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… the boroughs and in addition to giving the basic stats on a buildingarchitect style year of construction and alterationit puts buildings in an historicalcultural context … Adrienne Onofri … saloon keepers street preachers skyscraperbuilding Mohawks and the moving personal story of the griot historian …

By Marjorie Cohen |February 14, 2018 - 9:00AM

Live

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

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

Improve

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

… Planning to hit the beach today or later this summer Consider … capacity to inspire and infuriate at the same time One character taking in the expansive views from a wealthy … than the Real Housewives of today and Lilys desperation to stay in good stead with her fellow socialites doesnt end in …