The former Rheingold brewery site in northwest Bushwick was set to be a perfect flash point between the families who’d rebuilt the neighborhood after the fires of the 1970s and the newcomers who’d begun settling there in the Great Williamsburg … Continue reading
If anyone needed a perfect Rorschach test for 21st-century gentrification angst, it showed up this summer on Slate. The website created an “Are You a Gentrifier?” calculator that promised a simple yes/no answer. The calculator itself was fairly ham-fisted — … Continue reading
The scene outside Yankee Stadium for the home team’s contest against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday was much the same as it’s been for most Yankees home games this year: a mob of fans queuing up for the ubiquitous … Continue reading
It’s been quite a week for St. Louis and the Rams, with St. Louis’s plans for a new stadium to keep the Rams in St. Louis, and also the Rams’ plans to move to Los Angeles, as well as the … Continue reading
As epic collapses go, Boston’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics wins points for speed, if nothing else. On Monday, Mayor Marty Walsh announced that he didn’t intend to sign the International Olympic Committee’s required pledge to cover any cost … Continue reading
Until yesterday morning, it appeared Boston’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics was contingent on waiting out the Sept. 15 deadline for the U.S. Olympic Committee to submit its candidate. Everyone — the bid’s high-powered promoters, its loud opponents, … Continue reading
Milwaukee Bucks fans can breathe easy: Their team is almost certainly staying put, now that the Wisconsin state senate has approved a revised funding bill for a new arena after weeks of negotiations between state Republicans and Democrats. There are … Continue reading
It’s part of the sports ownership playbook: When public dollars for shiny new stadiums are in doubt, break out the threats to skip town. This is how the Minnesota Vikings got their new stadium, and how the Pittsburgh Penguins got … Continue reading
Gene Russianoff, who only seems like he’s been the head of NYPIRG’s Straphangers Campaign since the first IRT train left City Hall station in 1904, has a story he likes to tell about the predicament New York City’s transit system … Continue reading
On July 6, the National Hockey League will begin taking applications from cities and ownership groups interested in joining the league as part of its long-rumored expansion process.The reason the NHL is considering expanding beyond 30 teams — and the … Continue reading