Building of the Day: 743 Greene Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Private House Address: 743 Greene Avenue Cross Str...
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.
Queenswalk: A Plan for Ridgewood, Part One
Ridgewood, Queens has been in the real estate news lately because Williamsburg and Bushwick are g...
Building of the Day: 358 Court Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Former South Brooklyn Congregational Church, now the...
Walkabout: A Reader’s Inquiry — the Toerge Family Saga, Part 2
Read Part 1 of this story. Nicholas Toerge was a wealthy liquor merchant living in the St. Ma...
Building of the Day: 666-668 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Mixed use commercial/residential buildings, once res...
Building of the Day: 802 East 16th Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Originally T.B. Ackerson RE office, now Avenue H S...
Past and Present: The Haxtun Cottage of the Children’s Aid Society
A Look at Brooklyn, then and now. Someone wise once said that you can judge a society by ho...
Building of the Day: 375 Smith Street
Editor’s note: An updated version of this post can be viewed here. Brooklyn, one building at ...
Walkabout: A Reader’s Inquiry – the Toerge Family Saga, Part 1
Read Part 2 of this story. One of the nice perks of this job is that I hear from readers off ...
Building of the Day: 19 Duryea Place
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Former Brooklyn Union Gas Co., Loehmann’s Dept. St...
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