Tag: Historical

The first quarter of the 20th century was a wild ride for Mrs. Ottilie Gobel. She had seen her h...

A remarkably intact 1890 Queen Anne in Bushwick that was a Building of the Day in 2010 has turned...

What we are reading this week about decorating and renovating old houses:   Elle Decor phot...

In March of 1924, Adolf Gobel, crowned the “Sausage King”, died in his home in the Highl...

Read Part 2 and Part 3 of this story. There are as many ways to make a fortune as there are f...

What we are reading this week about decorating and renovating old houses:     ...

General Benjamin Franklin Tracy, General James Jourdan and Mr. Silas Dutcher were known as the �...

When we passed by this six family at 1345 Bushwick Avenue recently, workmen were putting a new fac...

The War Between the States was well over by 1870, and Ulysses S. Grant, the victorious general o...

Politics have taken up our front pages for months now, and now that the election is over, in the...