While the old Stelzner family dairy barn and farmhouse in Greendale, 6750 W. Loomis Rd., aren t short of history or ramshackle vibe, in this case what everyone s really interested in isn t the past, but the future.
South Second Street in Walker s Point has a string of great restaurants, with other neighborhood byways hosting others. At more than a decade old, Braise, 1101 S. 2nd St., is now one of the area s most long-lived eateries. It occupies a 1907 Miller tied house that was long home to the Marble Arcade tavern and bowling alley.
If you re frequently on the upper East Side, you may have noticed a lovely, if somewhat unusual house overlooking a grassy triangle behind Columbia St. Mary s Hospital, where Wahl and Terrace Avenues come together. That s the house that renowned architect Alfred C. Clas designed as his retirement home.