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Feb 9

Rough Trade: An Appraisal of the Diamond District Pre-Gem Tower

About 90 percent of all diamonds that enter the U.S. pass through New York’s diamond district, though you’d never know
By Emily Geminder
Jan 19

Strolling Silicon Beach

The naming of a neighborhood is always a somewhat elaborate tug of a war, but last year residents of Dumbo
By Emily Geminder
Dec 8

Harlem’s Ghosts As Mood Lighting

Even to the locals who’ve watched it happen, the hyperkinetic transformation of Frederick Douglass Boulevard is still a one-two punch
By Emily Geminder
Nov 16

Block by Block: From Blighted to Brewing

By Emily Geminder
Nov 3

Washington Crosses the Ages

By Emily Geminder
Oct 26

The Wild West [Pics]

By Emily Geminder
Oct 5

ViVa Manhattanville in West Harlem

By Emily Geminder
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