By Deborah Netburn 3/04/02 12:00am

The New Dream House

Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore and Harvey Fierstein were standing on the curb in front of an ornate, four-story brownstone at 240 Berkeley Place in Park Slope waiting for something.

Then the front door to the house opened and a couple emerged.

“It’s a dream house. It’s so quiet,” said the woman, coming down the Read More

By Alex Marshall 7/30/01 12:00am

How Urban Should Your City Be?

As the Mayor’s race begins to heat up, perhaps it’s a good

time to prompt some discussion about not only crime, schools and jobs, but

something both more conceptual and more concrete, such as what kind of city we

want to be.

The words “urban” and

“suburban” are irritatingly vague, and used as both Read More