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

… side of the street standing in a neat little row are 12 homes all built at the very end of the 19th century All were … in front of City Hall seem like a country cattle show on a rainy day The hero of the day was Corporation … effort that is now being mounted by Audubon Park neighbors is focused primarily on Boltons old home The key …

By Marjorie Cohen |July 28, 2016 - 12:15PM
Inside LeFrak City, a mega-rental community in Queens with affordable apartments

… being renovated more on that below LeFrak has also built Newport on the Jersey City waterfront but this is their firstand most famouslargescale residential development 1 … LeFrak City was built to be … affordable housing and its still rather affordable by New York standards … When the LeFrak City was built in the 1960s …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |May 25, 2016 - 8:59AM
A Harlem street with a "quiet Southern town" vibe shines again

… Her team investigated all the details of the structural members and took great care in replicating the original … and community affairs at LPC   The Honorable Lynn Kotler issued a decision on November 4 2015 ordering …

By Marjorie Cohen |April 19, 2016 - 8:59AM
A hangout of 19th-century high society still stands on 11th Street (and you can live there, too)

If youve every walked by the corner of Broadway and 11th … saying for both its architectural and historic significance this building is demonstrably deserving of designation … the emporiums copywriter invites the attention of outoftown buyers as well as local ones to its large attractive stock …

By Marjorie Cohen |April 5, 2016 - 8:59AM