Walkabout: Architecture Colonial Revival
Trends always start somewhere, and in the mid 19th century, the best way to start a trend that w...
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.
Building of the Day: 480 Van Brunt Street
The BOTD is a no-frills look at interesting structures of all types and from all neighborhoods. The...
Building of the Day: 40 Hicks Street
The BOTD is a no-frills look at interesting structures of all types and from all neighborhoods. The...
Walkabout: Stoop Sittin’
Stoops are so New York. Some parts of the world have verandahs, loggias, terraces, atrium, and po...
Building of the Day: 555 Prospect Place
The BOTD is a no-frills look at interesting structures of all types and from all neighborhoods. ...
Staycation: Bannerman Castle
Editor's note: This story has been updated. The new version can be seen here. For many of us, st...
Building of the Day: 70 Havemeyer Street
The BOTD is a no-frills look at interesting structures of all types and from all neighborhoods. ...
Walkabout: Stenography and the Law in Brooklyn
Anyone know shorthand? Before computers, before typewriters, shorthand was the way to take dicta...
Building of the Day: 377 Prospect Place
The BOTD is a no-frills look at interesting structures of all types and from all neighborhoods. The...
Building of the Day: 76-82 St. Marks Avenue
The BOTD is a no-frills look at interesting structures of all types and from all neighborhoods. ...
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