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

… Planning to hit the beach today or later this summer Consider bringing a little piece of NYC with you via one of these novels that takes place in the … storefronts the orange fuzz of the street lanterns all this garbage of light had been refined into a radiant atmosphere …

By Alanna Schubach |May 30, 2016 - 10:15AM
"The Brooklyn Experience": Then and now

… the mid1980s For many years she and her husband rented out apartments within the house to generate income Given how … its become harder for artists to afford to live here If cheap rents are the mouse artists are the cats running after … like East New York and Bushwick On the one hand affordable housing is necessary to keep those places ticking …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |May 17, 2016 - 8:59AM
Author Jennifer Wright knows Murray Hill as well as she knows breakups

… among others For now though shell have to make do with her Murray Hill abode At least theres a working fireplace … 1 What neighborhood do you live in … Murray Hill … 2 Is this your dream neighborhood or is there … rather Brooklyn brownstone or a penthouse in a shiny new condo … Brooklyn brownstone Preferably in Brooklyn Heights …

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