Modern Row House Renovations in New York

Keisha Martin was drawn to Harlem by the idea of living in her grandmother's old neighborhood, but the 33-year-old Wall Street marketing executive “wanted a place that worked for the way I live, not the house my grandmother grew up in.” With this in mind, architects Laura Briggs and Jonathan Knowles set about rehabilitating a dilapidated row house and designed a residence that balances modern elegance and old-world charm.

A second-story balcony overlooks a small yard.