Building of the Day: 816-826 Greene Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row houses Address: 816-826 Greene Avenue Cross S...
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.
Walkabout: Black Folks in 19th Century Brooklyn, Part 2
Read Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6 of this story. Picture if you will, a growing town...
Building of the Day: 228 North 12th Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of...
Building of the Day: 944-946 President Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row houses Address: 944-946 President Street Cross...
Walkabout: Black Folks in 19th Century Brooklyn, Part 1
Read Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6 of this story. As long time readers of this blog k...
Building of the Day: 179 Wilson Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: 83rd Precinct, NYPD, originally 20th Precinct and st...
Building of the Day: 760 Prospect Place
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Public School 138, originally the Brooklyn Trainin...
Past and Present: 44 Clinton Street
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. I wish this one was still with us. It’s a delightfully in...
Building of the Day: 1 South Portland Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Private house Address: 1 South Portland Avenue C...
Walkabout: Mr. See’s Elevator and Other Uplifting Topics, Part 2
Read Part 1 of this story. Last time we met Mr. Alonzo Bertram See, known as A.B. to friends ...
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