I will love you after the war –

Great architecture is only great because of the people it surrounds and protects. It takes more than a few greek columns, parquet floors and stained glass windows to make a house a legend. While the elements of style that define a building’s physical composition are part of the story, it’s the human element that pushes a building into the realm of legend. Sometimes those stories are buried in the backyard or stowed away in the attic or neatly tucked in a secret cabinet under a window seat. A legend can take decades to brew – sometimes centuries. So it was with 345 Allen Street.