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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

… If youre fascinated by New York Citys real estate history and love to … youll be joining us and receive a link to the discussion … What … Brick Undergrounds first book club discussion of A …

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

Neighborhood Intel

‘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

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

… founder of one of New York Citys most prominent familyowned real estate firms was a passionate collector of all things New … an image of a brochure about Harlem River Houses a firstgeneration NYCHA building Hilary Sample writes that in 1935 …

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

Suburbs

A Northampton, Massachusetts, house with a yoga studio, for $489,000

By Rebecca Fishbein |September 21, 2018 - 12:00PM

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Reality checking the real estate in Lifetime's new psychological thriller, 'YOU'

By Kelly Kreth |September 13, 2018 - 3:00PM

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The 25 best books about the history of New York City's boroughs and neighborhoods

… Last month we shared the 25 best books about New York City history as picked by local authors … Watson conveys the social life of workingclass speakeasies rent parties and gay and lesbian nightlife as well as the … years of field work in the ElmhurstCorona area Here different immigrant streams were becoming a majority of the …

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

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The 25 best books about New York City history

By Marjorie Cohen |February 14, 2018 - 9:00AM