A Shattered Stuy Heights Community Picks Up the Pieces of the Grisly 1897 Tally-Ho Disaster, Part 2
On Memorial Day 1897, a group of young adults from Stuyvesant Heights’ Green Avenue Baptist Ch...
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.
A Look Back at the Prospect Heights Bank That Will Soon Be Razed for Condos
Brooklyn, one building at a time. An elegant bank built for a growing Prospect Heights community ...
In 1897, a Tally-Ho Ride From Stuyvesant Heights to Long Island Went Horribly Wrong, Part 1
Read Part 2 of this story. On May 31, 1897, Decoration Day, a group of young adults from the ...
A History of Brooklyn’s Extravagant, Soon-to-Be-Restored Paramount Theatre
Brooklyn, one building at a time. The Brooklyn Paramount Theatre was one of Brooklyn’s famed mo...
A “Mixed-Race” Wedding in 1907 Bed Stuy Attracts Unwanted Attention
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Behind the most ordinary brownstone facades lies the real histo...
Past and Present: How a Red Hook Company Pioneered Steel-Frame Construction
This month marks Brownstoner’s Steel Anniversary. We’re taking some time to look back at our...
Building of the Day: 10 Jay Street, Dumbo’s Historic Arbuckle Sugar Refinery
Brooklyn, one building at a time. At one point in the early-20th century, almost a third of Dumbo...
How Reinforced Concrete and Turner Construction Changed Brooklyn and the World
This month marks Brownstoner’s Steel Anniversary. We’re taking some time to look back at our...
Building of the Day: 151 Powers Street, a Charming Fishscale Cottage in Williamsburg
Brooklyn, one building at a time. A tiny wood-framed house survives in Williamsburg. Name: Semi...
Past and Present: The Bedford Academy in Crown Heights North
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. Bedford was one of the town of Brooklyn’s oldest communit...
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