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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.

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

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

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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

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

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What the entrances of NYC luxury and historic buildings tell us about who lives there

… he was fond of western names he had hoped that nearby avenues would be named Montana Arizona and Idaho Several of … in particular deserves special mention Its the one at 1107 Fifth Ave built for the exclusive use of just one tenant the … 77th St building better Just half a block south from 740 at 730 is another one of my favorites I love its overthetop …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 4, 2020 - 10:30AM

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In 'New York Rising,’ authors explore 400 years of the city's history

… example in a text accompanying a print of Governor Peter Stuyvesants house from 1658 shown top Shorto writes that … people live in NYCHA developments with some estimates as high as 600000 Despite the formidable challenges facing … by The Monacelli Press in association with The Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation and Avery …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 1, 2018 - 9:00AM