Gentrification's telltale signs, jazz up your boring hallway, and more

Your beloved local dive turns into a J. Crew, and more signs your neighborhood's been gentrified (Curbed NY)

Design tricks to liven up a drab hallway (Apartment Therapy)

If worse comes to worse (or another Sandy hits), here's how your board should handle water damage (Habitat Magazine)

Any takers for this $247,900 Hudson Heights co-op that even the broker calls a "wreck"? (Curbed NY)

Now this is how you renovate when you buy up a neighbor's apartment (NYM)

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