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,…
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…
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…
The 11 A-holes You Meet in Renderings
Whenever we ogle the renderings of future buildings slated for construction, our eye is drawn to the aspirational humans within. They’re always pretty good for a laugh, and an idea…
New Millennial-Friendly Hotel Threatens Historic East Village Tenements
Yesterday afternoon a group of vocal protesters gathered along East 11th Street, facing a row of historic brick buildings they’re intent on saving from demolition at the…
New, Upscale ‘Industrial Arts Complex’ for Bushwick Artists in Search of ‘Dynamic’ Spaces
We’ve known about the impending “injection of luxury” slated for Bushwick– the three- and four-story types have been popping up for a while now, and emerging…
New Report Shows Housing Inventory’s Up, Brooklyn Rents Drop (Barely)
NYC real estate firm Douglas Elliman published a report this morning, showing that the development boom in New York City has had a significant impact on…
With City’s Offer Expired, Sun Might Be Setting on Bushwick Inlet Park
After 60 days on the table, the city’s offer to pay the former CitiStorage site’s owner $100 million for the final parcel of the long-promised…
Sparkly New Condo Smells Funny? Find Out If It’s Industrial Poison With This Map
Depending on where you look, North Brooklyn is still replete with rusty reminders of its fairly recent manufacturing past, but as that history recedes farther off…
Notorious East Village Landlord Uses Street Art to Paint a Prettier Picture
Earlier this year, when the East Village’s beloved Stage Restaurant closed in the wake of a dispute with its landlord Icon Realty Management, Brooklyn-based artist…