Tag: Architecture

Did anyone else notice the scaffolding going up around the beautiful Brooklyn Main Post Office on A...

Looking at this kind of before-and-after is a good way to get depressed. The transformation of 561 ...

For the first time in years and just in time for the opening of The Flea tomorrow, the facade of th...

Read Part 1 of this story here. Fortunes can be made from many things, and many of Brooklyn's wea...

John Gibb was born in Forfarshire, Scotland, in 1829. As a youth, he apprenticed to a dry goods ...

On the eve of a New Year, we are reminded that not only buildings make up neighborhoods, people ...

I was fortunate enough to catch up with author Ingrid Abramovitch. Her new book, Restoring a Hou...

For Christmas, I present the words of one of Brooklyn's most famous sons, and some historic imag...

Throughout history, in all cultures, buildings and spaces dedicated to honor and worship a Higher Po...

The blog Save Park Slope has the second in its series on architectural eyesores that could have bee...