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

… decades in NYC real estate development to create a story about oversized personalities who amass fortunes lose them …

By Brick Underground |January 8, 2026 - 10:30AM
In 'New York Rising,’ authors explore 400 years of the city's history

… collector of all things New York Before he died in 1995 Durst amassed almost 35000 pieces of New York historybooks prints maps photographs and postcards In the foreword to a … gossip from the past For example in a text accompanying a print of Governor Peter Stuyvesants house from 1658 shown …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 1, 2018 - 9:00AM
Reality checking the real estate in Lifetime's new psychological thriller, 'YOU'

… is the New York bookstore which is actually called  Logos  depicted According to Harris Healy the real … lottery situation explains the dream digs  … The truth about Peeping Toms … But how feasible would it be for an … but creepy match  Still art often imitates life I wrote about my own experience with a Peeping Tom that made me give …

By Kelly Kreth |September 13, 2018 - 3:00PM
The 25 best books about the history of New York City's boroughs and neighborhoods

… month we shared the 25 best books about New York City history as picked by local authors and historians So many good … Jewish community … Justin Ferate … New York Before Chinatown by John Kuo Wei Tchen … The roots of the ChineseAmerican … Watson conveys the social life of workingclass speakeasies rent parties and gay and lesbian nightlife as well as the …

By Marjorie Cohen |March 30, 2018 - 12:00PM