Walkabout with Montrose: Master of Schools, JW Naughton
In celebration of a new school year, a look at some of the best school buildings in the city of ...
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.
In celebration of a new school year, a look at some of the best school buildings in the city of ...
This is the 4th in a series about the history of multi-unit housing in Brooklyn. As more and ...
Hardware is the jewelry on a building. Hinges, locksets and doorknobs are functional, practic...
This is the third piece in a series about the development of multi-unit housing in Brooklyn. The Fre...
Every week our guest blogger Montrose Morris serves up a dose of Brooklyn architecture for our r...
This is the second in a series of pieces about the development of multiple-unit housing in Brook...
Human beings have always been in worshipful awe of nature, and for good reason, it's a powerful ...
This is the first in a series of articles showcasing the different kinds of multiple unit housin...
Last week we looked at how 19th and early 20th century architects used the likenesses of lions, ...
Animal figures as ornament are older than architecture. From the cave paintings of early human h...