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there goes the neighborhood

A nice bathroom. Not a luxury bathroom.

The House that Launched a Thousand Gentrifiers

By Kim Velsey
It wasn't always so fancy. (Virtual Tourist)

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

By Kim Velsey
Bleecker Street Records is moving to West 4th.

Bleecker Street Records Pushed Off Bleecker Street by Rent Increase

By Kim Velsey
Gentrification:

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

By Kim Velsey
The owner of Lure is optimistic that a new lease deal can be worked out.

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
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