Welcome to Blurred Lines, in which writer Keith Williams studies New York City's changing neighborhood boundaries. This week: the history of two neighborhoods, bordering Brooklyn and Queens, that were once deeply enmeshed.
Those who oppose the current Brooklyn Heights Library redevelopment plan are concerned that the city chose a developer despite a competitor offering $6 million more to the city. The Feds are investigation the sale.
Encompassing four picturesque waterfront acres in the small resort town of Ogonquit, this circa-1890 Maine manor combines well-preserved period details with (literal) million-dollar views and amenities. You'll want to look around.
Development firm Savanna purchased the site at 141 Willoughby Street, which is currently home to the Institute of Design and Constriction, in early 2014 for $28 million. They need a zoning change to move forward with their plans.
We're about to find out. A Boston firm wants to move forward with a 97-unit apartment conversion of the old Charlestown Ropewalk complex. Challenge No. 71: incorporating historically protected steel tracks in the design.
Atlanta's social scene is exploding, and the growing lineup of festivals is getting crowded. To help set the record straight, and determine which events are never to be missed, The Great Atlanta Festival Face-Off is marching on!
The plan to redevelop the site of the Brooklyn Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library with a condo tower with room in its base for a new library branch is moving forward. A timeline for the project has been revealed by the BPL.
Amid their great Brooklyn property sell-off, the witnesses have listed another Dumbo parcel. The property is currently occupied by a recreational facility and garage, but can be built up to 157,000 square feet.
And despite his commitment to Chicago, Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan is paying some of the highest property taxes of anyone living in the Chicagoland area.