‘The New Kings of New York’ pulls back the curtain on luxury real estate developers

… As you can imagine putting up a luxury residential building in New York … I got from talking to Swig something I like to apply to my own life is to remember that when the world is falling … were but Harry Macklowe wouldnt talk to me I was on a train halfway to New York for an interview with him when I found …

By Marjorie Cohen |May 24, 2022 - 9:30AM
In 'New York Rising,’ authors explore 400 years of the city's history

… died in 1995 Durst amassed almost 35000 pieces of New York historybooks prints maps photographs and postcards In the … neighbors into perpetual shadow stealing their daylight and rents Willis writes that objections to the new building … none of its public housing stock We are in some ways currently witnessing the difficulties of maintaining such a …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 1, 2018 - 9:00AM
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 and historians So many … 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