STRIVERS ROW an gyara da kuma sabunta gidan gari tare da dukkan abubuwan da ake bukata don rayuwa a karni na 21 daga wajen marubucin gini na kyauta Alan Berman na Archetype Architecture NY. Wannan gidan a 269 West 138th Street an gina shi a shekarar 1892 daga mai haɓaka David H. King kuma an tsara shi ta hannun masu gini Bruce Price da Clarence Luce a cikin salon Koloni na Sabuntawa. An gina shi da bulala zinariya da siminti. Gidan yana da fadin kimanin 5,250 ƙafar murabba'i tare da rufin da ya kai tsayin 10'8". Tsarin bene biyar na haɗa ɗan tsari na tarihi tare da jin daɗin zamani. An sabunta aikin itace sosai zuwa kyakkyawar surar sa kamar yadda aka yi da itacen oak a duk gidan. Duk sanda da cikakkun bayanai na gyaran an kuma sabunta su da kyau. Gidan yana da bene biyar ciki har da ɗakin haya na bene biyu don samun kudaden shiga da triplex na masu gidan a bene uku. Ya kamata a lura cewa an yi wannan sabuntawa ta hanyar da ake iya dawo da gidan cikin sauƙi ga iyali guda tare da ƙaramin aiki da kashe kudi. Muhimmin fa'idar shine akwai garaji a bayan gidan, wanda za'a iya samun sa cikin sauƙi daga cikin gidan ta hanyar mataki. Akwai teras guda biyu don jin daɗi, daya daga bene na falo don shirya taro da dayan daga babban dakin kwana.

Dakin falo yana kunshe da cikakkun bayanai na Edwardian na ƙarshen karni na 19 kuma yana ƙunshe da dakin zamantakewa, dakin cin abinci na hukuma, kicin, dakin shafa da teras. Dakin zaune da dakin cin abinci suna da fitilu na asali, suna aiki da kyau tare da aikin tayal da aka yi wa itacen. Dakin shafa yana da kayan aikin ƙarfe na zinariya da tayal na Turai da aka tsunduma. Bene na uku yana dauke da babban dakin kwana tare da dakin wanka na ciki da babban dakin ajiyar kaya tare da wuta mai toshe. Akwai teras ƙanana daga babban dakin kwana. Wani babban dakin kwana na biyu, wanda a halin yanzu ake amfani da shi a matsayin ofis yana a gaban bene na uku kuma yana da dakin wanka na sa. Bene na hudu yana dauke da manyan dakunan kwana biyu, kowanne yana da cikakken dakin wanka sannan kuma an shirya dakin wanki. An gyara fitilar sama na asali, wanda aka kula da shi da kyau yana ba da haske da ruwan haske cikin gidan.

Matakin ƙasa da matakin ƙasa suna ƙunshe da ɗakin haya wanda ke da babban kicin na cin abinci, dakin zaune a gaban tare da wuta, dakin wanki daga kicin da kuma dakin wanka mai cikakken kaya. Kicin yana da banki, tanda mai harsashi shida da kuma famfo mai nika. Matakin ƙasa yana dauke da daki biyu da ake amfani da su don barci, dakin wanka mai cikakken kaya da kuma dakuna guda biyu inda aka sami injiniyoyi.

Gidan yana da zafin jiki na yankuna hudu da kuma sanyaya iska tare da kulawar zafin jiki a kowane daki. A jimlace akwai fitilu hudu masu kona katako, an sabunta su gaba daya kuma an sake shiryawa, suna aiki da kyau. Kayan aiki duk Viking ne sai dai na masu wanki da masu bushewa wadanda suke GE a cikin triplex da Electrolux a cikin ɗakin haya. Kayan aikin da ke cikin dukkan kicintoci suna da Quartz. Kowane ɗakin wanka guda shida yana da bene mai zafi, abin al'ajabi a lokacin sanyi, kuma gidan yana da tsarin sauti na Control 4 don kiɗa da talabijin tare da makirufo a kowanne daki.

An zaune tsakanin titunan Frederick Douglass da Adam Clayton Powell, Striver's Row yana da tarihi mai tsawo da na musamman kuma ya taka rawar gani a fasahar Harlem Renaissance. Yana cikin Rajistar Kayan Tarihi na Ƙasa, an ayyana shi a matsayin Tashar Ginin New York a shekarar 1967 kuma yana cikin Yanki na Tarihi na St Nicholas. Ya kasance ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin kyakkyawan misali na tsarin birni na karni na 19. Mutane da yawa masu suna, masu ƙirƙira da karfi sun kira wannan gida, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Bill Bojangles"" Robinson, Eubie Blake, Fletcher Henerson da kwanan nan Alvin Bragg da Maurice Dubois.

STRIVERS ROW meticulously restored and renovated town home with all the necessities for 21st century living by award winning architect Alan Berman of Archetype Architecture NY. This house at 269 West 138th Street was built in 1892 by developer David H. King and designed by architects Bruce Price and Clarence Luce in Colonial Revival Style. It is constructed of yellow brick and limestone. The house spans approximately 5,250 square feet with ceilings as high as 10'8". The five floors blend the original historic detail with contemporary comfort. The woodwork has been immaculately restored to its full beauty as were the oak floors throughout the house. All moldings and plaster detail were also perfectly restored. The house has five floors consisting of a two-floor apartment for income generation and a three floor owners triplex. It must be noted that this renovation was done in such a way that the house can very easily be brought back to single family with minimal work and expense. The big plus is there is a garage on the back of the house, easily reached from inside by a staircase. There are two terraces for enjoyment, one off the parlor floor for entertaining and the second off the primary bedroom.

The Parlor floor rooms feature Edwardian details of the late 19th century and include a living room, a formal dining room, kitchen, powder room and terrace. The living room and dining room both have the original fireplaces, in good working order with the tile work and carved wood mantels beautifully restored. The powder room has brass fixtures and European tiles individually inlaid. The third floor houses the master bedroom with en-suite bath and a large walk-in closet plus a woodburning fireplace. There is a small terrace off the primary bedroom. A second large bedroom, presently used as an office is at the front of the third floor and too has its own bath. The fourth floor houses two large bedrooms, each with its own full bath plus the laundry room. Here the original skylight, carefully restored allows light and sunshine to flow into the house.

The lower level and ground level make up the apartment which has a spacious eat-in kitchen, the living room in the front also with a fireplace, the laundry room off the kitchen and a full bath. The kitchen has a banquet, six burner stove and double sink. The lower level houses two dens used for sleeping, a full bath plus two utility rooms where the mechanics are found.

The house has four zone heating and air-conditioning with a temperature control in every room. In total there are four wood burning fireplaces, completely restored and relined, in perfect working order. Appliances are all Viking with the exception of the washers and dryers which are GE in the triplex and Electrolux in the apartment. The counters in both kitchens are Quartz. Each of the six bathrooms boasts heated floors, quite the luxury in the winter, and the house has a Control 4 sound system for music and TV with speakers in every room.

Located between Frederick Douglass and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevards Striver's Row has a very long and special history and played a very prominent role in the Harlem Renaissance. It is on the National Registry of Historic Places, was designated a New York City Landmark in 1967 and is in the St Nicholas Historic District. It has always been considered an outstanding example of 19th century urban design. Many famous, creative and powerful people have called this home, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr, Bill Bojangles"" Robinson, Eubie Blake, Fletcher Henerson and more recently Alvin Bragg and Maurice Dubois.