gentrification
10 Authentic Vintage Barber Shops in NYC
In recent years, vintage barber shops are making a comeback in New York City. The new generation of barber shops
Photos Series “Store Front II” Documents NYC’s Endangered Small Businesses
The increasing homogenization of businesses is apparent everywhere: the uniform fast-food chains sprouting up in neighborhoods around us, the Starbucks
Intersection/Prospect Heights Project Uses Resident Stories to Highlight Neighborhood Change in Brooklyn
Guides featuring Prospect Heights residents’ stories You can never run out of things to do in New York City’s
Sex, Crime and Zoning: Retracing the Birth of NYC’s Original “Gayborhood,” the West Village
Last week Rick Landman – activist, attorney, and former executive director of real estate for the city – gathered about a dozen
Inside the Domino Sugar Refinery in Williamsburg
Situated on an eleven-acre parcel of waterfront in the shadow of the Williamsburg Bridge, the derelict Domino Sugar Refinery remains
Gang History in Hell’s Kitchen
May Matthews Playground on W 46th St, between 9th and 10th Ave, was once a park where many gang murders
The Last Days of Admiral’s Row at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Today marks the beginning of the end for Admiral’s Row, the controversial nineteenth-century row houses located at the edge
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Still, it is not a place without problems. It was designated a federal poverty area in the 1960s. Garment sweatshops