Building of the Day: 521-529 Third Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row houses Address: 521-539 Third Street 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: America’s Best Bad Actor, Corse Payton, Part 2
Read Part 1 of this story. In our last post, we met Corse Payton, self-billed as “America...
Building of the Day: 2307 Beverley Road
(All photos by Christopher D. Brazee, for Landmarks Preservation Commission, 2012) Brooklyn, ...
Building of the Day: 24 Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Church of the Redeemer (Episcopal) Address: 24 Fo...
Walkabout: America’s Best Bad Actor, Corse Payton, Part 1
Read Part 2 of this story. Does anyone remember the Saturday Night Live sketches by Jon Lovit...
Building of the Day: 201 Chauncey Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Private house Address: 201 Chauncey Street Cross...
Building of the Day: 385 Henry Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: mixed-use commercial/residential building Address: 38...
Past and Present: 89 Gerry Street
A Look at Brooklyn, then and now. From the collection of the Museum of the City of New York...
Building of the Day: 392 Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Apartment building Address: 392 Clinton Avenue C...
Walkabout: The Lords of Owl’s Head, Part 3
Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this story. When the Brooklyn industrialist Eliphalet W. Bliss died...
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