Morgan Munsey, Champion of Bed Stuy Preservation, Profiled in Times
Over the weekend, The New York Times ran a profile of Morgan Munsey, ardent preservationist and ...
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Walkabout: Doctor and the Dyeworks, Part 1
Read Part 2 of this story. When the world was younger, people in just about every culture on ...
More Details on the 365 Jay Renovation
Last week exciting news broke on the restoration (finally!) of the Jay Street firehouse. The 18-...
Walkabout: A Reader’s Inquiry — the Toerge Family Saga, Part 2
Read Part 1 of this story. Nicholas Toerge was a wealthy liquor merchant living in the St. Ma...
Walkabout: A Reader’s Inquiry – the Toerge Family Saga, Part 1
Read Part 2 of this story. One of the nice perks of this job is that I hear from readers off ...
Walkabout: J. Mason Kirby – Brooklyn’s Elephant Architect
Architects are often remembered, not for who they were, but for the buildings they designed. H...
A New Ceiling for the Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church
The Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church, on East 18th Street and Dorchester Road, has rebuilt i...
Building of the Day: 578 Sterling Place
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Wood framed row house Address: 578 Sterling Place ...
Walkabout: The Fall of the Jenkins Financial Empire, Part 6
Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5Â of this story. It was 1910. The Jenkins fami...
Walkabout: The Fall of the Jenkins Financial Empire, Part 5
Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 6 of this story. By the beginning of 1908, thin...
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