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Late Wednesday afternoon, Novella Spence was awakened in her Flatbush Avenue apartment by her child’s cries. “Mommy the building is falling,” the 51-year-old recalls her daughter saying. “I run to the window and look,” she said, describing the scene across the street. “It looks like 9/11. There was mist from the crumble, and the side of the building was gone.” The three-story building at 1321 Flatbush Avenue — with a medical-uniforms store on the ground floor and a three-bedroom apartment above — had indeed fallen, killing eight people and trapping several more in the debris. Around 4 p.m., the structure slid into the open construction site next door at 2625 Bedford Avenue, FDNY officials said. Its neighbor on the opposite side, at 1323 Flatbush, remained standing, but the party wall between the two had been cleanly peeled off, revealing an uncanny dollhouse view of the relatively intact apartments inside. The back of someone’s closet was ripped away, but the jackets within remained, untouched and neatly lined up, on their hangers. Marre Valcourt, a 49-year-old hairstylist working across the street at Maribel’s, a local salon, had been in the back of the shop and stepped outside a moment later. “I was shaking. I see people crying, because the building is full of people.” Read more on this developing story: curbed.visitlink.me/32XD3Y

A building collapsed at 1321 Flatbush Avenue, killing two people and criticaly injuring four more. Neighbors are speculating that a construction project next door, where a nine-story building is going up, was to blame. curbed.com/article/on-the-sc…

75 years since Isamu Noguchi designed his Akari light sculptures, four contemporary design studios experiment with paper and light. curbed.com/article/noguchi-a…

The plans described in this story to redevelop the S.S. United States did not work out, and in late 2024 the ship was sold to Oskaloosa County, Florida, to be scuttled and turned into an artificial reef and scuba-diving destination. Read more: curbed.visitlink.me/d3-3zF

What if interior design books were not background décor but resources and sources of inspiration? ‘For Scale’s’ David Michon chats about décor books and magazines with bookshop founder Geoff Snack on the occasion of a pop-up for design books. curbed.com/article/interior-…

Here are some apartments to buy in New York City for under $1 million, including options in Prospect Heights, Glendale, the Upper West Side, and the Upper East Side. curbed.com/article/nyc-apart…

So long, Cybertruck: Tesla’s behemoth became a stainless-steel white elephant and will be discontinued in 2027. curbed.com/article/tesla-cyb…

Nithya Raman, the newly elected member of Los Angeles City Council, is an urban planner with fresh ideas about housing, transportation, zoning, and cities. curbed.com/2026/11/nithya-ra…

Jordan Firstman hired two friends who knew the underground party scene to scout on Club Kid. They tell us about the real parties and the real makeout sessions. curbed.com/article/club-kid-…

A string of recent deaths on Central Park Drive underscore the need for change. The roadway encourages speed; a redesign must slow it all down. curbed.com/article/central-p…

Artists, gallerists, and collectors roamed the halls of the Grand Palais during Art Basel Paris before nationwide demonstrations forced the annual fair to close early. curbed.com/article/art-basel…

Restaurant owners, cyclists, and the construction industry are among those celebrating New York City’s ballot proposals passing in Tuesday’s election. curbed.com/article/new-york-…

The peak of 1970s glamour might be a Norman Jaffe house with a sunken living room, catwalk, wood paneling, vintage tile and a gunite pool. It’s for sale at $4.25 million. curbed.com/article/norman-ja…

Here is a guide to the more infrastructure-related ballot measures that New Yorkers are voting on in the 2026 midterm cycle. curbed.com/article/2026-new-…

At Donzella in New York, a retrospective of rarely seen Gio Ponti furniture traces six decades of exuberant, experimental work that still manages to delight. curbed.com/article/gio-ponti…

Here are some apartments to buy in New York City for under $1 million, including options in Gramercy, Prospect Heights, the Upper West Side, and the far West Village. curbed.com/article/nyc-apart…

The Miami gallerist Nina Johnson’s Tudor City home, which was designed by Adam Charlap Hyman, is a cloud of gray with a touch of Lynchian red. curbed.com/article/nina-john…

Rajat Verma of Long Island has been charged with allegedly duping both landlords and 15 would-be tenants in a rental fraud scheme that netted him more than $61,000 in security deposits and other fees. curbed.com/article/rental-fr…

JPMorgan’s custom-built office tower at 270 Park cost an estimated $6 billion to build, far more than previous estimates and likely the highest price of a completed office tower. Citadel’s forthcoming tower is also expected to cost $6 billion. curbed.com/article/jp-morgan…

On a scale from a pocket park to ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,’ where does ‘Severance’ actor John Turturro fit? curbed.com/article/john-turt…