Coming soon: A web series about landlord buyouts, gentrification and the last Manhattan "holdouts"

… TV shows these days gentrification has become not just a plotline but practically its own character Unbreakable … the Neighborhood  series as inspiration Girasuolo told the blog that he hopes for the  Holdouts  to become a catalyst … scope out the trailer below   … You Might Also Like … viewbublogpanes=ymalinline   … Live … gentrification … Reel Estate …

By Virginia K. Smith |June 30, 2016 - 3:59PM
From Airbnb to asbestos, our favorite real estate moments from Kimmy Schmidt's second season

… the real estate Even if Kimmy and Titus pay less in rent than anyone we know here The new season takes it all … my first crush literally he tried to crush me and have apparently rekindled the old flame Kimmy also stressburps … has changed and that its time for her to get out We can see why shes embitteredshe also apparently spent years in a …

By Virginia K. Smith |April 28, 2016 - 11:59AM
Another sign East New York is the "next hot" Brooklyn neighborhood: Flippers are everywhere

… on keeping housing affordable says the practice is bad news for working and middle class New Yorkers According to a report released Monday by the group … than a year and 1800 citywide just last year And Brooklyns East New York is the top neighborhood in the city for …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |April 21, 2016 - 1:59PM
A new exhibit explores the complicated relationship between artists and gentrification

… When young artists move into an area in search of affordable housing their arrival is often seen as a … by lottery each is set in a unit deemed either luxury or affordable The apartments double as the settings for a … Bushwick artists are exiting that corner of Brooklyn as rents rise and developers try to entice wealthier tenants …

By Alanna Schubach |April 12, 2016 - 2:59PM
"Los Sures" offers a snapshot of South Williamsburg in the 1980s

… was considered rough even by the standards of 1980s NYC when violent crime was high citywide At the same time … artists displaced from areas like SoHo due to rising rents relocated to North Brooklyn for its affordability and … and derelict for years by allowing construction of new housing and retail at higher densities Luxury highrise …

By Alanna Schubach |April 5, 2016 - 2:59PM