6 Stories That Celebrate Brooklyn’s Illustrious Literary History
The written word has always been important to Brooklyn’s history. Walt Whitman, Truman Capote, P...
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.
Suzanne Spellen, aka Montrose Morris, Is Writing Brownstoner’s First Book
Over the past seven years, I've written more than a thousand Buildings of the Day and hundreds o...
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...
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...
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