Alanna Schubach
Contributing editor Alanna Schubach has over a decade of experience as a New York City-based freelance journalist. She has written about real estate for Brick Underground, Mansion Global, and Barron's. She has also contributed features, essays, and op-eds to The Nation, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and The Village Voice. She won a National Association of Real Estate Editors’ silver award in 2018 for her Ask an Expert column for Brick Underground. She is also a fiction writer and a creative writing teacher, and currently lives in Brooklyn.
Posts by Alanna Schubach:
Two of the biggest pain points for buyers of older New York City apartments tend to be old bathrooms and kitchens renovated in an out-of-sight, out-of-mind era—a time when bathrooms resembled functional closets more than aspirational spas, and food prep was perceived as a dreary chore rather than an activity that could be enjoyed together with family and friends.
One couple who recently bought a Central Park West two-bedroom loved the gorgeous prewar layout but knew the seriously outdated galley kitchen had to go.
