Tag: Historical

Read Part 1 and Part 3 of this story. James McMahon was a wealthy and influential man about B...

Bed-Stuy Patch has a fun rundown of four of Bedford Stuyvesant's most prominent architects, as sele...

Read Part 2 and Part 3 of this story. One of Stuyvesant Height's most iconic houses has a tal...

(Photo: Library of Congress) What does a man do when his entire adult life has been dedicated to t...

(Photo: Library of Congress) The fiery preaching of Henry Ward Beecher brought him international r...

Brooklyn has had its share of famous people, but very few were of the influence and stature of H...

The Local covered this news last week but it is too cool to pass up! The newly released "Fort Green...

This is pretty awesome. Pardon Me for Asking has a cool post up on an archeological dig in the yard...

Via the Brooklyn Eagle comes word that Bedford-Stuyvesant and Gowanus are the two Brooklyn neighbor...

[nggallery id="52153" template=galleryview] Today the Museum of the City of New York uploaded lots ...