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The city’s vintage town houses aren’t getting any younger.

Andrea Mohin/The New York Times - Out front, left, Timm and Kelly Chiusano's town house on Huntington Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, retains its original exterior. But when the rear wall was rebuilt during extensive renovations, glass replaced brick, right.

Andrea Mohin/The New York Times - Out front, left, Timm and Kelly Chiusano's town house on Huntington Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, retains its original exterior. But when the rear wall was rebuilt during extensive renovations, glass replaced brick, right.

Andrea Mohin/The New York Times - Out front, left, Timm and Kelly Chiusano's town house on Huntington Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, retains its original exterior. But when the rear wall was rebuilt during extensive renovations, glass replaced brick, right.