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 … Skyline by Adam Piore The book is a juicy look at the real estate personalities who transformed New York City into … to find out all the dirt on some of the biggest real estate deals ever made anywhere Piore a journalist who has been …

By Brick Underground |January 8, 2026 - 10:30AM
Join Brick’s new book club for readers fascinated by NYC’s real estate history

… up here to let us know youll be joining us and receive a link to the discussion … What … Brick Undergrounds first … Dec 10th at 7 pm … Where … Online sign up to have a link emailed to you … You Might Also Like … …

By Brick Underground |October 24, 2025 - 9:30AM
‘The New Kings of New York’ pulls back the curtain on luxury real estate developers

… involves intense behindthescenes dealmaking Now a new book pulls back the curtains on the real estate giants who put … … new development … Review … The New Kings of New York pulls back the curtain on luxury real estate developers …

By Marjorie Cohen |May 24, 2022 - 9:30AM
What the entrances of NYC luxury and historic buildings tell us about who lives there

… deal and for that reason author Andrew Alpern looks at entrances to New York Citys luxury and historic residential buildings … in Harlem and how it looked so similar to the others I discovered that it was in fact the prototype for the Apthorp …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 4, 2020 - 10:30AM
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 … for its historic images both those illustrating the 19thcentury Seaport and those showing the neighborhood in all … more than 150 sites aged tenements nestled next to luxury apartment towers which in turn abut historic churches and …

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