Tag: Suzanne Spellen

Editor's note: This is an update of a series that ran in 2012. Read the originals here: Part 1, Part...

Editor’s Note: This post is an updated version of a series that ran in 2011. Read Part 1, Part 2, ...

You may have heard the term “redlining” in discussions of neighborhoods like Bed Stuy or East Ne...

Poor Queen Anne! Her name is synonymous with the catchall of architectural style -- a flamboyant an...

There’s nothing like a Gilded Age apartment to set the heart racing -- or to inspire a swap fo...

Imagine being told your entire life that you were not really a citizen of your town or country. Imag...

Brownstoner columnist Suzanne Spellen and commenter and fellow architectural history expert Morg...

Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 5 of this story. If you live in the later brownstone nei...

There were a number of fine architects and firms that shaped the physical parameters of what we ...