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The brownstone that started a revolution.

The House that Launched a Thousand Gentrifiers

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
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
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