Tag: Historical

Where: 423 Fulton Street When: 1931 Why: During the depression, as investment in large construction...

One of the more popular stops on the Brooklyn leg of the Open House NY tour is the Power Plant at P...

Where: 418-434 Fulton Street When: 1870s Why: Abraham & Straus was founded as Joseph Wechsler & Com...

Where: 408-416 Fulton Street When: 1936 Why: During the depression, F.W. Woolworth expanded its emp...

Where: 386-388 Fulton Street When: 1925 Why: Schrafft's, a popular mid-priced restaurant chain favo...

Where: 376 Fulton Street When: 1870 Why: A fine example of cast-iron commercial construction capped...

On the home stretch of our walk back from Prospect Park last weekend, we stopped for a moment at t...

We noticed this small plaque in the sidewalk along Washington Avenue last weekend and ran it past K...

Back in July, a plan by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation to accelerate the demolition...

The Bridge & Tunnel Club have posted a neat photographic tour of the Old Gravesend Cemetery. Forgot...