Building of the Day: 275 Park Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Originally Von Glahn Warehouse, then Rockwood & ...
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: A Stable Existence
(Photo: Brooklyn Eagle, 6/3/1900) It has always been a truism throughout history that if you have ...
Building of the Day: 2101-2103 Kenmore Terrace
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name:Former Parsonage of the Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Ad...
Building of the Day: 1574 Bergen Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row House Address: 1574 Bergen Street, between Utica and...
Past and Present: Atlantic/Flatbush Junction
A look at Brooklyn past and present What a difference a hundred years makes. The photo on the lef...
Building of the Day: 16 Broadway
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Mixed use commercial/residential building, now residenti...
Walkabout: Saving Abraham’s Children
In 1878, a group of German Jewish philanthropists gathered at Temple Beth Elohim on Keap Street ...
Building of the Day: 73 Vanderbilt Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Private House Address: 73 Vanderbilt Avenue, between Myr...
Building of the Day: 726 Ocean Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Apartment Building Address: 726 Ocean Avenue, corne...
Walkabout: The Glass House Disaster, Conclusion
Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this story. On May 5, 1885, a devastating building collapse and fir...
Need a Hand?
Your Next Project Starts with Brownstoner
