Summer reading: 5 books that take place in steamy NYC (and one of its suburbs)

… writer who moves to New York City in the summer of 1953 to intern for  Ladies Day  magazine Like many young people who … to adapt she feels alienated from many of her fellow interns who are living at the Amazon Hotel The setting is on … on the Upper East Side where Plath herself stayed while intering for  Mademoiselle Esthers feelings mirror many of …

By Alanna Schubach |June 15, 2017 - 12:30PM
Author Steven Gaines on dingy downtown lofts, renting out to porn filmmakers to make ends meet, and why living in NYC is an "honor"

… and raised in Brooklyn and spent years in ratty downtown lofts along with a dreamy Greenwich Village duplex Ahead of … Village most of all When I first moved there it was forlorn and forgotten newly discovered by gays who replaced … it … 13 Which would you rather Brooklyn brownstone or a penthouse in a shiny new condo … I want to live high up …

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

… of the Worst Breakups in History  is also a columnist for the  New York Observer  and the  New York Post  covering … court  … 13 Which would you rather Brooklyn brownstone or a penthouse in a shiny new condo … Brooklyn brownstone … Ryan made the move to Brooklyn but still has love for lofts The author of St Marks is Dead on the $200 apartment …

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