There are three bedrooms, distressed hardwood floors, beamed ceilings and custommade wrought-iron railings, plus a 'barbecue balcony' joining onto the kitchen.

The new bridge has a concrete deck, with blacktop, three lanes in each direction, full left and right shoulders, a sidewalk for pedestrians, wrought-iron railing, and aesthetic lighting.

The picture of the corporate bourgeoisie living in the finest arrondissements in apartments behind wrought-iron railings rings true.

A clipped yew hedge behind wrought-iron railings sets the period town house back from the street.

Among the spiral staircases and cast-iron verandas are thousands of affordable antique fixtures and fittings: patinated brass doorknobs, elegant wrought-iron railings, oak floorboards weathered to a driftwood-pale hue.