Building of the Day: 71 Cornelia Street, Revisited
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Here's a revisit of one of the great houses covered in the ...
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: Revisiting Victorian Ironworking Traditions
Due to an unforeseeable personal emergency (I’m fine), I’m reprinting one of my earliest Wal...
Building of the Day: 403 Carlton Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Built as Colored YMCA, now the Carlton Nursing Home ...
Building of the Day: 613 Throop Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Former New York and New Jersey Telephone Co. branch ...
Past and Present: Nurses’ School, Jewish Hospital
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. As Brooklyn’s Jewish population grew at the end of the 19...
Building of the Day: 1314 Eighth Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Formerly Congregation Tifereth Israel, now Park Slope...
Walkabout: The Cemetery of the Evergreens, Part 1
My walking tour of Cypress Hills and Highland Park this past weekend has given me a wealth of in...
Building of the Day: 266 Arlington Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Formerly Arlington Avenue Presbyterian Church, now...
Building of the Day: 173 Pacific Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Former stable Address: 173 Pacific Street Cross St...
Walkabout: Brooklyn’s Small Parks: St. John’s Park
I’ve been featuring some of Brooklyn’s smaller parks, all of which, so far, have been in Cen...
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