A controversial new luxury building is trying to attract foreigners to the Lower East Side — but not the type of immigrants the neighborhood is used to.…
Chinatown Residents Rally Against ‘Racist’ Towers They Say Are Displacing Them
“Where are you, de Blasio?” That was the question of the afternoon when rain-soaked protesters braved the weather at City Hall to protest rezoning that…
Protesters Voice Outrage Over Extell’s ‘Building From Hell,’ Coming to the LES
Lower East Siders rallied against a 56-story building due to rise over the former Pathmark site, with some saying its luxury apartments constituted “racist development.”
Bushwickers and Local Activists Rally Against Controversial Apartment Building
Colony 1209, a rather, um, insensitively named luxury development in Bushwick featuring a doorman, ping pong tables, a “speakeasy,” and a gym, has caused quite…
Who’s Going to Jump On This $4.1M South Williamsburg Townhouse?
Sure, the latest Williamsburg townhouse to go on the market is a whopping $4.1 million, but it’s right around the corner from awesome institutions like…
The 40-Year-Old Hipster Goes to a Rave
Tom Lombardi has returned to his stomping grounds of Williamsburg after several years away. The wife and I ride the elevator thirty-something floors up the…
Study: Rents in Chinatown and LES Still Cheaper Than City Median, But Rising
A new study tells us what we might’ve guessed from the recent proliferation of ping pong-tabled “event spaces”: gentrification is on the rise in Chinatown and the…