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The Rise and Fall of Downtown Brooklyn’s Dazzling Emporiums
As retailers close and their buildings are adapted or demolished, eight Brownstoner tales reveal the history of Downtown Brooklyn’s grand stores.
How Charles Pratt’s Morris Building Company Beautified Brooklyn
Well built, artistic, and useful, the company’s buildings were the fruit of longtime partnerships with some of the most talented architects of the day.
Parties, Gossip and Too Much Brew: How 19th Century Brooklynites Celebrated the New Year
In the late 19th century, Brooklynites had many ways to celebrate the New Year, but the ability to participate depended on one’s social class.
Suzanne Spellen’s Tales of Brooklyn History and Architecture in 2024
Historian, preservationist, and longtime Brownstoner columnist Suzanne Spellen penned enthralling tales of Brooklyn’s history and architecture this year.
Celebrating Christmas in 1899: A Tale of Two Brooklyns
The Brooklyn Christmas of 1899 was not so different than today, a tale of the haves and the have-nots.
Not much else you can do with a church that has dwindling membership.
Brookland Buys Landmarked Clinton Hill Church for $8.8 Million, Plans Condosyou got every info wrong cuz i am a relative of george crum!!!!!!!! You are stupid he was born 2 hours ago?
The Hiram S. Thomas Story: Brownstones, Potato Chips, Black Excellence in 19th Century BrooklynIn your recent Brownstoner article on the fine stores that used to line Brooklyn's Fulton Street, how could you omit upscale Martins Department Store, which was located diagonally across from A&S? Someone apparently did not do their research, but I certainly remember it very well.
The Rise and Fall of Downtown Brooklyn’s Dazzling EmporiumsI remember going to a New Year’s Eve party in the 70s in this house a friend of mine, not invited by another friend and let me tell you the inside of this mansion was beautiful. I do remember the owners of the the family that live there owned two huge Doberman pinchers. To this day when I think about New Year’s Eve and celebrating, I think back at that party in 1977. Absolutely fabulous.
Walkabout: The Sausage King of Brooklyn, Part 2