In New York City, as everyone knows, there are mostly two kinds of new construction: luxury market-rate development, and subsidized “affordable housing.” But near the end of the 2 train in the Bronx, on the…
The Real Estate Board of New York is commonly thought of as the city’s top real estate lobbying group, putting out reports calling for more construction in the city, and often called on by reporters to…
As New York sprawled northward throughout Manhattan, the European immigrants flooding into the city were often housed in old single-family homes, crammed into a few rooms in buildings built for much smaller numbers of far wealthier people. Rows of brick townhouses…
A few weeks ago, the Department of City Planning announced its intention to tweak the city’s zoning rules to encourage the production of affordable housing. The most important change is a reduction in the city’s parking…
Vacant since Hurricane Sandy hit, Draper Hall – a former nurses’ dormitory in East Harlem – is set for an affordable housing makeover. The white glazed brick postwar tower at 1918 First Avenue, beside FDR…
