The Tale of a Pioneering African-American Father and Son: Rufus L. Perry Sr. and Jr.
Editor's note: This is an update of a series that ran in 2015. Read the originals here: Part 1, Part...
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.
The Eagle Warehouse, Fulton Ferry’s Dramatic Fireproof Fortress and a Brooklyn Icon
Editor's Note: This post originally ran in 2011 and has been updated. You can read the previous post...
Parties, Gossip and Too Much Brew: How 19th Century Brooklynites Celebrated the New Year
Editor's note: This post has been updated. Read the original post here. For those following the ...
From Pakistan to Brooklyn: A Quick History of the Bathroom
Editor's note: This is an update of a series that ran in 2012. Read the originals here: Part 1, Part...
Washington Actually Slept Here, in Manhattan’s Oldest House
Editor’s Note: This post originally ran in 2010 and has been updated. You can read the previous po...
Explore Immigrant Stories at the Lower East Side’s Tenement Museum, a True Time Capsule
Editors' Note: This post originally ran in 2010 and has been updated. You can read the original post...
From Open Hearths to Open Plan: 350 Telling Years of Kitchen History
Editor’s Note: This post is an updated version of a series that ran in 2011. Read Part 1, Part 2, ...
The Brownstone Where a New York-Born President Got Fit
Editor’s Note: This post originally ran in 2010 and has been updated. You can read the previous po...
Peek Into the Uncannily Well-Preserved Home of a Prosperous Early New York Family
Editor’s Note: This post originally ran in 2010 and has been updated. You can read the previous po...
Greek Revival: The Birthplace of Democracy Inspires the Architecture of a Young Country
By the early 1800s, the United States of America was a new country, but its culture and even its arc...
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