Brownstone Revival: The Rebirth of the Brooklyn Townhouse
For many, the brownstone is the quintessential symbol of Brooklyn, as much an icon as the Brooklyn B...
Suzanne Spellen
Suzanne Spellen is a longtime Brownstoner contributor. She is an architectural historian, researcher, and writer with a special love for Bedford Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, and local African American history. She loves old houses, architectural detail, and enjoys exploring new places, camera in hand.
A Masterpiece of Education: Flatbush’s Erasmus Hall Academy and High School
When the Dutch and then the English established settlements and towns in Brooklyn in the late 1600s,...
How Innovator Robert Gair Built an Empire of Boxes in Dumbo
When asked to list the important inventors in our history, we generally forget the people who came u...
Cohn Brothers: Prolific Architects of Brooklyn’s Jazz Age Apartment Buildings
By the beginning of the 1920s, it was clear to those interested in New York City's housing patterns ...
Albert Korber and the Business of the Artful Home
From the first time a caveman or woman drew pictures on the walls and brought some flowers into the ...
How the Railroad Brought Meatpacking to Fort Greene
Before 1898, Brooklyn was a wealthy, independent city with its own government, police and fire depar...
The Story of Uncle Sam, the Embodiment of the Fourth of July
I’m a real life nephew of your Uncle Sam, Born on the Fourth of July. -- “Yankee Doodle Boy,â€...
Decorator William Payne and His Collection of Colonial-Era Lefferts Houses
Explorer Henry Hudson landed on Coney Island in 1609 and reported back to his Dutch employers that h...
A Day of Remembrance and Celebration: The History of Memorial Day in Brooklyn
Editors note: This post originally ran in 2013 and has been updated. You can read the previous post ...
Let’s Hear It for the Taxpayers
From the humblest newsstand to a block-wide, six-story department store, the buildings on our commer...
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