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

… Attention Brick Underground Book Club members After a … in and the next book that participants have chosen is The New Kings of New York Renegades Moguls Gamblers and the Remaking of the …

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

… era It includes a broad look at political and cultural events in the city underpinning changes in housing and the …

By Brick Underground |October 24, 2025 - 9:30AM
What the entrances of NYC luxury and historic buildings tell us about who lives there

… But most of all an entryway says a lot about the people who live in the building … If you want to attract posh residents … around you and questioning what you see is the best way to explain why the city is the city it is A good way to read through Alperns book after youve checked the index to see whether your building made it in is to make a …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 4, 2020 - 10:30AM
In 'New York Rising,’ authors explore 400 years of the city's history

… section where the items from the Durst collection are explained in the context of the chapters theme is what makes … most of the governors of the Dutch colony of New Netherland lived inside the fort but when Peter Stuyvesant arrived in … latest activities Second and more importantly there is no index In a book covering such a broad span of history it …

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