books

Brick’s next Book Club read will be ‘The New Kings of New York'

By Brick Underground |January 8, 2026 - 10:30AM

Residential buildings along 76th Street and Riverside Park in the late 19th century.

Join Brick’s new book club for readers fascinated by NYC’s real estate history

… in the city underpinning changes in housing and the revised edition adds three decades including the housing bubble … to join the discussion … You will have to head over to your local library or bookseller to get your copy And the book …

By Brick Underground |October 24, 2025 - 9:30AM

Design + Architecture

In ‘Housing the Nation,’ experts grapple with how to solve the affordable housing crisis

By Marjorie Cohen |November 4, 2024 - 4:00PM

Ellsworth Kelly at his Coenties Slip Studio, New York, 1961.

Live

After the shipping industry left Coenties Slip in Manhattan, some of the biggest names in American art moved in

… live and work They used the oldfashioned way to find an apartment Word of mouth They asked around at art supply … shocking by todays standards An 800squarefoot onebedroom rental at 2 Coenties Slip was listed in May for $3750 When the artists left the Slip in the mid60s the historic buildings around them were being demolished and high rises …

By Marjorie Cohen |August 7, 2023 - 2:30PM