brownstone 的詞源
brownstone(n.)
"深色砂岩",1849年,來自 brown(形容詞)+ stone(名詞)。它在美國東北部的三疊紀沉積物中被廣泛採石,並被廣泛用作建築石材。從1932年開始,它被用作“用棕石裝飾的房屋或建築物的正面牆壁”。
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]
僅僅幾年前,在曼哈頓住在棕石正面牆是一種榮譽的象徵。小說家總是把他們的富人住在棕石正面牆裏。在25年前,這個名字有魔力。棕石正面牆是商業王子的家。這種材料必須在新澤西州的西部平原上開採,然後以巨大的成本運到紐約。O.O. Mclntyre 寫道,在四十二街以上有一排排的棕石建築,但最近它們已經逐漸衰落。豪華公寓的出現使它們黯然失色。現在它們正在被無情地拆除,最後一絲尊嚴也消失了。[《美國建築師》,1920年12月8日]
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