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… Whether you were born in New York moved here decades ago or just arrived you might be … This monumental sequel to the monumental Gotham covers just 21 years from the consolidation of New York and Brooklyn to … by Kathy Peiss … Young working class women their jobs goals clubs hangouts courtship customs sense of style and impact …

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

… Trying to make it work as a middleclass New Yorker can be a stressful endeavor to put it gently In … unique Even the Brooklyn exodus started way back in the 1970s … You Might Also Like … viewbublogpanes=ymalinline …

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