Building of the Day: 232 Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Charles Pratt Mansion, now St. Joseph’s College ...
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.
Past and Present: Dedicating Grant’s Statue
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. The Civil War was tearing the nation apart in the 1860s. A ...
Building of the Day: 370-372 9th Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Formerly Day’s Avena Hall, now commercial and resi...
Walkabout: The Devil’s Weed, Part 3 — The Cigar Factory Riot
Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 4 of this story. Even if you don’t smoke, it’s hard to imag...
Building of the Day: 5403-5411 Sixth Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row houses Address: 5403-5411 Sixth Avenue Cross...
Queenswalk: The Berlinville Disaster, Part Two
On the evening of August 26, 1893, the LIRR train out of Rockaway Beach was running late. The day ...
Building of the Day: 910 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Former American Theater, now some kind of retail Ad...
Walkabout: The Devil’s Weed, Part 2
Read Part 1, Part 3, and Part 4 of this story. The cigar manufacturing industry was huge in t...
Building of the Day: 559 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Built as Millard Fillmore Smith House, now Congregat...
Building of the Day: 897-901 Herkimer Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Semi-detached brick houses Address: 897-901 Herkim...
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