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...
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.
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...
Building of the Day: 2021 Bergen Street, a Brutal Brutalist School in Ocean Hill
Brooklyn, one building at a time. How does architecture affect the community? And in the case of ...
Building of the Day: 222 Livingston Street, Home of the Chandler Piano Company
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Built as a private home during the post–Civil War boom years,...
Walkabout: The Arbuckle Coffee Company’s Sugar and Coffee War, Part 3
Read Parts One and Two of the Brooklyn coffee history series. John and Charles Arbuckle came ...
Building of the Day: 1698 Pitkin Avenue, From Jenkins Trust Bank to T-Mobile Outpost
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Contrary to popular belief, Brownsville still has some great ar...
Past and Present: Duryea Presbyterian, Prospect Heights’ Apartment Church
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. Most of my Past and Present entries tell the story of what ...
Building of the Day: 315 Clinton Avenue, the House That Coffee Built in Clinton Hill
Brooklyn, one building at a time. This grand mansion was built for Coffee King John Arbuckle....
How Red Hook’s Fort Defiance Changed the Revolutionary War
By Suzanne Spellen (aka Montrose Morris) Long before Red Hook got its name, when the Lena...
Building of the Day: 67 Hanson Place, Part of an Art Deco Doctor’s Skyscraper Colony
Brooklyn, one building at a time. When the iconic Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building was being b...
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