The Painter’s Corner: Paint Brushes
Ok, you've finally chosen your paint for your DIY paint project. That's just step one. Choosing the ...
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.
Forgotten NY goes to New Utrecht
Intrepid wanderer, and master of Forgotten New York, Kevin Walsh, has journeyed into New Utrecht and...
The Planes, the Pain!
There is now 52% more low altitude plane traffic over Park Slope, according to the FHA. The Brookly...
Downtown is Brooklyn’s New Hot Spot
The fastest growing part of Brooklyn is not Park Slope, Williamsburg, or Brooklyn Heights. It's Dow...
Walkabout: The Temples of Bed Stuy and Crown Hts North
It is interesting to note how neighborhoods change. Shifting populations, economics and the chan...
Walkabout: Pressed Metal Ornament
As I've started to really notice all of the elements that go into the buildings that make up Bro...
Walkabout: Brooklyn’s First Multi-Venue Complex
In 2010, we all have an opinion of the proposed Atlantic Yards Barclay's Center, but how many pe...
Walkabout: The Crescent Athletic Club
Manly displays of athletic prowess have always been popular in most societies throughout time. O...
Walkabout: Amzi and Henry Hill Architects
In 1890, the office for the architectural firm of Amzi Hill and Son was located at 1161 Fulton Stree...
Walkabout: Architecture – The Neo-Grec Style
Brooklyn was growing by leaps and bounds in the 1870s. Most of our brownstone neighborhoods were...
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