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

… Book Club members After a successful inaugural meeting the votes are in and the next book that participants have chosen is The New Kings … who requested anonymity told Brick contributor Marjorie Cohen that he was looking forward to reading The New Kings …

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

… decades ago for a group of seven young artists who lived on Manhattans Coenties Slip a tiny block on the East River … shocking by todays standards An 800squarefoot onebedroom rental at 2 Coenties Slip was listed in May for $3750 When … to him about Kelly He showed me a photo from their time together on the Slip A biography of Agnes Martin had come …

By Marjorie Cohen |August 7, 2023 - 2:30PM
In 'New York Rising,’ authors explore 400 years of the city's history

… collection   In 2011 the collection was moved from Dursts home to Columbia Universitys Avery Architectural and Fine … that spurred the revitalization of the neighborhood  In an introduction to New York Rising Mellins and Ascher write … Carol Willis notes that the building cast many of its neighbors into perpetual shadow stealing their daylight and …

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