Alanna Schubach
Contributing writer
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:
Open house weekend: NYC apartments with balconies for $500,000 or less
June 2, 2017 - 12:30 PM
Homes in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn with their own little slice of the outdoors.
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How one New Jersey commuter is living a transit nightmare with Penn Station's "summer of hell"
June 2, 2017 - 08:59 AM
"The day when everyone had to go through Hoboken was literally Thunderdome. You couldn't move--it was a dangerous, crushing situation."
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In season 6 of "Veep," Selina Meyer trades the White House for a NYC brownstone and a South Bronx office
June 1, 2017 - 09:59 AM
The foul-mouthed sitcom takes its heroine to New York--and includes some covetable prewar real estate.
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One Jersey City landlord is trying to woo tenants by letting them rent their apartments on Airbnb
May 31, 2017 - 15:59 PM
One rental complex is hoping stress-free Airbnbing will bring in tenants.
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What can I afford? A couple compares their options in Queens and Manhattan
May 30, 2017 - 15:41 PM
These prospective buyers don't want their monthly housing expenses to go up too much--but luckily, the down payment isn't much of a problem.
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Want to live large in the West Village without the commitment of buying? Take a look at this $35K/month penthouse
May 30, 2017 - 13:15 PM
If you're the jet-setting type who wants a luxe NYC rental to drop in on, this is the spot for you.
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