Building of the Day: 67 Hanson Place, Part of an Art Deco Doctor’s Skyscraper...
Brooklyn, one building at a time. When the iconic Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building was being built in 1927, it became a beacon, surrounded by other Art Deco buildings. This apartment building was...
View ArticleBuilding of the Day: 315 Clinton Avenue, the House That Coffee Built in...
Brooklyn, one building at a time. This grand mansion was built for Coffee King John Arbuckle. It was one of architect Montrose W. Morris’s first large mansion commissions. Name: John Arbuckle House,...
View ArticleBuilding of the Day: 1698 Pitkin Avenue, From Jenkins Trust Bank to T-Mobile...
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Contrary to popular belief, Brownsville still has some great architecture, especially on its main commercial streets. Name: Originally Lafayette Trust, then Provident...
View ArticleBuilding of the Day: 222 Livingston Street, Home of the Chandler Piano Company
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Built as a private home during the post–Civil War boom years, this building became famous as the home of the Chandler Piano Company. Name: Originally a row house,...
View ArticleBuilding of the Day: 2021 Bergen Street, a Brutal Brutalist School in Ocean Hill
Brooklyn, one building at a time. How does architecture affect the community? And in the case of a school, how does it affect the quality or the atmosphere of learning? Name: Intermediate School 55,...
View ArticleBuilding of the Day: 151 Powers Street, a Charming Fishscale Cottage in...
Brooklyn, one building at a time. A tiny wood-framed house survives in Williamsburg. Name: Semi-detached wood frame house Address: 151 Powers Street Cross Streets: Manhattan and Graham avenues...
View ArticleBuilding of the Day: 10 Jay Street, Dumbo’s Historic Arbuckle Sugar Refinery
Brooklyn, one building at a time. At one point in the early-20th century, almost a third of Dumbo belonged to the Arbuckle Brothers Company, the country’s largest coffee company and a major purveyor...
View ArticleA “Mixed-Race” Wedding in 1907 Bed Stuy Attracts Unwanted Attention
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Behind the most ordinary brownstone facades lies the real history of Brooklyn, where prejudice and ignorance against anyone not of Northern European descent was...
View ArticleA History of Brooklyn’s Extravagant, Soon-to-Be-Restored Paramount Theatre
Brooklyn, one building at a time. The Brooklyn Paramount Theatre was one of Brooklyn’s famed movie palaces. Like most of the great movie palaces built in the 1920s and ’30s, the Paramount was ornate...
View ArticleA Look Back at the Prospect Heights Bank That Will Soon Be Razed for Condos
Brooklyn, one building at a time. An elegant bank built for a growing Prospect Heights community will soon be razed to make way for new condos. Here’s its story. Name: Former Green Point Savings Bank,...
View ArticleA Downtown Brooklyn Brownstone Turned Rathskeller
Editor’s Note: This post originally ran in 2015 and has been updated. You can read the previous post here. In 1887, this odd numbered side of Jay Street between Willoughby and Fulton streets had a row...
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