Tag: Suzanne Spellen

When asked to list the important inventors in our history, we generally forget the people who came u...

By the beginning of the 1920s, it was clear to those interested in New York City's housing patterns ...

From the first time a caveman or woman drew pictures on the walls and brought some flowers into the ...

Before 1898, Brooklyn was a wealthy, independent city with its own government, police and fire depar...

I’m a real life nephew of your Uncle Sam, Born on the Fourth of July. -- “Yankee Doodle Boy,â€...

Explorer Henry Hudson landed on Coney Island in 1609 and reported back to his Dutch employers that h...

From the humblest newsstand to a block-wide, six-story department store, the buildings on our commer...

A 19th century movement known as City Beautiful has had a lasting influence on Brooklyn and continue...

Imagine being old and no longer able to work, with no family and no wealth of any kind. In the late ...

One of our cultural icons is the self-made man or woman. We love to see stories of people who came f...