Building of the Day: 471-479 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: former Oppenheim & Collins Dept. Store Address: 471...
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: The Great Milk Wars, Part 4
(Former Sheffield Dairy Bottling Plant, Fulton Street, Bedford Stuyvesant. Now part of Restoration...
Building of the Day: 176-178 St. Johns Place
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row houses Address: 176-178 St. Johns Place Cros...
Building of the Day: 166-170 Congress Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row houses Address: 166-170 Congress Street Cros...
Walkabout: The Great Milk Wars, Part 3
Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 4 of this story. “Got Milk?” This may be a catch phrase from a ...
Building of the Day: 1208-1230 Carroll Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Semi-detached row houses Address: 1208-1230 Carro...
Building of the Day: 828 Greene Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Antioch Baptist Church, originally Greene Avenue B...
Past and Present: The BQE at Washington and Park
A Look at Brooklyn, then and now. Robert Moses had proposed a highway connecting Brooklyn, ...
Building of the Day: 182-188 Duffield Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Duffield St. Houses, formerly Johnson St. Houses ...
Walkabout: The Great Milk Wars, Part 2
Read Part 1, Part 3, and Part 4 of this story. In 19th century New York, the war against swill mi...
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