Walkabout: Greenpoint’s Edwards Hotel, Part 1
Read Part 2 and Part 3 of this story. Since there have been cities and towns, as well as reas...
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: 1262-1286 East 14th Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Originally Vitagraph Studios, then Warner Brothers Studio,...
Queenswalk: The Plan for Ridgewood, Part 2
In 1915, the Tenement House Department of New York City selected G.X. Mathew’s “Mathews Model...
Building of the Day: 69-71 Dean Street
Editors note: An updated version of this post can be viewed here. Brooklyn, one building at a...
Walkabout: Doctor and the Dyeworks, Part 2
Read Part 1 of this story. The discovery of aniline dye in the 19th century brought bright, p...
Building of the Day: 545-547 8th Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Private houses Address: 545-547 8th Street Cross S...
Building of the Day: 330 Throop Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Private house Address: 330 Throop Avenue Cross Str...
Past and Present: The Riccadonna Hotel
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. Coney Island wasn’t always honkytonk and amusement parks....
Building of the Day: 336 3rd Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Vechte-Cortelyou House, aka “Old Stone House” A...
Walkabout: Doctor and the Dyeworks, Part 1
Read Part 2 of this story. When the world was younger, people in just about every culture on ...
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