Building of the Day: 342-352A Vernon Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row Houses Address: 342-352A Vernon Avenue Cross...
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: Green-Wood’s Tragic Guardian
(Illustration: The Keeper's Lodge, Green-Wood, from Green-Wood Illustrated, 1847) Green-Wood ...
Building of the Day: 143 Bond Street
Editor’s note: An updated version of this post can be viewed here. Brooklyn, one building at a ...
Building of the Day: 26 Court Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Court and Remsen Building Address: 26 Court Stree...
Walkabout: Madame Jones comes to Brooklyn
(Photo:Wikipedia) When I was in college, I wrote an ambitious paper about black people in Cla...
Building of the Day: 52 Livingston Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row house Address: 52 Livingston Street Cross St...
Building of the Day: 376 Vernon Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Warehouse Address: 376 Vernon Avenue Cross Stree...
Past and Present: 122 Montague Street
A Look at Brooklyn, then and now. Cultural archetypes, some would call them stereotypes, are ha...
Building of the Day: 426 Henry Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Jenny Jerome Birthplace (but not) Address: 426 He...
Walkabout: Death Rides the Rails, Part 3
Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this story. In the aftermath of great disasters, there is always the ne...
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