To get a true sense of what Hanan and Yardena Shoshani did to the parcel of land they bought in 2003, one must first understand the sleepy, quaint slice of Jamaica Estates that they built a home in.
ACROSS Jamaica, a house often does not arrive whole. It rises in stages, slowly, stubbornly, sometimes beautifully. One room first, then another — a roof when money comes. Steel left pointing into the ...