Inside a Bed-Stuy Home with Over $10M in African Art; Greenpoint Landing Breaks Ground

June 26, 2015
  • Model and Kardashian friend Gigi Hadid checks out an apartment on the East Side. [NYDN]
  • Greenpoint Landing broke ground today. The half-mile, 22-acre stretch along the East River will include 1,400 affordable housing units, a new 640-seat public school, and four acres of resilient public green space along the waterfront. [6sqft inbox]
  • Why it’s a renter’s market and who is buying up properties across NYC. [WNYC]
  • Check out Bed-Stuy resident Eric Edwards’ home filled with more than $10 million worth of African art collected over decades. [BK mag]
  • The threatened expiration of the 421-a program has led to a spike in building permits as developers try to squeeze their new projects in. [WSJ]

Images: Eric Edwards’ home. Photo by jane Bruce for Brooklyn Mag (L); Rendering of Greenpoint Landing (R)

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