Walkabout: The Fall of the Jenkins Family Financial Empire, Part 3
Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, Part 5, and Part 6 of this story. The “perp walk.” That walk...
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: 38 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Originally Boyertown Burial Casket Company, now Hans...
Building of the Day: 620 Greene Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Private house Address: 620 Greene Avenue Cross Str...
Past and Present: A Red Hook Streetscape
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. Like the ruins of a forgotten civilization, the industrial ...
Building of the Day: 50-52 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Warehouse Address: 50-52 Washington Avenue Cross...
Walkabout: The Fall of the Jenkins Family Financial Empire, Part 2
Read Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, and Part 6 of this story. John G. Jenkins, Senior, and h...
Building of the Day: Hospital Road
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Hospital at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Address: Hospita...
Queenswalk: The Forest Park Carousel
Just last month, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Forest Park Carousel a landm...
Building of the Day: 139-153 Hicks Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Mansion House Apartments Address: 139-163 Hicks Stre...
Walkabout: The Fall of the Jenkins Family Financial Empire, Part 1
Read Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, and Part 6 of this story. It seems you can’t read the ...
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