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Mar 1

Brooklyn’s Nu Hotel Has a Frida Kahlo Suite, and It’s Truly Surreal

It features a dreamy, custom-made mural of the legendary artist.
By Morgan Halberg
ANAHEIM, CA - JUNE 24: A VidCon attendee experiences Samsung Gear VR at The Samsung Experience at VidCon 2016 on June 23, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
Jun 30

Here’s How a Burrito Solved One Problem in Virtual Reality

The design of virtual reality's steering wheel continues to evolve, but its engines are good
By Brady Dale
Gamers try out the new Sony VR headset in Sony Playstation booth during the annual E3 2016 gaming conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 14, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. The Electronic Entertainment Expo will run from June 14 -16.
Jun 29

Who Will Make Virtual Reality’s Equivalent of ‘Serial’?

Is that a supercomputer in your pocket or are you just happy to virtually see me?
By Brady Dale
Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiling his affordable housing plan. (Photo: Ed Reed for Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio)
Feb 9

War Over de Blasio Affordable Housing Plan Launches in Council

By Will Bredderman
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 19: The Brooklyn Bridge is viewed from a park in in DUMBO, an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass, on August 19, 2014 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Brooklyn, once a quiet and affordable borough across from Manhattan, is now home to some of the most ambitious projects in New York City. The Atlantic Yards development project, the Brooklyn Bridge Park and the building of residential towers in downtown Brooklyn are just a few of the development projects quickly transforming the borough. In the first half of 2014 alone total investment property sales in Brooklyn rose 38 percent from the first half of 2013 to 884. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Dec 15

Lower Manhattan & Brooklyn: An Enduring Partnership

By Jessica Lappin and Tucker Reed
In Search of the Truth (The Truth Booth). (Photo: Courtesy of the Cause Collective)
Jul 15

Confess! Artist Hank Willis Thomas’ ‘Truth Booth’ Headed for Brooklyn

By Alanna Martinez
333 Schermerhorn Street (rendering: Dattner Architects)
Feb 5

Steiner’s Brooklyn Residential Tower Gets $390M Construction Loan

By Guelda Voien
Sep 9

Junior’s Owner Has A Change of Heart, Turns Down $45M

By Emma Hernandez
The corner of Third and Bergen in Boerum Hill will be blighted by a ground-level parking garage, thanks to outer borough minimum parking requirements.
Jul 9

Anthony Weiner Casually Comes Out Against Minimum Parking Requirements

By Stephen Jacob Smith
Parking today, healthcare tomorrow. (Photo courtesy Property Shark.)
May 20

$90 M. Hotel Worker Health Center Coming to Downtown Brooklyn

By Stephen Jacob Smith
Apr 19

New York City Business Leaders Cough Up $20M. Toward the Development of Urban ‘Work-Live’ Campuses

By Kelly Faircloth
Happening or over-hyped?
Feb 21

Tech in Downtown Brooklyn ‘Inevitable,’ Despite Firms’ Reluctance

By Stephen Jacob Smith
Jan 18

‘This Is Set In Stone:’ At Plaza Ribbon Cutting, Sadik-Khan Says Street Changes Will Continue After She’s Gone

By Matt Chaban
V is for vegetables, not victory, in 2013. (TRD)
Sep 10

He’s Not Running, But John Catsimatidis Wonders If Christine Quinn Is ‘Tough Enough’ to Be Mayor

By Matt Chaban
Brooklyn seniors get a free boat ride courtesy of the commission on aging. (www.nysenate.gov)
Aug 23

Retire in Downtown Brooklyn! Marty Markowitz Makes Somewhat Convincing Pitch to Seniors

By Kim Velsey
Dreams of our fathers: an early rendering from when Downtown Brooklyn was rezoned, less than a year ago.
Aug 10

Downtown Brooklyn Looking Up: At Least Eight New Skyscrapers on the Rise

By Matt Chaban
Aug 8

General Brooklyn: Baghdad Big Tucker Reed Tackles Downtown, Giving Businesses Their Marching Orders

By Matt Chaban
General Alexander. (Photo: Wikipedia)
Jul 30

‘Silicon Subway’: Does NYC’s Tech Scene Really Revolve Around the F Train?

By Nitasha Tiku
Big government meets big business.
Jul 18

Market Ready: Landmarks Commission Approves Brooklyn Municipal Building Shops, Insisting It’s Pro-Business

By Alexandra Dean Hitzler
Fingers crossed: off-street parking requirements might be reduced in Downtown Brooklyn. (Photo: Department of City Planning)
Jun 6

Goodbye Parking Garages: Proposal Aims To Reduce Off-Street Parking Requirements in Downtown Brooklyn

By Jess Schiewe
A corny image from the Brooklyn Tech Triangle initiative. (brooklyntechtriangle.com)
Apr 23

Move Over, Manhattan: The Brooklyn Tech Triangle Claims It’s Bigger and Better

By Jessica Roy
Apr 23

Mayor Bloomberg Announces a Second Tech Campus: NYU’s Applied Sciences Center in Downtown Brooklyn

By Nitasha Tiku
Here to stay. (Getty)
Jan 25

Big Real Estate Could Not Knock Down the Downtown Brooklyn Skyscraper District

By Matt Chaban
The distirct. (LPC)
Sep 14

Downtown Brooklyn is Basically Immortal

By Sarah Hucal
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