Author Steven Gaines on dingy downtown lofts, renting out to porn filmmakers to make ends meet, and why living in NYC is an "honor"

… These days writer Steven Gaines is a dedicated resident of East Hampton so much so that he even … and raised in Brooklyn and spent years in ratty downtown lofts along with a dreamy Greenwich Village duplex Ahead of … he found by picking up a hitchhiker why living in New York City is a privilege and the importance of rolling with the …

By Virginia K. Smith |July 7, 2016 - 11:59AM
Serious beach reads: 5 New York-centric books to pack on your next vacation

… Planning to hit the beach today or later this summer Consider bringing a little piece of NYC with you … breakup and move uptown ONeill gorgeously renders how the citys many corners from Staten Island to Coney … the same time as poor immigrants were living crammed into dangerous tenements downtownthe characters here are …

By Alanna Schubach |May 30, 2016 - 10:15AM
"The Brooklyn Experience": Then and now

… For example the Fourth Avenue Corridor was zoned for 12story buildings and its changed that area completely  The … city But there have been lots of other changes too Smith Street used to be the epicenter of interesting restaurants … the amazing views and amenities  There are many around the north Brooklyn waterfront In places like Williamsburg where …

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