18 May A walk through Williamsburg with Phillip Lopate
The celebrated writer grew up in Williamsburg...
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03 Nov Building series: Eastern District High School
Some famous people were educated in this building, including Deborah...
17 Sep Building series: Hasidic architecture and family-size balconies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJrEtQxMBFY One of the many interesting things in Hasidic Williamsburg is...
21 Apr Building series: Mel Brook’s childhood home on Lee
An iconic comedian once lived on 111 Lee Avenue...
26 Aug Building series: the Church that shrank
The story of one church's transformation...
21 Aug A Williamsburg architecture brush-up
Finding Treasures in an Online Photo Database from the 1940s...
27 May Building series: Satmar’s eyesore on 540 Bedford Avenue
It's now one of NYC's longest standing incomplete projects...
04 Mar Building series: the House of the Prince of Peace once in Williamsburg
Site: Site of the Christian Mission / Jews for Jesus Location:...
30 Jul The future of the historic Hanover Club/Vien’s School?
When a friend of mine was in Williamsburg late one...
27 Jun Building series: It used to be a theater 2: Vien Synagogue
Site: Vien Synagogue/ formerly Wilson Theater Location: 27 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn,...
01 Jun Building series: anti-zionism and the Klausenberg building
The case of the disappearing Stars of David...
26 May Building series: Vien’s Girls’ school building; the Williamsburg story
Site: Former Hanover Club / Former Young Israel / girls...
25 May Building series: the Wonder Bread factory—now the Skverer Yeshiva
Site: Formerly bread factory / now Skver yeshiva Location: 97 Heyward...