Building of the Day: 4201 First Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Former National Metal Company, now Sahadi Fine Foods, an...
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: The Williamsburg Houses, Part 1
Read Part 2 of this story. Money, real estate, and housing. These have been three of the fact...
Building of the Day: 25 Elm Place
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Built as extension of Frederick Loeser & Co. dep...
Building of the Day: 31 New York Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: P.S. 93, the William H. Prescott School Address: 31...
Walkabout: Brooklyn’s Architects: Stanford White, Part 6
In New York City, in the year 1906, Stanford White was America’s most famous architect. His fi...
Building of the Day: 933 Herkimer Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Former St. Benedict’s Parochial School, now Head S...
Building of the Day: 1405 Bushwick Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: St. Thomas Episcopal Church Address: 1405 Bushwick ...
Past and Present: Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. There are dozens of postcards from the late 19th and early ...
Building of the Day: 165 Sixth Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row house Address: 165 Sixth Avenue Cross Streets:...
Walkabout: Brooklyn’s Architects: Stanford White, Part 5
Harry Kendall Thaw of Pittsburgh, Pa., killed Stanford White. There was never any doubt about th...
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