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Hood Winked

Sep 11

Name-Calling: Refereeing Neighborhood Boundaries Is A Tricky Business

Real estate interests have a habit of rechristening neighborhoods into inelegant abbreviations that drive copy editors crazy: NoHo, NoLIta, ProCro.
By Kim Velsey
Apr 10

1280 Fifth Avenue Would Now Like To Be Called One Museum Mile, Please

It worked for Francis Gumm, Norma Jean Baker and Gladys Mary Smith, so why not a condo project with less
By Matt Chaban and Kim Velsey
Sep 26

Spot the BroBo Cliche on the New Finger Building Website

After years of NIMBY grumbling and financial trouble, Brooklyn’s latest development at 144 North 8th Street has finally, really, truly
By Elise Knutsen
Brooklyn Republic Vodka
Sep 26

Brooklyn Adds Vodka to Its Indie Liquor Cabinet

By Elise Knutsen
(Chiascuro Foundation)
Sep 9

Two-Thirds of all Clinton Babies Are Aborted (The Neighborhood, not the President)

By Elise Knutsen
Bridging the gap.
Aug 26

And New York Eats Itself, or the Black Hole of Gentrification

By Matt Chaban
Jul 29

How About Hellsea?

By Matt Chaban
It's so vintage! (The Neny Fragments)
Jul 28

New York’s Newest Hip Hood Is… An Island in the North Bronx?

By Matt Chaban
What's in a name? (Streetsblog)
Jul 25

Help Us Name a Swath of Midtown!

By Matt Chaban
Bushwick teams with life. (straatis/Flickr)
Jul 19

There Goes Bushwick

By Matt Chaban
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