The men of Brooklyn's Sailortown helped make Red Hook into New York City’s busiest port, and propelled Brooklyn’s economy and culture into a brighter future.
Welcome to Brooklyn’s Sailortown, Ye Olde Tars and Salts
Crafting the Ideal: The City Beautiful Movement in Brooklyn
The movement was rather grandiosely designed to combat urban problems through architecture and city planning.
A Brownstone for a Remarkable Woman, Brookyn’s Pioneering Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward
The significance of this house is not in the architecture, it’s in the inhabitants.
The 19th Century Uproar in Fort Greene: Successful Black Hotelier Hiram S. Thomas Buys a Home
One neighbor got the block agitated and media coverage ensued.
The Battle of Gettysburg in the Round: Brooklyn’s Lost Cyclorama
A precursor to the cinema, a major exhibition depicting the pivotal 1863 Battle of Gettysburg stood near Brooklyn City Hall in Downtown Brooklyn for years, where thousands paid 50 cents each to view it.
From Rope Making to Artists and Small Business: The Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center
Greenpoint was always a major manufacturing center in Brooklyn’s long history, home to everything from ceramics to glassworks to shipbuilding.
Slee & Bryson: Architects for the Modern Age
The firm's unassuming but numerous buildings changed the look of Brooklyn.
A Magnificent Home for the Disadvantaged Boys of Early 20th Century Brooklyn
St. Vincent’s established its first home in 1869 but by the turn of the century was running out of space.
An Inventive Architect Designs a Bank With Industrial Grit in Williamsburg
Although many of Brooklyn’s historic bank buildings are quite large and very often quite impressive, that’s not always the case.
Ornamenting Brooklyn: The Fashion of Terra-Cotta
Brooklyn is home to both monumental and everyday examples of this versatile material.
