Walkabout: The Fight for Freedom, Part 3
Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 4 of this story. David Ruggles and the Tappan brothers, Lewis and Ar...
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.
Building of the Day: 399 Prospect Place
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Semi-detached building Address: 399 Prospect Place ...
Queenswalk: Bowne House, Part Two
Flushing resident John Bowne was arrested and was sent to Holland by New Amsterdam’s Governor-Ge...
Building of the Day: 304 Marlborough Road
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Former Thomas Benton Ackerson House Address: 304 Ma...
Walkabout: The Fight for Freedom, Part 2
Read Part 1, Part 3 and Part 4 of this story. Just as terrorism is on everyone’s watchlist toda...
Past and Present: The Elks Club
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was founded in ...
Building of the Day: 135 Pennsylvania Avenue
Editor’s note: An updated version of this post can be viewed here. Brooklyn, one building at a ...
Walkabout: Brooklyn and the Fight for Freedom
Read Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 of this story. Brooklyn was home to one of the largest concentrati...
Building of the Day: 41 Howard Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Built as the Bushwick Hospital, now Ella McQueen R...
Queenswalk: Flushing’s Bowne House, Part One
One of the rights we enjoy in America is the freedom to worship, or not worship, the way we choos...
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