brownstone 的意思
褐色砂岩;用褐色砂岩建造的房屋或建筑
brownstone 的词源
brownstone(n.)
“深色砂岩”,1849年出现,由 brown(形容词)+ stone(名词)组合而成。这种石材主要在美国东北部的三叠纪沉积层中开采,广泛用于建筑。自1932年起,“以褐石为外立面的房屋或建筑”这一说法开始流行。
ONLY a few years ago to live in a brownstone front was a badge of distinction in Manhattan. Novelists always had their rich housed in brownstone fronts. There was magic in the name a quarter of a century ago. The brownstone front was the home of the merchant prince. The material had to be mined on the western plains of New Jersey and teamed and lightered to New York at a great cost in those days. O.O. Mclntyre writes there are blocks and blocks of them above Forty-second street, but of late they have fallen into decay. The advent of the luxurious apartment house put them in the shade. Now they are being torn down with ruthless abandon and the last shred of dignity has vanished. [The American Architect, Dec. 8, 1920]
几年前,住在褐石外立面的房子里在曼哈顿被视为一种身份象征。小说家们总是让他们的富人住在褐石房前。二十五年前,这个名字充满了魔力。褐石外立面是商界巨头的家园。那时,这种材料必须在新泽西州西部的平原上开采,然后通过马车和驳船运送到纽约,成本非常高。O.O. Mclntyre 写道,在42街以北有一整片的褐石房,但最近它们已经开始衰败。豪华公寓的出现让这些房子黯然失色。如今,它们正被毫不留情地拆除,最后一丝尊严也随之消失。[《美国建筑师》,1920年12月8日]
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