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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"

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

Beach

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

… or later this summer Consider bringing a little piece of NYC with you via one of these novels that takes place in the … buildings the lit storefronts the orange fuzz of the street lanterns all this garbage of light had been refined into a … opportunity to take a moment to reflect on the past … The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton … Given that this is Edith …

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

Live

"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

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

Neighborhood Intel

Author Kathleen Alcott on why Brooklyn is for writers, her ex-super with a meth problem, and more

… Infinite Home the newly published book by author Kathleen Alcott is a fictional story about a … couldnt decide what they would accuse him of Related YA author Carolyn Mackler once lived in a shrinks office and … Intel … books … Brooklyn … boards … Neighbors … staff … Author Kathleen Alcott on why Brooklyn is for writers her …

By Kelly Kreth |October 2, 2015 - 8:59AM