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I have been doing some posts on different architectural gems in Brooklyn, also known as the borough of Homes and Churches. Though I have profiled a magnificent church, I have not done any homes yet. Although Brooklyn has some magnificent free-standing homes, when I think of Brooklyn, I think of row houses. I live in a stunning landmarked row house in Greenpoint and when I went to school I lived in a stately brownstone row house in Crown Heights. When most people think of Brooklyn, they envision elegant brownstone row houses uniformly creating a gorgeous symmetry. Since I have been profiling architecture in Clinton Hill, I decided to stay in the area and profile the cute and cozy townhouses that surround Pratt institute. There are other row houses that are far more elegant and far larger, but these small gems are special. About twenty years ago, I became alarmed because these stately homes built for Pratt faculty about 1907 by Hobart A. WIlliams had fallen into disrepair, but today they have been restored to their former elegance. Designed in the colonial revival style, they differ from other brick rowhouses because they are not uniform. One has a peaked stuccoed gable, the other had a Dutch style stepped gable. Paired stoops lined by railings lead to entrances with paneled double doors. Students and faculty live in them. Supposedly thirty-two of these landmarks suvive, but there used to be more. Pratt evidently committed the architectural sin of tearing down some of these gems to expand the campus. What a shame! How many other beautiful buildings in Brooklyn have not survived the wrecking ball.