I’ve experienced a lot of transitions in the last few years, the most recent of which has been a move to a neighborhood I never envisioned living in: Murray Hill. In my mind, it was the spot that recent frat boy graduates settled in for reasonable rents with roommates and to hit up Joshua...
The “Triangle Below Canal” was among the first residential neighborhoods developed in New York City beyond the city’s colonial boundaries and remained primarily residential until the 1840s. Increased shipping to downtown piers encouraged the expansion of the Washington Market – a wholesale produce market which opened in 1813– which took over houses and warehouses...