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

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By Alanna Schubach |June 15, 2017 - 12:30PM
Think you know Brooklyn? This author has walked every single block in the borough

… A long walk through the city has always been one of New Yorks … own  neck of the woods In most cases even people who have lived in their neighborhood their whole lives dont know the whole neighborhood Helmreich tells us …

By Virginia K. Smith |October 11, 2016 - 2:59PM
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 … Of the million people in New York have the population lived in 40000 houses of between five and fifty rooms The other half lived in just 20000 dwellings mostly consisting of one room …

By Virginia K. Smith |September 23, 2016 - 12:59PM
Author Steven Gaines on dingy downtown lofts, renting out to porn filmmakers to make ends meet, and why living in NYC is an "honor"

… gays who replaced the ageing bohemians  … 3 Do you own or rent … First I was a sublet then I rented with an option to … your apartment what would it be … The neighbors … 7 In three words describe the first apartment youve ever lived in … youve ever had … On West 11th Street I slept in the rear bedroom lower floor halfunderground and my office was up …

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 … perspectives on the city  ONeill was born in Ireland and lived a peripatetic childhood eventually settling in the … in the city Sasha an assistant to a record producer lives in a Lower East Side apartment with a tub in the …

By Alanna Schubach |May 30, 2016 - 10:15AM
Author Jennifer Wright knows Murray Hill as well as she knows breakups

… it feel like my neighborhood That said if you know of any rentcontrolled places down in the East or West Village or maybe along Central Park or Brooklyn Heights … I will take you up on that in a second … 3 Do you own or rent … I own … 4 Howd you find it … I used a real estate …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |December 1, 2015 - 12:59PM
Apartment Therapy's Maxwell Ryan made the move to brownstone Brooklyn, but still has love for lofts

… As the founder and CEO of the hugely popular website Apartment … fully so go for it Related The 24 best NYC neighborhood blogs 2015 edition 5 things you never knewbut shouldabout … edit editand other small space mantras from NYCs design bloggers The author of St Marks is Dead on the $200 …

By Virginia K. Smith |November 24, 2015 - 8:59AM