Senator Street in Bay Ridge: A historic block without landmark protections

… Brooklyn Bridge He is said to have signed the bill in the library of his Bay Ridge mansion Murphy was a constant and … and workshops in what is now Dumbo that produced torpedoes tools dyes and sheet metal presses The cast iron gates at …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 26, 2017 - 9:00AM
Alexander Avenue in the South Bronx is home to the borough's oldest townhouses

… most healthful cheerful economical and easily accessible homes that have ever been known   More than 100 years later … the bigname firm of Bjarke Ingels Construction on the new facility is set to start in 2018 … The real estate pressure … one of the homes that says Let Me Be Brooks says thats his neighbors notsosubtle way of telling real estate speculators …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 3, 2017 - 3:00PM
Explore Newark's unsung historic districts

… redevelopment Tom Ankner a librarian in Newarks public library and a resident of the Ironbound Districtnot …

By Lana Bortolot |August 10, 2017 - 2:14PM
Looking back at Harlem's history as a major Jewish enclave

… Harlem than anywhere else in America … In 1917 Harlem was home to the second largest population of Jews in America and … you were doing Gurock says that Central Harlem was the home of the hero of Abraham Kahans 1917 bestseller The Rise … at the Uptown Talmud Torah circa 1917 The Jewish Communal Register of New York City 19171918 … 4 Some the 20th …

By Marjorie Cohen |January 25, 2017 - 8:59AM