Apr 7
Before the Bulldozer: How a Forgotten Depression-Era Government Program Pre-Framed Thousands of Long Island Homes Still Standing Today
People who buy older homes in Huntington, Hempstead, or Babylon and then open the walls for the first time often come away surprised. Not by what they find — no hidden disasters, no decades of concealed problems — but by the sheer solidity of what’s there. The framing is tight. The lumber is heavy. The joinery, where it exists, was done by someone who understood what they were doing. They call me…
