Walkabout: Six Brooklyn Buildings That Used to Be Schools
It’s School Week here on Brownstoner -- a series of posts celebrating the start of the school year...
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Building of the Day: 832 Marcy Avenue, Bedford Stuyvesant’s Boys High School
It’s School Week here on Brownstoner. Stay tuned to check out more school-themed stories. I wa...
Walkabout: How Workers and the Labor Movement Gave Us Labor Day
New York City was home to the first Labor Day parade and rally. The year was 1882 and the place ...
Past and Present: The Robert Graves Company of Fort Greene
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. If you’ve ever restored an old house and come upon 19th- ...
Building of the Day: 7-11 South Portland Avenue, Elegance in Fort Greene
Brooklyn, one building at a time. This double-sized, semi-detached mansion is one of the few rem...
Building of the Day: 1173-1179 Bushwick Avenue, a Study in Simple Elegance
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row houses Address: 1173-1179 Bushwick Avenue Cross Stre...
Closing Bell: Learn How to Research Your House at Brooklyn Historical Society
The Brooklyn Historical Society is hosting a seminar next month on how to unearth the history of...
Past and Present: P.S. 60, Greenwood Heights
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. Public School 60 was built for the growing number of studen...
Retail Search Begins at Turreted Building in Stuy Heights With Landmark Violations
Marketing has started to fill the retail space at a landmarked building in Stuy Heights that up...
Walkabout: The Architect of the OTHER Prospect Park – A Troy Story, Part 3
Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this story. On July 4th, 1902, the bands marched, politicians waxed poe...
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