A row of 12 houses near Audubon Park has a fascinating history—but do they have a future?

… If so take the number 1 train to Washington Heights get off at 157th Street walk one block north turn left and walk … says these wonderful properties have front yards unlike a lot of other rowhouses in New York and are architecturally … phase of development and an alternative vision of how the area should be developed as transit moved northward at the …

By Marjorie Cohen |July 28, 2016 - 12:15PM
Discovering Ocean Grove: religious camps, Suffragettes, and so much more

… Bruce Springsteen may have made Asbury Park a household name but its Jersey … many of the visitors ended up staying put and newcomers began to arrive from elsewhere too and as the town … tent community check out the video below Heres another peek inside … 3 Victorian architecture reigns supreme here too … …

By S. Jhoanna Robledo |June 17, 2016 - 9:59AM
Jumel Terrace: A neighborhood with a connection to Hamilton—the man and the musical

… The Jumel Terrace Historic District is one the most interesting neighborhoods in … area … 1 George Washington really did sleep here and apparently the political arguments raged on … The Jumel mansion … Landmarks  it is the oldest house in Manhattan a handsome building twoandahalf stories high typically Georgian in

By Marjorie Cohen |June 6, 2016 - 8:59AM
Inside LeFrak City, a mega-rental community in Queens with affordable apartments

… past Corona Queens With its 20 highrise buildings 5000 apartments and 40 acres of land its known as  LeFrak City … which stands at the intersection of Corona Rego Park and Elmhurst was built in the 1960s by a company owned and run … Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan and the 6318unit Rochdale Village in Jamaica Queens Lefrak City was built without …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |May 25, 2016 - 8:59AM