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Summer reading: 5 books that take place in steamy NYC (and one of its suburbs)

By Alanna Schubach |June 15, 2017 - 12:30PM

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Been wanting to add some color to your bland apartment? Interior designer Moll Anderson is here to help

By Virginia K. Smith |February 15, 2017 - 3:59PM

Neighborhood Intel

Think you know Brooklyn? This author has walked every single block in the borough

By Virginia K. Smith |October 11, 2016 - 2:59PM

Rent

Here's proof that NYC's middle class has been getting squeezed out since the 1870s

By Virginia K. Smith |September 23, 2016 - 12:59PM

Neighborhood Intel

Author Steven Gaines on dingy downtown lofts, renting out to porn filmmakers to make ends meet, and why living in NYC is an "honor"

… These days writer Steven Gaines is a dedicated resident of East Hampton … with the punches in this rapidlychanging metropolis … 1 What neighborhood do you live in … In reality I live in East … gays who replaced the ageing bohemians … 3 Do you own or rent … First I was a sublet then I rented with an option to …

By Virginia K. Smith |July 7, 2016 - 11:59AM

Beach

Serious beach reads: 5 New York-centric books to pack on your next vacation

By Alanna Schubach |May 30, 2016 - 10:15AM

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"The Brooklyn Experience": Then and now

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |May 17, 2016 - 8:59AM

Neighborhood Intel

Author Jennifer Wright knows Murray Hill as well as she knows breakups

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |December 1, 2015 - 12:59PM

Neighborhood Intel

Apartment Therapy's Maxwell Ryan made the move to brownstone Brooklyn, but still has love for lofts

… make a house or even a cramped apartment feel like a home Before the holiday madness descends we caught up with Ryan … crappy but weirdly beautiful on the outside … Whats the one thing you love the most about it … Its a house with a … livingdiningkitchen room so I can entertain easily and a bedroom upstairs with windows on the sky … If theres one …

By Virginia K. Smith |November 24, 2015 - 8:59AM

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The Author of 'St. Marks Is Dead' on the $200 Apartment She Grew Up In and What Made Her Move to Brooklyn

By Kelly Kreth |October 29, 2015 - 9:59AM