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

… the Hamptons International Film Festival But Gaines is a New Yorker at heart having been born and raised in Brooklyn and … rent … First I was a sublet then I rented with an option to buy from the owner I finally bought the house in 1976 for …

By Virginia K. Smith |July 7, 2016 - 11:59AM
The Author of 'St. Marks Is Dead' on the $200 Apartment She Grew Up In and What Made Her Move to Brooklyn

… Born and raised on New York Citys iconic St Marks Place  author Ada Calhoun  chronicles the streets … … Real estate of course is a massive part of life in New York no matter what neighborhood you live in or how much …

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