Building of the Day: 170 Adelphi Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Originally Centennial Baptist Church, then Central B...
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: The Colony Inn
The Dutch settled in Flatbush in the late 1600s, establishing towns and farms. In order to sell ...
Building of the Day: 317 Liberty Avenue
Editor’s note: An updated version of this post can be viewed here. Brooklyn, one building at ...
Walkabout: Stretching Forth the Saving Hand, a True Story, Part Two
Read Part 1 of the story. Like the Biblical Saul on the road to Damascus, William Gibb had a ...
Building of the Day: 2425-2427 86th Street
Editor’s note: An updated version of this post can be viewed here. Brooklyn, one building at a ...
Queenswalk: The Firehouse in Hunter’s Point: Engine Co. 258 and Ladder Co. 115
No matter what they look like, there is something very American about a firehouse; it makes even a c...
Building of the Day: 1534 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Originally Mulford-Haas Motor Company, now Chase B...
Walkabout: Stretching Forth the Saving Hand, a True Story, Part One
Read Part 2 of the story. Sometime in the late 1870s, a group of well-meaning, pious souls es...
Building of the Day: 229-231 Washington
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Former Henry and John Van Glahn houses Address: 229...
Building of the Day: 17 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Union Temple Address: 17 Eastern Parkway Cross Str...
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