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How Brooklyn’s First Free Library Became the Brooklyn Museum
It grew from a small library to a massive and wide-ranging educational institution before focusing on art.
The Lost Crown Heights Mansion of a Typewriter Tycoon
The Clarence W. and Ida Seamans mansion, designed by Montrose Morris, stood for less than 30 years in the posh St. Marks area.
City Pride: The Making of Brooklyn Borough Hall
When Brooklyn was incorporated as a city in 1834, building a new city hall was high on the list of priorities.
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.
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Past and Present: The Julius Kayser Company, Clinton HillNot to nitpik, but you forgot the 'U'. It's Algonquian.
The Palisade at the End of the L Train: How Canarsie Got Its NameNot 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 Brooklyn