Articles by John Petro




NYC From Space

Suburban Housing Growth Outpaces 4/5 Boroughs

While New York City has the largest and densest localities within the greater metropolitan area, recent housing growth in the region’s core has been mostly abysmal; in a surprising contrast, suburban localities have seen a similar overall…

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Kentile Floors Sign

Prohibitive Zoning: No Room for New Signs

On Thursday it was announced that the Kentile Floors sign, which had been threatened with demolition after towering above the warehouses and factories of Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood for sixty years, would be saved from destruction….

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