The Alden: Brooklyn Heights’ First Luxury Apartment Building
During the latter quarter of the 19th century, wealthy Americans began traveling the world, giving r...
Suzanne Spellen
Suzanne Spellen is a longtime Brownstoner contributor. She is an architectural historian, researcher, and writer with a special love for Bedford Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, and local African American history. She loves old houses, architectural detail, and enjoys exploring new places, camera in hand.
The Good Life: Private Parking in Brooklyn
It’s possible to live your entire life in Brooklyn and never own a car. Of course, public transpor...
Parties, Gossip, Brew: How 19th Century Brooklynites Celebrated the New Year
Editor's note: This post has been updated. Read the original post here. For those following the Gr...
Celebrating Christmas in 1899: A Tale of Two Brooklyns
Editor’s note: This story is an update of one that ran in 2013. Read the original here. Many of o...
Downtown Brooklyn’s Forgotten Emporiums
There was a time when Downtown Brooklyn’s shopping district had anything and everything one would ...
All We Need Now Is the Butler
If you are a fan of the cinematic world of wealthy Gilded Age people on both sides of the Atlantic O...
Delve Into Some Tales of Brooklyn Thanksgivings of Years Gone By
Thanksgiving is now a national holiday that evokes tables loaded with food, autumnal colors, and fri...
The Big Mansion on the Corner: Crown Heights’ Schwarzmann House
The idea of a magnificent bridge to cross the East River and join Brooklyn and Manhattan was propose...
How the Victorians Brought Texture and Pattern to Walls
Home decoration was all the rage in the late 19th century. With the Industrial Revolution in England...
What Was the Turkish Corner?
In the latter part of the 19th century, when ladies and gentlemen of the upper classes visited frien...
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