Tuesday Links
Fines for Agents Who Show Illegal Dwellings [NY Times] "Whites Only" at Bay Ridge Building [NY P...
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.
Long-Stalled Glassy Triangle Breaks Ground in ‘Burg
Lo and behold, work is finally under way at the huge project at 500 Metropolitan Avenue once known...
House of the Day: 73 8th Avenue
A Park Slope landmark at the corner of 8th Avenue and Union Street is for sale. Known as the Pinke...
Brooklyn’s Biggest Plant Sale Opens Tuesday
This year's Brooklyn Botanic Garden plant sale starts Tuesday, April 30. The yearly fundraiser tak...
A Green Renovation on a Budget
If you've eaten at Lulu & Po in Fort Greene, you've seen the warm modernism of interior and...
Gowanus Cleanup Plan Uncovers Nasty Stuff
Remember the bizarre-seeming proposal by cement manufacturer John Quadrozzi to encase poisonous s...
Why the Brooklyn Market Is So Uneven Right Now
A story in The Real Deal documents a phenomenon we are seeing a lot of in Brooklyn these days, alt...
New Lease on Life for Cobble Hill Hospital
In response to protest from community groups and unions, SUNY has withdrawn its application to the...
Monday Links
The Bikes and the Fury [NY Times] City’s Highest Subway Station Reopens [NY Times] At 79, Stil...
Destination Playground Planned for Brownsville
An unusual, tree-house-inspired playground is going into an existing park in Brownsville, the Arch...
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