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

… … Lets start with some light reading shall we Plaths novel about the intense and intelligent Esther Greenwood a college … the world Esther is hungry for experience How could I write about life when Id never had a love affair or a baby or even … her prose and poetry was farreaching enough to merit a book about it called  Pain Parties and Work Sylvia Plath in New …

By Alanna Schubach |June 15, 2017 - 12:30PM
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 … 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
"The Brooklyn Experience": Then and now

… evergrowing cultural and tech communities including the socalled tech triangle Downtown Brooklyn DUMBO and the Brooklyn … often and there was a lot of drug activity  We were able to buy a house for the price of an apartment in Manhattan … The … used to be the sleepiest little place  You couldnt rent or buy a place there unless you knew someone But that …

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

… Jennifer Wright the author of   It  Ended Badly Thirteen of the Worst Breakups … made the move to Brooklyn but still has love for lofts The author of St Marks is Dead on the $200 apartment she grew up … … books … Murray Hill … boards … Neighbors … staff … Author Jennifer Wright knows Murray Hill as well as she …

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