The unknown architect and developer chose to clad all five buildings in sheet metal, enabling them to incorporate a number of classical details at relatively small expense.
The Cast Iron Beauties of Clinton Hill
Keeping the Money in Brooklyn: The South Brooklyn Savings Institution
By the mid to late 1800s, Atlantic Avenue was a busy shopping district, with shops and storehouses that could supply your ship for an Atlantic Ocean voyage, put food on your plate, or sell you the most current fashions.
Shevlin Hall: Housing the Nurses of St. Mary’s in Crown Heights
St. Mary’s, like most hospitals, also had a nursing school, where women not only learned the skills of the nursing profession, but also lived on site.
The Bainbridge Street Houses for Modern Living
These houses reflect the changes to the way we lived in the mere space of a generation.
R. G. Dun & Company and the Business of Information in Gowanus
It was one of the first companies to give its subscribers business information, and helped create the modern business world.
Coney Island on My Mind: A Brief History of Brooklyn’s Waterfront Playground
There are few places in Brooklyn as storied as Coney Island.
All on the Fourth of July: Fond Memories of an Upstate New York Independence Day
When I was growing up, Independence Day was huge in our town. Only Christmas Eve came close in town-wide celebrations.
A Queen Anne Gem in Beverley Square West
The “Beverley Squares” as they are called, both East and West, are sandwiched between Ditmas Park and Prospect Park South in that vast former suburban area we call Victorian Flatbush.
From Nourishing the Soul to Feeding the Appetite: The Former Pilgrim Chapel of Carroll Gardens
I love a good architectural mystery, and I hate bad repurposing of a great building, and here we have a case of both.
Going Medieval in Prospect Park South
Although there are several other Tudors in Prospect Park South, this is John J. Petit's only house in this style.
