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
Prada Intifada: With Luxury Chains Driving Soho Rents to Record Levels, Shops and Eateries Are Elbowed Out By $4,500 Purses By Kim Velsey
Coney Island To Become Cool and “Glitzy” With Chains Like Applebee’s, Johnny Rockets and Red Mango By Kim Velsey
Kips Bay Residents Terrified That Micro-Units Will Flood Neighborhood With Yuppie Vagrants By Kim Velsey
Meatpacking District Officially Dead as Last Independent Butcher Makes Way for More Luxury Retail By Matt Chaban