De Blasio Close to Picking Landmarks Head
The naming of a new chair for the Landmarks Preservation Commission is imminent, according to Cr...
Cate Corcoran
Cate Corcoran has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, and San Francisco. She is renovating a wood frame house in Brooklyn and is obsessed with real estate, renovation, and places that time forgot.
Thursday Links
Brooklyn Borough Hall's Iconic Clock Has Not Worked in Months [NY Daily News] Renovation Set f...
House of the Day: 689 Monroe Street
There are lots of Aesthetic Movement details to love here, from the slate mantels (still with th...
Parfitt Brothers-Designed Tenements on Lafayette Avenue in Bed Stuy Burned Out
We were dismayed to see that a fire appears to have gutted the twin Parfitt Brothers-designed te...
TerraCRG Chief: Brooklyn Land Prices Have More Than Doubled in Three Years
The price of land in Brooklyn has more than doubled in three years, Ofer Cohen, president and pa...
Greenpoint Recycling Plant up in Flames
Last night, a fire broke out at about 7 pm at the Rapid Processing Center, a paper recycling f...
Wednesday Links
Dirck the Norseman Opens in Greenpoint [NY Times] Jailed Brooklyn Con Man Fights Foreclosure on...
House of the Day: 260 8th Street
This somewhat traditional looking two-family townhouse at 260 8th Street in Park Slope is actual...
New Rendering out for Flatbush Conversion
A new rendering is out for what the old Caledonian Hospital at 100 Parkside Avenue in Flatbush w...
Renters Seek Cheaper Digs in Manhattan as Brooklyn Prices Soar
As the difference in price between Manhattan and Brooklyn narrows -- $210 at last count -- more ...
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