New York City is known for many things, but playing small isn't one of them. From its awe-inspiring skyline to its reputation as "the city that never sleeps," it is home to many unique and interesting ...

In one Brooklyn neighborhood, a real estate speculator did some exclusionary zoning. He crafted a plan to ensure only wealthy people would live there, which attracted developers and speculators to buy ...

Does architecture ever make you nervous? I don’t mean the subject. I mean buildings. Though I have varied feelings about the newer architecture in Greater Boston (and about architecture in general), ...

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Re “BU’s Jenga building creeps me out” (Opinion, Feb. 3): Like Jon Garelick, I too am creeped out by the new Boston University Center for Computing & Data Sciences, but for different reasons. I’m ...