Anticipating the outrage that the demolition would cause, 250 police officers gathered on the banks of the River Spree as the historic wall’s longest remaining stretch was destroyed. Well, at least they’ve still got Hitler’s Bunker and wiener schnitzel to keep the tourists at bay…
Amid the endless battle between old school East Village residents and the legion of gentrifiers, a recent tenant-developer deal proved that once in a while, everybody can win. Following the 2011 demolition of the festering beloved Mars Bar, BFC Partners announced plans to build a twelve-floor luxury condo building. But…
A group of small business owners in Willets Point, the rugged shanty town of auto body shops across the street from Citi Field slated to to be leveled and redeveloped into a luxury mall and condos, settled their lawsuit against the developers and the city on March 19, removing one…
Brooklyn graffiti artist Craig Anthony Miller, aka CAM, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers, The New York Daily News reports. Miller claims that the developers used his "Elephant Mural" without permission in a series of DUMBO condo ads they ran in 2012. The 90-foot mural…