Follow the yellow brick: Tracing Ridgewood's history through a single picturesque block

… and architecturally distinguished enclaves of workingclass dwellings built in NYC in the early twentieth century Urban … Stockholm brothers Abraham and Andrew who owned farmland nearby in the mid19th century The boundaries between … apartment per floor and an unfinished basement Firstfloor apartments had five rooms and second floor units had six the …

By Marjorie Cohen |January 26, 2018 - 9:00AM
Explore Newark's unsung historic districts

… flagship stores for Lord Taylor Bloomingdales Saks Fifth Avenue Abraham Straus and Alexanders it was the first … starting at $1475 a month  … This 1920 Mediterraneanstyle villa in Forest Hill is currently on the market for $799000 …

By Lana Bortolot |August 10, 2017 - 2:14PM
MacDougal Alley: A small downtown mews filled with NYC art history

… art collection and they refused it … By 1931 Gertrude had purchased eight of the buildings that surrounded her studio …

By Marjorie Cohen |March 14, 2017 - 2:59PM
Chester Court: A cul-de-sac in Brooklyn that feels like the U.K.'s Cotswolds

… Streets he set out to attract solid middleclass families to purchase homes in Flatbush explains Andrew Scott Dolkart …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |January 18, 2017 - 8:59AM