Building of the Day: 225 Cadman Plaza East
Name: Theodore Roosevelt Courthouse Address: 225 Cadman Plaza East Cross Streets: Co...
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: Brooklyn’s Freedom, Part 2
Read Part 1, Part 3, and Part 4 of this story. The African slave trade to the New World touch...
Building of the Day: 258 New York Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row House Address: 258 New York Avenue Cross Stree...
Building of the Day: 280 Cadman Plaza West
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: The Business Library branch of the Brooklyn Publi...
Walkabout: Brooklyn’s Freedom, Part 1
Read Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 of this story. Many times, in telling the stories of Brooklyn...
Building of the Day: 446 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Liebmann Brothers Building Address: 446 Fulton Street ...
Building of the Day: 475 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Originally Central Grammar School, then Girls High School,...
Past and Present: The Hall of Records
A Look at Brooklyn, then and now. Before “The Great Mistake” of 1898, when Brooklyn bec...
Building of the Day: 1519 Albemarle Road
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Originally Louis McDonald House Address: 1519 Alb...
Walkabout: A Sweet Deal
Editor’s note: An updated version of this post can be viewed here. Investigating the history of...
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