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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

… Trying to make it work as a middleclass New Yorker can be a stressful endeavor to put it … the Dakotas construction in the late 19th century as more apartment buildings were rising to meet the demand from New …

By Virginia K. Smith |September 23, 2016 - 12:59PM