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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

… Citys real estate history and love to read youll want to join Brick Underground for our first book club discussion … book as opposed to the typical book club fare because it supports Bricks mission to demystify NYC housing Much of NYC … design trends that responded to these laws … Sign up to join the discussion … You will have to head over to your …

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.

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

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

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‘The New Kings of New York’ pulls back the curtain on luxury real estate developers

… for real estate involves intense behindthescenes dealmaking Now a new book pulls back the curtains on the real … the pieces together Writer Adam Piores new book The New Kings of New York Renegades Moguls Gamblers and the Remaking … tenants and then market the added addition as luxury condos After two years of organizing the buildings tenants …

By Marjorie Cohen |May 24, 2022 - 9:30AM