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...
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 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...
Music, Beer, and Cigars: A Concert Garden Comes to Brooklyn
The popular American concert gardens of the post-Civil War years owe their creation to the German be...
Living on Atlantic Avenue, the ‘Spine of Central Brooklyn’
People have lived on Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue almost as long as there has been an Atlantic Avenu...
From Mansions to Housing for Navy Yard Workers: The Clinton Hill Co-ops Story
Thanks to Charles Pratt, the wealthiest man in Brooklyn, Clinton Avenue became a Gold Coast of mansi...
The Sweet Life: A History of Candy Making in Brooklyn
Sweets have been with us almost since the dawn of time. Mankind long ago figured out that honey, as ...
The Story of Fretwork
The architecture and decorative arts of the late 19th century were greatly influenced by the Aesthet...
A Day of Remembrance and Celebration: The History of Memorial Day in Brooklyn
Editors note: This post originally ran in 2013 and has been updated. You can read the original post ...
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