstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brownstone. Accessed 8 Nov. 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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