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… the New York history neophyte we asked 11 historians and authors to tell us their favorite books of New York history … most recently revised in 2010 showed up on three different experts lists Its organized by borough then by neighborhoods … in an historicalcultural context … Adrienne Onofri author of Walking Brooklyn and Walking Queens … Its the …

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

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

Neighborhood Intel

Author Jennifer Wright knows Murray Hill as well as she knows breakups

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |December 1, 2015 - 12:59PM

Neighborhood Intel

Apartment Therapy's Maxwell Ryan made the move to brownstone Brooklyn, but still has love for lofts

… Complete + Happy Home its safe to say that Maxwell Ryan knows a thing or two about how to make a house or even a … to BedStuy a questionable former landlord who collected rent in all cash the eternal appeal of lofts and more … What … would it be … Gosh its all so new but I would say that the heatingAC system was not so loud Its like a car starting up …

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