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The right shade of paint can make your house stand out...in a good way. But in the case of this 1820s Federal-style rowhouse, the paint covering the cracked stucco was downright repellent, more "exhumed corpse" than soothing gray, says the homeowner.Even worse, people walking by wouldn't notice the house at all - a grave injustice considering its historic significance as the oldest wood-framed house on the far west side of New York City's Greenwich Village.
