Dumbo's got history and cool lofts, but don't expect deals, says DumboNYC.com

… DumboNYC is a hyperlocal neighborhood blog founded in 2006 by Hide … a resident of Dumbo Brooklyn … the project is underway and is scheduled to be completed in 2014   … 7 How has the neighborhood changed in the past five …   In 1978 Dumbo was named by residents and artist loft tenants who decided that if artists were to be forced out of …

By Julie Inzanti |April 18, 2013 - 10:24AM
The SoHo Memory Project: One eye on the past, and the other on the $45 million penthouse across the street

… Yukie Ohta founder of The SoHo Memory Project was born in SoHo in the1960s and currently lives in … will probably never leave  Launched in 2011 The SoHo Memory Project  covers the history of Soho from the 1960s to … Commission in August 1973 Ornate cast iron facades were originally used to spruce up preexisting buildings kind of …

By Julie Inzanti |April 4, 2013 - 10:43AM
Cheap rent, and a burgeoning restaurant scene, in FoHi (Forest Hills, Queens)

… Manhattan isnt everything And while residents of the main island often groan when they have to travel to an outer … from crime to schools to municipal government Drake long ago grew tired of reporting about every word … that continues to improve It offers a unique way to live in New York City Youre a quick subway ride to Midtown …

By Julie Inzanti |January 10, 2013 - 11:58AM
Long Island City "will look like a hybrid of Battery Park City and Downtown Brooklyn before long"

… USA   Sarva was born in Queens raised in Little Neck and lived in San Francisco and Paris before settling in Long … 2002 around the beginning of the real estate boom for the neighborhood The only hotspots were  PS1  and a few local … … Whats your favorite location within the neighborhood to live … Right near  PS1 Views not built up into a yuppie …

By Julie Inzanti |December 20, 2012 - 10:25AM