Here's proof that NYC's middle class has been getting squeezed out since the 1870s

… Trying to make it work as a middleclass New Yorker can be a stressful endeavor to put it gently In many … York Times demanding to know why the city was keeping empty land in Central Park while the middle classes are being driven out of the City by excessive rents Indeed it was upon the middle class that the squeeze …

By Virginia K. Smith |September 23, 2016 - 12:59PM
"The Brooklyn Experience": Then and now

… in the mid1980s For many years she and her husband rented out apartments within the house to generate … In places like Williamsburg where there isnt a lot of landmarking its that much more noticeable And these days if … stores like Whole Foods and you see places like the Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek being cleaned up  To have a canal in …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |May 17, 2016 - 8:59AM