the most interesting stories about real estate in new york city -- as picked by new yorkers
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The Battle for the East Side

http://www.observer.com
Created by nycis
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17 PPW: SCAFFOLDING DOWN, BACKYARD SHANTY UP

http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com
Is this a modern-day Hooverville right on Carroll Street? Servant quarters?
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What NYC Real Estate Can $1.2M Buy?

http://ny1.com
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For Office Space, NYC Landlords Accepting Bigger and Bigger Discounts

http://www.crainsnewyork.com
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Made popular 14 weeks 3 days ago | Created 14 weeks 5 days ago

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Columbia students win international Grand Concourse ideas competition

http://curbed.com
Columbia students win Grand Concourse design competition, works exhibited at the Bronx Museum of the Arts from November 1 - January 4, 2010
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Protesters Rally to Save the Garment District :)

http://www.nbcnewyork.com
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Which Neighborhoods Hit the Hardest?

http://www.citylimits.org
The famous Panorama of the City of New York has a red flag on each city block with three or more foreclosures.
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Investors Buy Up Distressed Luxury Condos

http://www.wnyc.org
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Reverend Billy: New York's Consumerism

http://www.voterevbilly.org
Here is one form the downturn took in New York: The bulldozers destroying our neighborhoods suddenly ran out of gas. And now families are coming out of their homes and looking around as if a bombardment has paused. We’re talking to each other on the corner. As the gleaming buildings stand over us, half-finished and frozen in space – we look back at the Bloomberg economy standing there and feel our true feelings rise up.
Created by Dave Schwab
Made popular 30 weeks 4 days ago | Created 30 weeks 4 days ago
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Artists fret as tourists beat a path to their studios

http://www.motthavenherald.com
SoHo is no longer the owner of the art scene. The South Bronx art community has been here a while, but hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves. But attention is a double-edged sword. “It’s the beginning of the end,” says one artist. “Gentrification is coming."
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