Building of the Day: 1010 Bushwick Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Private house Address: 1010 Bushwick Avenue Cros...
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: Reverend Talmage’s Tabernacle, Part 2
Read Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 of this story. During the second half of the 19th cen...
Building of the Day: 17-33 Linden Boulevard
Editor’s note: An updated version of this post can be viewed here. Brooklyn, one building at ...
Building of the Day: 182 Gates Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Mt. Zion Tabernacle, originally Irving Music Hall,...
Walkabout: Reverend Talmage’s Tabernacle, Part 1
Read Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 of this story. Brooklyn was not named the “City of ...
Building of the Day: 324-334 South 5th Street
(Photo: Christopher D. Brazee, for Landmarks Preservation Commission, 2011) Brooklyn, one bui...
Walkabout: Selling Christmas 1883
(Christmas at Loeser's in 1937. Photo: Brooklyn Public Library) Every Christmas we hear compl...
Building of the Day: 260 Quincy Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church, originally...
Building of the Day: 40 Greene Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Paul Robeson Theater, formerly St. Casmir Catholic...
Walkabout: Saving St. John the Baptist Church
(Photo from early 1900's) Brooklyn’s not the “Borough of Churches” for nothing. From st...
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