On Saturday, my mother and I decided to check out the Brooklyn Historical Society. For years, I’ve noticed the building on the corner of Perrepont and Clinton in Brooklyn Heights but I never knew what it was. Well, the scaffolding is off and the historic building has been restored to its former glory. And what a glory it is:

The four-story Queen Anne style building was completed in 1881 and was designed by architect George B. Post. Post’s bold use of extensive terra cotta ornamentation on the fa