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For Churches, a Temptation to Sell
NEW YORK — The sight of old spires squeezed between new towering high-rises suggests the ability of churches and other houses of worship to hang on through block-altering building booms.
I'll Take a Condo for Me and One for My Car
NEW YORK — Parking, like so much else in New York City, is going upscale.
Living Along the High Line: An Urban Park Creates a Space to See and Be Seen
NEW YORK — For confirmation that all the world is indeed a stage, consider the High Line, the elevated park that threads among buildings in the west Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.Park Avenue: Flowers and financiers, in the thick of it all
(Living On Park Avenue): NEW YORK — The inspiration for street names like Canal and Spring may be lost to time and development. But the landscape feature that prompted Park survives, front and center.
Change descends on a busy Brooklyn thoroughfare
NEW YORK — Can a parade of new mid-rise apartment buildings turn an ugly duckling of a street into a swan?
Long Beach, N.Y.: A bedroom community that began as a resort
(Living In): Interest in Long Beach, New York, like the Atlantic rollers that crash on its shores, has come in waves.
A creative suburb thrives on the Hudson's left bank
Like migrating birds, buyers interested in leaving New York City often find their way with the help of water.
Where luxury meets accessibility
Many apartments built since the laws were passed still fall short, and developers, including prominent ones like the Related Cos., the Durst Organization and Equity Residential, have been ordered by courts to make changes to comply with regulations.
The present revels in what was once a sleepy backwater
NEW YORK — As scenery goes, it’s hard to beat the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn.
