Queen Anne Style: America’s Flamboyant and Fantastic Architectural Melting Pot
Next month -- on March 9th, to be exact! -- the MTA will install Bus Time in Queens and Brooklyn. ...
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.
Queen Anne Style: America’s Flamboyant and Fantastic Architectural Melting Pot
Poor Queen Anne! Her name is synonymous with the catchall of architectural style -- a flamboyant an...
How Master Builder Robert Moses Transformed Brooklyn as We Know It
More than anyone else in recent history, Robert Moses shaped the physical infrastructure of Brookly...
The Luxurious Wedding and Remarkable Home of Great Brooklyn Architect Montrose Morris
Even today, having your wedding covered by a prominent newspaper is a coup. For socially prominent B...
Fairway Market: Red Hook’s Favorite Destination
By Suzanne Spellen (aka Montrose Morris) When Manhattan's favorite market Fairway announc...
Feast Your Eyes on the Finest Luxury Apartment Buildings of Gilded Age Brooklyn
There’s nothing like a Gilded Age apartment to set the heart racing -- or to inspire a swap fo...
The Inspiring Story of Weeksville, One of America’s First Free Black Communities
Imagine being told your entire life that you were not really a citizen of your town or country. Imag...
From Boom to Bootlegging: The Excelsior Brewing Company of Bedford Stuyvesant
The Excelsior Brewing Company of Bed Stuy was not the best, biggest, or most well known of Brook...
From Boom to Bootlegging: The Excelsior Brewing Company of Bedford Stuyvesant
The Excelsior Brewing Company of Bed Stuy was not the best, biggest, or most well known of Brookly...
How the Jehovah’s Witnesses Acquired Some of Brooklyn’s Most Insanely Valuable Properties
Read Part 1 of this story. The Jehovah's Witnesses -- aka the Watchtower Bible and Tract Soci...
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