The 25 best books about New York City history

… Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell … Author Joseph Mitchell renowned for his precise and respectful observations lovingly … keepers street preachers skyscraperbuilding Mohawks and the moving personal story of the griot historian of Staten Islands free black community The consummate humanity of Mitchells …

By Marjorie Cohen |February 14, 2018 - 9:00AM
Author Steven Gaines on dingy downtown lofts, renting out to porn filmmakers to make ends meet, and why living in NYC is an "honor"

… been born and raised in Brooklyn and spent years in ratty downtown lofts along with a dreamy Greenwich Village duplex … this your dream neighborhood or is there someplace else in NYC youd prefer to settle in … I still love Greenwich … so I drove her home and looked at the place It was filthy linoleum on the floor the walls were peeling the basement had …

By Virginia K. Smith |July 7, 2016 - 11:59AM
Author Jennifer Wright knows Murray Hill as well as she knows breakups

… of   It  Ended Badly Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History  is also a columnist for the  New York Observer  and … theres a working fireplace … 1 What neighborhood do you live in … Murray Hill … 2 Is this your dream neighborhood or is there someplace else in NYC youd prefer to settle in … Its kind of become my dream …

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

… As the founder and CEO of the hugely popular website Apartment Therapy and more recently the author of  … who collected rent in all cash the eternal appeal of lofts and more … What neighborhood do you live in … BedStuy … I like where I live now my old apartment in Soho was a loft with two bedrooms high ceilings and one big central …

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