A developer wanted to build residential towers, and a city councilwoman feared they would accelerate gentrification. Their fight reflects the challenge of building housing in New York.
Tag: Gentrification
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Must We Gentrify the Rest Stop?
McDonald’s is gone, and the Manhattanization of the New York State Thruway has begun. Prepare to Instagram your pit stop.
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A Legendary World-Builder on Multiverses, Revolution and the ‘Souls’ of Cities
How the fantasy and science-fiction writer N.K. Jemisin thinks about people and difference in our complex world.
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NYC Politicians Say Yes to Big Real Estate Amid Housing Crisis
Lawmakers on the left are fierce critics of the real estate industry. But some are embracing new housing development, even if it’s not fully affordable.
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In Montauk, Big Money Moves In on a Surfers’ Paradise
The acres overlooking a prize stretch of Long Island’s East End were empty for years. Now they’ve been sold in multimillion-dollar deals. It’s been the talk of the beach all summer.