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

… perspectives on the city  ONeill was born in Ireland and lived a peripatetic childhood eventually settling in the … a Lower East Side apartment with a tub in the kitchen but what she lacks in fancy digs she makes up for in New York … strivingand often failingto leave their Tremont neighborhood behind Readers baffled by what they perceive as …

By Alanna Schubach |May 30, 2016 - 10:15AM
"The Brooklyn Experience": Then and now

… her first Brooklyn guidebook came out Ellen Freudenheim author of The Brooklyn Experience whose fourth edition was … doing it now Id probably live in Astoria We spoke to the author about Brooklyn then and now the changes to its …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |May 17, 2016 - 8:59AM
Author Jennifer Wright knows Murray Hill as well as she knows breakups

… it feel like my neighborhood That said if you know of any rentcontrolled places down in the East or West Village or … I will take you up on that in a second … 3 Do you own or rent … I own … 4 Howd you find it … I used a real estate … really beat up Angelas Shoe Repair on 39th and Third is the best … 12 Whats your favorite spot in the city … The lobby …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |December 1, 2015 - 12:59PM
Apartment Therapy's Maxwell Ryan made the move to brownstone Brooklyn, but still has love for lofts

… to BedStuy a questionable former landlord who collected rent in all cash the eternal appeal of lofts and more … What … now its my dream neighborhood I love it  … Do you own or rentRent for now  … Howd you find it … I saw it while … that wants to be used fully so go for it Related The 24 best NYC neighborhood blogs 2015 edition 5 things you never …

By Virginia K. Smith |November 24, 2015 - 8:59AM