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- ↑ Brooklyn Flea
- ↑ smorgasburg
- 1 2 Sharon Otterman (February 24, 2014). "Blogger Keeps Focus on Brooklyn Architecture, but Now Mostly From Upstate". The New York Times .
- 1 2 3 Suzanne Spellen (September 23, 2013). "Building of the Day: 649-677 East 91st Street". Brownstoner.com (Brownstoner Magazine).
- ↑ "Writing under the pen name Montrose Morris"
- ↑ Matt Chaban (September 5, 2012). "Goodbye Montrose Morris, Brooklyn Will Not Be the Same Without You". The New York Observer .
- ↑ Cate Corcoran (March 16, 2015). "Brownstoner Has Been Acquired by BlankSlate".
- 1 2 "Big News: Brownstoner Has a New Owner". 9 February 2017.
- ↑ "Listing of the day" is how Butler's Queens Brownstoner lists that publication's awards
- ↑ "Bean & Bean .. new location .. wasn’t even on their Web site .. (someone) sent me a photo"