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By Andrew Russeth 9/07/11 1:58pm

Art

"The New Bohemia": the cover of New York's June 22, 1992, issue. (Photo: NYMag)

'Williamsburg Is Over,' Says Art Writer James Kalm

“It’s like a working-class hick town,” the artist Collier Schorr said of Williamsburg, in a 1992 New York piece on the neighborhood, which was handsomely titled “The New Bohemia.”

Of course, a lot has changed over the past 20 years. Read More

By William Alden 6/24/10 3:04pm

Williamsburg You Ever Hear of It?

‘Bohemia’ or Bust: Billyburg’s 58 Metropolitan Self-Mythologizes

Neville Ross, a Douglas Elliman broker, is clean-shaven in the photograph on his business card. But at Wednesday evening’s grand opening party for the condos at 58 Metropolitan in Williamsburg, he was sporting a thick, bushy and, dare we say it, hipster beard.

Mr. Ross wouldn’t comment, but the beard seemed to represent at least Read More

By William Alden 6/18/10 8:48pm

Bobos

‘Bohemia-Nouveau’ in Chelsea: 540 West 28th Swings for Edgy Safe

Robert Lynn, who’s managing sales for the new condos at 540 West 28th Street, has a thing for white oak floors.

“I’ve been doing this for 12 years, and I’ve never seen a developer go with floors like this,” he said. “I’ve had experienced brokers in here be blown away by these floors.”

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