$20 million condos and 400 percent rent increases: Is the West Village the most gentrified neighborhood in the city?

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By Lucy Cohen Blatter |November 10, 2015 - 9:59AM
How to ward off gentrification: take a page from Chinatown's playbook

… Despite the march of glassy condohood around it in neighboring areas like Tribeca SoHo and … biggest misconception about Chinatown is that its cheap to live here Chinatown is the center of everythingfor better or … and hotel frenzy … Buy … Sales Market … Rent … The Market … LiveNeighborhood Intel … Chinatown … gentrification … …

By Virginia K. Smith |September 25, 2015 - 12:59PM
Think you might be a gentrifier? Here's how not to be a jerk about it

… If youve ever moved to a socalled emerging neighborhood in search of cheaper rent chances are you … becoming acquainted with residents whove long loved and live in their newly adopted corner of the city Specifically … without  assuming you know better than people whove lived there for decades Sometimes the best thing to do is …

By Virginia K. Smith |August 28, 2015 - 10:30AM
Inevitably, NYC itself has had to see a shrink

… New York has long been notorious as the land of therapy but as it turns out even the city itself is sick enough at … the vitality and significance of Main Streets check out her blog And find out more about the Giraffe Path which was …

By BrickUnderground |June 30, 2015 - 12:59PM
Every "quaint" town's gentrification trajectory, in cartoon form

… Hey how about a gentrification story that makes you laugh instead of curl up … for those on the lookout for the next best place to live perhaps the yuccies aka young urban creatives memorably … to move to Wilmington That said it IS crazy cheap to live in Wilmington My friend Caleb just moved there and for …

By BrickUnderground |June 16, 2015 - 3:59PM
Mom-and-pops close as neighborhoods—and priorities—change

… Its the same story different dayor so it seems Momandpops closing as neighborhoods … word and try to talk about all the aspects that affect our lives when a lot of money comes to town and people are … lifer As it gets more expensive whats next for Bushwick … LiveNeighborhood Intel … Buy … Sales Market … Rent … The …

By BrickUnderground |May 29, 2015 - 2:00PM
Enough already with the coffee shops, and other insights from a Crown Heights lifer

… the south or other more reasonably priced parts of New York Its extremely sad to see families I grew up with have to … and cheap tacos but dont call them settlers The BedStuy Blog Why the neighborhood needs better bagels but will never be the next Williamsburg The 24 best NYC neighborhood blogs 2015 edition … Buy … Sales Market … Rent … The Market …

By Virginia K. Smith |April 30, 2015 - 8:59AM