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there goes the neighborhood

The House that Launched a Thousand Gentrifiers

The brownstone at 272 Berkeley Place,  renovated by the late Evelyn and Everett Ortner, champions of Park Slope and the
By Kim Velsey

So Much for Starving Artists: Study Claims Galleries Flock to Rich Enclaves, Not Bohemian Ones

In New York, the commonly accepted wisdom is that art galleries tend to gravitate to gritty up-and-coming areas thick with
By Kim Velsey

Bleecker Street Records Pushed Off Bleecker Street by Rent Increase

It is, at this point, a story so common, the difference in details so slight, that even the most heartfelt
By Kim Velsey
Gentrification:

Crown Heights vs. Bushwick: Whose Anti-Gentrification Fight Is More Futile?

By Kim Velsey
Lure is facing a rent hike that may push it from its Mercer Street space.

Prada Intifada: With Luxury Chains Driving Soho Rents to Record Levels, Shops and Eateries Are Elbowed Out By $4,500 Purses

By Kim Velsey
Once it gets a DSW and a Pink Berry, Coney Island will really come into its own.

Coney Island To Become Cool and “Glitzy” With Chains Like Applebee’s, Johnny Rockets and Red Mango

By Kim Velsey
A rendering of one of the sketchy new vagrant magnets going up in Kips Bay.

Kips Bay Residents Terrified That Micro-Units Will Flood Neighborhood With Yuppie Vagrants

By Kim Velsey
The end.

No No Fro-Yo! Bleecker Bob’s Closes, Vacating Long-time Home For Frozen Yogurt Chain

By Kim Velsey
Construction complaints!

Even Williamsburg’s Condo-Dwellers Hate All the New Condos

By Kim Velsey
Central Park West Enemy No. 1: Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School.

Let the Grownups Talk: The Battle Over Columbia Prep

By Stephen Jacob Smith
Long Island City is confused (photo via NYMag)

Long Island City Is Having an Identity Crisis

By Kim Velsey
Beset by developers.

Why Don’t We All Move To Van Cortlandt Village Right Now?

By Kim Velsey
Iris Cafe. It smells like coffee. And muffins.

Yet <em>Another</em> Brooklyn Coffee Controversy

By Kim Velsey
The sound of silence is popular on the UES.

Hear No Evil: UES Residents Rally Against Audible Crosswalks

By Jennifer Arellano
Big Nick's (NY Mag).

Will Big Nicks Become Another Casualty of UWS Hyper-Gentrification?

By Kim Velsey
sportsbar

Don’t Ever Change: A Few Manhattan Zoning Recommendations to Still the Hands of Time

By Kim Velsey
The Sperone Westwater Gallery is not a fan of the proposed development.

NIMBY Battle Heats Up on the LES, but Whose Backyard Is It?

By Kim Velsey
Signage will be something artsy, painted, but not graffiti style paint. Classy style paint.

Even Strip Clubs Are Gentrifying in the West Village

By Kim Velsey
Can new and old business thrive in Harlem? (MAS)

Shaking the Shuffle: Harlem Small Businesses Contemplate the Future

By Kit Dillon
This plan is so fetch. (Wikimedia Commons)

Like a Good Hipster, Bushwick Wants an Unconventional Rezoning

By Matt Chaban
Prime real estate. (Google Maps)

Meatpacking District Officially Dead as Last Independent Butcher Makes Way for More Luxury Retail

By Matt Chaban
Uptown becomes more downmarket.

Madison Avenue Is the New Meatpacking District Is the New SoHo

By Kim Velsey
The horror! The horror!

Williamsburg Hipsters Sound Off On Bedford Avenue J.Crew

By Kim Velsey
Shuffleboard promises to bring utter chaos to Gowanus.(misterbisson, flickr)

Say it Ain’t So: Gowanus Residents Fear Wild Shuffleboard Club

By Kim Velsey
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