Brooklyn By Design

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Architectural Digest, step aside! Blacklines is a new quarterly magazine devoted to African-American architecture and interior design.

W'Burg 3-BR $1,095?

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This summer, a 26-year-old mother of four in Williamsburg opened her mail to discover one of New York City’s rude ironies: She was about to be evicted for her own good.

Wage Rage

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Big corporations and developers reap major subsidies from the city, but their service staffs make starvation wages. Now a wave of organizing campaigns is trying to change the equation.

Foundation Frustration

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Charitable foundations want to improve life in poor neighborhoods. So do community organizers. So why don’t more philanthropists put their dollars behind the grassroots?

Government

Running on Advocacy

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Why fight City Hall when you can be in it? In next November’s City Council election, it will be hard to find a ballot that doesn’t include a high-profile activist–or three.

Policy Link

Growing In

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To its Harlem neighbors, P.S. 90 is just another abandoned monstrosity. But a group of community developers believes it holds answers to a pair of the era’s most vexing problems: urban underinvestment and suburban sprawl.

Zones of Contention

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Waterfront neighborhoods have been dumping grounds for everything from waste stations to sewage plants. Residents are saying no more–and small businesses are getting caught in the crossfire.