Walkabout: Restoring a House in the City
I was fortunate enough to catch up with author Ingrid Abramovitch. Her new book, Restoring a Hou...
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.
It’s Never Too Late for Good Advice
The beautiful old brick power plant building at 153 Second St. in Gowanus, known as the Bat Cave, h...
Open Thread
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Federal Building #2 For Sale Once More
The 1.1-million-square-foot warehouse known as Federal Building #2 is looking for a new owner. Plan...
Tuesday Links
Arson suspected as girl dies in Bklyn fire [NY Times] NY on track for fewest murders on record[NY T...
Closing Bell: Freddy’s Bar – Heads Roll in Survival Fight
Freddy's Bar and Backroom on Dean St, due to be seized through eminent domain, and demolished for t...
If I Had a Hammer, or a Soldering Iron…
When I was in high school, they wouldn't let girls take Shop, or boys take Home Ecch. I blame the ...
Das Feuer ist kuhl!
Tina Roth Eisenberg, who designs and blogs under the company name Swissmiss, is a Swiss designer go...
Breaking News: Park Slope Street Explosion
A reader just checked in with the news of a subway vent and manhole explosion around midnight last ...
Montrosini the Great Looks Towards 2010
It's time for our year end predictions of what's going to happen in 2010. Has the economy bottomed?...
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