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… witnesses to the past speak in their own words The section introductions are extremely comprehensive and detailed if … 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

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

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

Live

"The Brooklyn Experience": Then and now

… gotten Freudenheim says If I were doing it now Id probably live in Astoria We spoke to the author about Brooklyn then … places like Brooklyn Larder which specialize in smallbatch products And theres a cultural evolution thats been … about getting priced out or feeling like strangers in their homes … But the development and higher prices arent all bad …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |May 17, 2016 - 8:59AM