STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Mansard roofs add elegance to Staten Island homes while serving a practical purpose. The roofs feature two slopes on every side with the lower slope noticeably steeper than the ...

Home at 2 Collins Avenue Friday August 7, 2015 in Troy, NY. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union) Second Empire architecture is a lesson in perspective, a reminder that what we now look upon as ...

It was temporarily removed back in 2017 but the iconic 19th century green mansard roof is peeking out from behind scaffolding at Macy’s on the Fulton Mall in Downtown Brooklyn. Built in the 1870s, the ...

The image of impoverished writers, starving for their art and living in garrets, predated the era of Paris as a city of garrets tucked under mansard roofs. Garrets were attic living spaces — hot in ...

Even if you’ve never heard the phrase “Second Empire architecture,” you’ve seen it – on the iconic “Psycho” house, the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney World and every creepy ceramic Halloween house ...

A modern home in a historic envelope in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood hit the market this week for $17.995 million, making it the second-priciest home for sale in the tony enclave. The brick ...