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… To get a sense of whats essential reading for the New York history neophyte we asked 11 historians and authors to tell us their favorite books of New York history along with an explanation of why each title made the … is that a reader and a lone walker can keep such intimate company without violating the solitude of either Julius 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

… fluff rather than serious works of art these five books come with some intellectual heftand perhaps new … Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan … Egans Pulitzer Prizewinning book of linked stories dabbles in speculative fiction and … return to a classic Sure we all read Gatsby in tenthgrade English class but in revisiting the novel as an adult you …

By Alanna Schubach |May 30, 2016 - 10:15AM