Walkabout: A “Musica” Life, Part 4
Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of this story. In 1936, the Republican Party called on million...
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: 444-450 Hancock Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row houses Address: 444-450 Hancock Street Cross...
Building of the Day: 21-27 North Oxford Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Former bakery, now empty? Address: 21-27 North Ox...
Past and Present: Montrose Pontiac in Williamsburg
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. Most of us walk down our commercial streets on our way to s...
Building of the Day: 144 Covert Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Former convent, now part of Pilgrim Baptist Church...
Walkabout: A “Musica” Life, Part 3
Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 4 of this story. In 1920, a man named F. Donald Costa and his pa...
Building of the Day: 578-584 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row houses Address: 578-584 Washington Avenue Cr...
Queenswalk: The Bulova Watch Company Headquarters
My friend, preservationist Frampton Tolbert, has a new website, called Queens Modern. If you love ...
Building of the Day: 155 Hancock Street
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row house Address: 155 Hancock Street Cross Stre...
Walkabout: The Snowpocalypse of 1888
The advent of a potential blizzard causes me to pause my story of the Musica family. They’ll...
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