This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. The Astral in Greenpoint has status in the…
3 Ways to Lend a Small but Helping Hand to those Impacted by Oakland Fire
Whenever someone compares Brooklyn to Oakland, an angel loses its wings, and is sent plunging straight down to hell where the sexless being is reborn…
Once a Home for Destitute Girls, Now Handsome Co-Ops Worth Millions
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. The commotion began as Gertrude Williams strolled home…
How One Fraudulent Banking Temple in Brooklyn Found Faith in Orthodoxy
This week, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. Buildings repurposed as churches always attracted the legendary writer Joseph…
Newly Signed Law Will Help Keep OId Folks Homes From Becoming Rich Folks Homes
It’s too late to save Rivington House, the former HIV treatment facility that a non-profit nursing home operator unexpectedly flipped to a luxury developer after…
Westminster Cares? Tenants of Trump Son-in-Law Jared Kushner Say Not So Much
After months of pleading with Westminster City Living to restore cooking gas and address a litany of repairs in her aging East Village tenement building,…
The Future of ’80/20′ Affordable Housing Hangs in the Balance: Can 421-A Be Fixed?
You may not have realized it, but the city has been in the midst of a “developocalypse” since January, when the state’s 421-a program expired. For decades, the program…
How a Bunch of Brave New Futurists Zapped the Old Pearl River Mart Back to Life
“Preservationist” has become something of a slur, used to denigrate the old-timers and neo-hippies who’d rather save ratty old tenant buildings and dusty mom-and-pop stores…
A.G. Files Harassment Charges Against Manager of LES and Chinatown Apartments
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit today against the property manager and landlords of several apartment buildings in Chinatown and the Lower East…
Protesters Urge Council Member to Curb Luxury Housing in Chinatown and LES
Perhaps you thought that the Coalition to Protect Chinatown and the Lower East Side sounded angry earlier this year when about 60 activists associated with…