Walkabout: Thomas E. Murray, Brooklyn’s Most Important Forgotten Inventor, Part 3
Inventor and business giant Thomas E. Murray died in 1929, just as the world was about to suffer...
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.
Building of the Day: 65-67 Middagh Street, Brooklyn’s First Public School
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Former Public School 8, now co-op apartments Address: 65...
Past and Present: Bushwick Avenue’s Ibert Mansion
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. From the Brooklyn Collection at the Brooklyn Public Library...
Building of the Day: 1094 Park Place, a Storied Crown Heights Mansion
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Freestanding house Address: 1094 Park Place Cross Streets:...
Building of the Day: 905-907 Broadway, the Offices of Theobald Engelhardt, Architect
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Mixed-use commercial/residential buildings Address:...
Past and Present: The Brown Homestead in Prospect Lefferts Gardens
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. Finding this great photograph of a long-gone mansion in Fla...
581 Mother Gaston Boulevard, a Bastion of Knowledge in Brownsville
Editor’s note: An updated version of this post can be viewed here. Brooklyn, one building at a ...
Walkabout: Thomas E. Murray, Brooklyn’s Most Important Forgotten Inventor, Part 2
Brooklynite Thomas E. Murray was one of America’s greatest inventors. A colleague of Thomas E...
Building of the Day: 1395 Dean Street, Home of Charity, Education and Baseball
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Semi-detached row house Address: 1395 Dean Street Cross ...
The 1939 World’s Fair: The World of Tomorrow in Flushing Meadow-Corona Park, Part 2
With war looming on the horizon, and the world still struggling to emerge from the Great Depressio...
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