Before it was multimillion dollar condos, Red Hook’s 160 Imlay was a site for shenanigans
What's now being marketed as a 'Super Penthouse' was once accessible only by a single rotted ladder – but what…
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Is it possible to ‘counteract gentrification’ while ‘living in a luxury building in Brooklyn’?
Naming your purebred Golden Doodle Rosa Parks is in fact offensive and tone deaf and in no way makes you…
We’re not the face of gentrification! Two performers explain why they took a gig helping sell condos
Jennifer Harder is a performer, actor and musician who's been in a rotating stream of projects that would fall under the…
R.I.P. Supercollider, another spot for weirdos that closed to make way for condos
If you’ve ever stepped off the train in South Slope/Greenwood Heights/whatever, you passed Supercollider and probably didn’t even realize it. Their…
Have a drink, write a letter and help save this Crown Heights community garden from going condo
Residents of Crown Heights have been fighting for years to save a community garden between Rogers Avenue and Park Place…
What would you do with an empty lot?
Let's say you're a city planner responsible for the development of a city whose principal gripes are income disparity, gentrification and…
Coming soon: More Brooklyn Bridge Park…but also condos
Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday a major plan to expand Brooklyn Bridge Park along the waterfront at 1 John Street in…
It’s time to Occupy … Williamsburg??
If you’ve been telling your friends that the one thing stopping you from occupying Wall Street was a fear of…