Walkabout: Architecture – The Neo-Grec Style
Brooklyn was growing by leaps and bounds in the 1870s. Most of our brownstone neighborhoods were...
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: Coming Together in Brooklyn
Disasters large and small, natural or man made, have a way of bringing out the best as well as the...
Walkabout: Brooklyn’s Architects-Frank Freeman
Part of the fun in researching the architects and building styles of Brownstone Brooklyn is in p...
Walkabout: Terra-Cotta Revisited, Part 2
Read Part 1 of this story. Tuesday's look at terra-cotta ornament dealt with natural, brick c...
Walkabout: Terra-Cotta Revisited, Part 1
Read Part 2 of this story. My first post for Walkabout with Montrose, (anniversary coming up ...
Walkabout: A Fortune in Lace, Part 2
Read Part 1 of this story here. Fortunes can be made from many things, and many of Brooklyn's wea...
Walkabout: A Fortune in Lace, Part 1
John Gibb was born in Forfarshire, Scotland, in 1829. As a youth, he apprenticed to a dry goods ...
Movin’ on Up and Out
As we bid 2009 farewell, with a swift kick to the curb, and welcome in a better year for us all, l...
Bringing in the New Year Right
Hoppin' John and collard greens are an old African American and Southern traditional food for New ...
Tool of the Day: The Wovel
As if on cue, today's snow is a perfect illustration for the use of the Snow Wovel. This ergonomic...
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