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

… types of housing in the city stretching from 1850 to the current era … All the dirt … When it was first published a …

By Brick Underground |January 8, 2026 - 10:30AM
After the shipping industry left Coenties Slip in Manhattan, some of the biggest names in American art moved in

… shocking by todays standards An 800squarefoot onebedroom rental at 2 Coenties Slip was listed in May for $3750 When … few days before the publication date of her book in July  … Why did you decide to write The Slip  … I had heard of this … and notes and Seyrig wrote volumes of letters to her parents An example In one of Seyrigs letters she describes a …

By Marjorie Cohen |August 7, 2023 - 2:30PM
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 … in 1974 by the still relatively new South Street Seaport Museum It remains an excellent guide to the neighborhood but … culturally rich neighborhood Five selfguided walking tours let the reader view more than 150 sites aged tenements …

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