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Neighborhood Intel
The Bronx's historic cred, vintage 1970s photos, and more neighborhood news
By Virginia K. Smith |October 19, 2015 - 1:59PM
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Neighborhood Intel
An East Village cheese triumph, a croissant-loving UWS squirrel, and more neighborhood news
By Virginia K. Smith |September 24, 2015 - 1:59PM
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Neighborhood Intel
Hey Ridge: Bay Ridge is only out of the way if you don't live here
By Virginia K. Smith |June 30, 2015 - 11:59AM
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Neighborhood Intel
A neighborhood blogger unmasked, dressing up your doorman, and more
By Virginia K. Smith |June 16, 2015 - 10:59AM
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Neighborhood Intel
Brooklyn Spaces author Oriana Leckert on the Williamsburg waterfront's last secret spots and the importance of "like-minded crazies"
By Virginia K. Smith |May 27, 2015 - 9:59AM
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Neighborhood Intel
Enough already with the coffee shops, and other insights from a Crown Heights lifer

… moving in slowly and new businesses specifically coffee shops and bars popping up … Around what year did … pricesaffected your family … Besides my favorite local shops closing down and friends being displaced I find myself … For instance there are a few still standing beauty supply shops Downtown Brooklyn on Fulton Avenue that I have to …

By Virginia K. Smith |April 30, 2015 - 8:59AM
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Neighborhood Intel
The Bed-Stuy Blog: Why the neighborhood needs better bagels, but will never be "the next Williamsburg"
By Virginia K. Smith |April 21, 2015 - 11:59AM
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Troubleshooting
Come to the Rockaways for affordable apartments and hyper-local eateries, but beware of free-floating sand

… to get a feel for a place is by reading a neighborhoods blog In our  Confessions of a Neighborhood Blogger  series we speak to the writers who chronicle the … happenings of their chosen slice of the city  … Updated 32615 500pm  … The Rockaways have not been far from the …

By Virginia K. Smith |March 25, 2015 - 8:59AM
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The Market
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
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Neighborhood Intel
The least a landlord can do, a brief history of Dyker Heights, and more
By Virginia K. Smith |January 13, 2015 - 10:59AM