The Urban Edge Apartment Living Blog
Musings on living in NYC... oh, and real estate too
As East Village rental apartments get more and more luxurious and family-friendly–even those all the way over in the once no-go zones of Alphabet City, near Avenues C and D–it seems like a good time to honor that neighborhood’s rapidly receding past as the gritty domain of anarchists and activists, punks and squatters. Enter the [...]
This week Brian gives us the history of Admiral’s Row at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, along with an update on it’s current condition.
Last week Brian, gave us some background on the Hudson River Park’s origins. This week, he gives us the history of the lesser known (except by locals), East River Park, which is just finishing an $84 million renovation.
Newcomers to NYC may take the Hudson River Park, which runs from Battery Park to 59th Street, for granted. But it wasn’t so long ago that the waterfront was nothing but derelict piers and abandoned industrial buildings. In fact, it was the collapse of a portion of the old, elevated West Side Highway that got [...]
This week Brian gives us a tutorial on how to pronounce some of those odd street & neighborhood names you see around town (most of which seem to be in Brooklyn and The Bronx). If you don’t want to be mistaken for a tourist, you need to either brush up on your Dutch, or use [...]
