Walking down Soho’s Elizabeth Street can feel like a neverending vortex of high-class retail, where the designer clothing racks outnumber the people. That is, until…
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…
Community Urges City Council to Reconsider Houston Street Upzoning
East Houston street is currently a hotbed of development, as any casual stroll down the street will reveal. Endless scaffolding, boarded-up properties, fences, and signs…
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…
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…
Pols Outraged Over Rivington House, Seek to Keep More Non-Profit Spaces From Being Flipped
Public officials are demanding, in louder and louder voices, to know why and how the city quietly allowed a Lower East Side building once reserved…
As Luxury Tower Rises, Cracks in Adjacent Building Strengthen Gentrification Fears
A simple red brick building established by a non-profit affordable housing developer two decades ago, 82 Rutgers Slip houses low and moderate-income residents, some who were…
Evictions Down by 24 Percent Since 2013, Mayor's Office Says
In the battle against tenant harassment and displacement, we’ve often seen the mayor receive sharp criticism from the indefatigable Coalition to Protect Chinatown (members are once again…
You Can Bank On the Chase Building at St. Marks and 2nd Being Demolished
St. Marks is now bereft of the Sock Man and soon Trash and Vaudeville, and now it looks like the Chase bank building at 130 Second Avenue will also be…
Year After CitiStorage Fire, Park Conversion Is Still a Hot Topic
Nearly a year after a seven-alarm fire ravaged the CitiStorage building in Williamsburg, the fate of the hotly contested land remains in limbo. On Sunday, the…