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

… congressman a state senator and an ambassador to the Hague Whats more he cofounded and edited the Brooklyn Eagle … the block supported by the Historic Districts Council  and Community Board 10 applied for LPC designation Simeon Bankoff …

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 … style Now the precinct is set to move out of its original home and into a brand new ultramodern building on East 149th … away from him theres a sign in the window of one of the homes that says Let Me Be Brooks says thats his neighbors …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 3, 2017 - 3:00PM
MacDougal Alley: A small downtown mews filled with NYC art history

… at her studio had their work exhibited there entered competitions and sold their artand lots of itto Vanderbilt … motto was show show show Gertrude organized at least 10 exhibitions each season for what was then known as the …

By Marjorie Cohen |March 14, 2017 - 2:59PM