Building of the Day: 225 Cadman Plaza East
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Theodore Roosevelt Courthouse Address: 225 Cadman P...
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: Turn, Turn, Turn Verein
I look at all kinds of online sources of old pictures of Brooklyn for research, and recently cam...
Building of the Day: 74 Halsey Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Rowhouse Address: 74 Halsey Street Cross streets: Nost...
Building of the Day: 234 Eighth Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Former Charles Neergaard House Address: 234 Eighth...
Past and Present: Atlantic/Flatbush Junction
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. What a difference a hundred years makes. The photo on the...
Building of the Day: 1 Water Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Former FDNY Marine Company 7, now Brooklyn Ice Cream...
Walkabout: Brooklyn’s First Multi-Venue Complex
In 2010, we all have an opinion of the proposed Atlantic Yards Barclays Center, but how many peo...
Building of the Day: 540-546 Carlton Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row houses Address: 540-546 Carlton Avenue Cross S...
Building of the Day: 92 Herkimer Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Friendship Baptist Church, originally Kismet Temple ...
Walkabout: Nature Boy
Human beings have always been in worshipful awe of nature, and for good reason, it’s a power...
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