By Leigh Kamping-Carder. November 14, 2008 | 8:47 a.m.. 343 Lenox Avenue. (Maysles Institute.) 343 Lenox Avenue. +Enlarge. Maysles Institute. In 2005, Albert Maysles, the renowned documentary filmmaker, sold his family's longtime home in The .... Politics, Media, and Real Estate stories. Culture+Style. Varies. News and reviews on movies, TV, books, and theater. Free Reels. Varies. Free tickets to private screenings of new movies before they open to the public. ...
By Leigh Kamping-Carder. October 10, 2008 | 8:16 a.m.. (clurichaun via flickr.) +Enlarge. clurichaun via flickr. When Gib Veconi moved to Prospect Heights in 1991, he and his neighbors spent years renovating brownstones. They started with garden-level ... The enduring narrative of New York real estate has been for at least a decade, of course, about the transformation spawned by gentrification. But what happens to gentrification when the market slows down? ...
