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Escape
Long Island town with Nazi origins ordered to stop racist home-buying policies
By Lucy Cohen Blatter |May 23, 2017 - 2:59PM
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Neighborhood Intel
Inside Sunset Park, the city's largest (and growing) Chinatown
By Marjorie Cohen |May 17, 2017 - 8:59AM
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Live
Manhattanites are not happy about the borough's new area code

… created by the North American Numbering Plan which is in charge of administering codes to 20 countries to accommodate …

By Alanna Schubach |May 5, 2017 - 9:59AM
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Live
The retro solution to NYC's housing crunch after WWII? These pre-fab metal "huts"
By Virginia K. Smith |April 26, 2017 - 1:59PM
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Live
Mapping NYC through its LGBT history
By Lucy Cohen Blatter |April 25, 2017 - 3:59PM
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Neighborhood Intel
"Citizen Jane" revisits how Jane Jacobs defeated Robert Moses—and how New Yorkers can fight to protect their neighborhoods

… approach that takes into account the way people actually live For instance one of Jacobss bestknown theories is that … more eyes on the street which is hampered when the only buildings are giant concrete structures situated on … 21st … You Might Also Like … viewbublogpanes=ymalinline   … Live … Neighborhood Intel … history … movies … zoning … …

By Virginia K. Smith |April 24, 2017 - 9:59AM
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Rent
4 major milestones that led to the rent-stabilization laws we have today
By Virginia K. Smith |April 20, 2017 - 2:59PM
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Live
How does the "future" home of the 1950s stack up to today's amenities?
By Virginia K. Smith |March 20, 2017 - 3:59PM
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Live
Goodnight, development: The tale of 121 Charles Street, the former home of a beloved children's book author
By Alanna Schubach |March 20, 2017 - 8:59AM
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Buy
Go for this condo and you'll be living in a Lower East Side landmark
By Alanna Schubach |March 16, 2017 - 1:59PM