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82 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights
With its wide entryway and sheer height, you might mistake this corner marvel for an apartment building. Well, ok, it does house apartments now, following a century that included stints as a hotel, a brothel, and a residence for Franciscan brothers. But first it was just a mansion for a wealthy industrialist, who had its facade decorated with wild stone animal flourishes that still adorn it today, helping to make it one of the architectural masterpieces of the neighborhood.