Brooklyn Spaces author Oriana Leckert on the Williamsburg waterfront's last secret spots and the importance of "like-minded crazies"

… with accomplished longtime New Yorkers and get them to talk about two things locals are obsessed about real estate and neighborhoods … Few people know their … Gowanus ballroom get tickets here we caught up with Leckert about her Williamsburg apartment her condo aversion and the …

By Virginia K. Smith |May 27, 2015 - 9:59AM
Enough already with the coffee shops, and other insights from a Crown Heights lifer

… of reality amidst all the hype we checked in with Prescod about pushy brokers her advice to newcomers the upside to … I was then in trouble with my own mother When it wasnt about homework or before the street lights came on we were outside playing games talking about life and our goals for the future Now those people I …

By Virginia K. Smith |April 30, 2015 - 8:59AM
NYC photographer captures city buildings in decay

… explains why there is beauty in decay what they tell us about the history of New York and why the term  ruin porn is … photographing them for the historical record … For me its about documenting these places before they are gone but if I … are in ruins and people are suffering When you talk about Detroit it really applies  but in NYC these are the …

By Sharon Krum |March 19, 2015 - 11:59AM