Category Archives: Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods: The Lower East Side

Posted on January 5, 2007 by Doug Heddings

In the early 1990s I was an NYU student living in the East Village. I went to see a friend’s band play in a basement club. Before the show, the club held a poetry reading, which consisted almost entirely of … Continue reading →

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Neighborhoods: The West Village

Posted on January 4, 2007 by Doug Heddings

In New York City and elsewhere, at least over the last few decades, a certain pattern has emerged. GLBT men and women (often those who have fled other parts of the world where they have felt less welcome) arrive in … Continue reading →

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Neighborhoods: Tribeca

Posted on January 3, 2007 by Doug Heddings

Here’s a funny thing about architecture: Tribeca is highly prized as a residential community, in large part because the buildings weren’t designed to be residential. The appeal is in the industrial warehouse feel: those high ceilings, big open spaces, loading … Continue reading →

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Neighborhoods: The Upper West Side

Posted on January 2, 2007 by Doug Heddings

This week on TrueGotham, we’re going to be talking about some of my favorite New York City neighborhoods, starting with the one where I live: the Upper West Side. To me, at this juncture of history, this is one of … Continue reading →

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It Often Gets Ugly at the Top

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Doug Heddings

In an incredible attempt to thwart the upcoming closing of the largest sale in history, Stuy Town/Peter Cooper Village for $5.5 billion, the law firm of Trautman Saunders—no surprise that they represent the tenants who attempted to buy the complex … Continue reading →

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Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village: The Next Chapter

Posted on October 20, 2006 by Doug Heddings

Curbed has an incredible collection of news about the big sale. What you learn from all that is that no one knows all that much about what’s going to happen. Here are some basics about the private new owner, Jerry … Continue reading →

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Five Flights Up: Cleaning Up Hell’s Kitchen

Posted on October 17, 2006 by Doug Heddings

Toni Schlesinger’s book Five Flights Up has a lot of good Manhattan real estate stories. Freelance photographer Keith Rizza talks about Hell’s Kitchen in a 1999 interview: Actually, five years ago I saw an apartment in this same building through … Continue reading →

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Goodbye West Park Presbytarian, Hello High Rise?

Posted on October 4, 2006 by Doug Heddings

Rumors are swirling that the days are numbered for West Park Presbyterian Church at 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. The story that I have heard, from a reliable source, is that the church is having financial troubles and is in … Continue reading →

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Absence Makes the Heart Grow Snobbish

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Doug Heddings

I LOVE Manhattan. Oh my. I can’t believe I said that! Let me explain. The cooler than usual real estate market this summer has afforded me the luxury of spending some time outside of Manhattan and for the first time … Continue reading →

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I’m Going to Keep Calling it “50th Street”

Posted on August 23, 2006 by Doug Heddings

A TrueGotham reader e-mails about a Midtown encounter: "I saw some guy handing out flyers in front of the Time Life buliding today. The flyers said that there were plans to develop and change the name of 50th street between … Continue reading →

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