Walkabout: Brooklyn’s Architects – Benjamin Driesler
Quite a few of Brooklyn’s most prolific and successful architects have a German background: ...
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: 1950 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Congregational Church of the Evangel (United Church ...
Building of the Day: 52 Clark Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: The Clark Lane Apartments Address: 52 Clark Street ...
Walkabout: Marie Zimmermann, Creator of Beautiful Things
This is the second of a series of articles about important and perhaps unknown craftspeople with...
Building of the Day: 668-704 Park Place
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row houses Address: 668-704 Park Place Cross Stree...
Building of the Day: 797 Bushwick Avenue
Editor’s note: An updated version of this post can be viewed here. Brooklyn, one building at a ...
Past and Present: The Brevoort Homestead
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. The Lefferts family was one of Brooklyn’s largest and wealthi...
Building of the Day: 126 Herkimer Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Originally the Marquis(e) Hotel, now apartments Addr...
J. S. Kennedy and the “Modernization” of Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Height’s status as the “first suburb” is both a blessing to the neighborhood, and a c...
Building of the Day: 183 Vanderbilt Avenue
Editor’s note: An updated version of this post can be viewed here. Brooklyn, one building at a ...
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