Adriane Quinlan

We did not deserve the charming, butter-yellow house at 158 South Oxford Street, and we are poised to lose it. The 165-year-old house was never included in any landmark districts, and documents filed last month show plans to take it down and build 17 apar... See more

The grand 43-foot-wide mansion at 323 West 80th Street was once a single-family home — 21 rooms spread across 11,000 square feet with a gymnasium and a solarium, a fountain and a loggia. It was a layout that perhaps made sense for the personal attorney to... See more

Just before the New Year, as Eric Adams was facing down the end of his days in City Hall, his administration found time for “one final harebrained scheme,” per The Real Deal. The plot: to permanently protect Elizabeth Street Garden from future development... See more

There’s a row of five-story buildings off Fifth Avenue in Park Slope that seem to fit the neighborhood standard for prewar, working-class tenements — a central staircase divvying up ten dark railroad apartments. But 676 Union Street breaks the pattern. Th... See more

Most days, I pass through a cool, shaded colonnade my son describes as “the tunnel.” A promise to swing by can sometimes convince him to leave the playground, and I plan my own routes around its dependable roof, avoiding the heat and rain that seem to get... See more