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

… First impressions convey a great deal and for that reason author Andrew Alpern looks at entrances to … Alpern tells Brick Underground You want the entrance to show that you can enter only if you have legitimate business … the same time you cant make it look too forbidding or too much like a fort The design has to be appropriate to the

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 … that we decided to save some of the haul for further lists Having highlighted books that deal with the entire … Berger and Norman Borden … In this update of the 1978 classic first edition Wolfe kept the exquisite archival …

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