Walkabout: Aesthetically Speaking, Part 2
Iridescent jewel-tones, warm woods, patterned parquet floors, and marquetry furniture, Japanese-...
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: 177 Montague Street
The BOTD is a no-frills look at interesting structures of all types and from all neighborhoods. The...
Building of the Day: 664 Jefferson Avenue
The BOTD is a no-frills look at interesting structures of all types and from all neighborhoods. The...
Building of the Day: 20-30 Gates Avenue
The BOTD is a no-frills look at interesting structures of all types and from all neighborhoods. ...
Building of the Day: 88 Hanson Place
We are starting a new feature Building of the Day. It's a no-frills look at interesting structur...
Walkabout: Charity Starts at Home, Part 2
Charity was an important part of late Victorian life, here in Brooklyn. In my last column, I loo...
Walkabout: Charity Starts at Home, Part 1
The measure of any society is in how it takes care of those not able to take care of themselves....
Closing Bell: Fantastic February Flea Fare
This weekend, have a mid-February Flea Fest at the Brooklyn Flea, in the landmarked bank space of ...
The Painter’s Corner: Paint Rollers
You've bought your paint, you've bought your brushes. However, you don't intend to paint those vast...
Slowdown in Sales of Affordable Housing
With deep reductions in prices, months of free maintainance, and, in one development, a new flat s...
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