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The Author of 'St. Marks Is Dead' on the $200 Apartment She Grew Up In and What Made Her Move to Brooklyn

… Born and raised on New York Citys iconic St Marks Place  author Ada Calhoun  chronicles the streets … you see a woman trying to get a stroller up her stairs and 12 people stop to ask if she needs help  … What would you …

By Kelly Kreth |October 29, 2015 - 9:59AM
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Neighborhood Intel
Author Kathleen Alcott on why Brooklyn is for writers, her ex-super with a meth problem, and more
By Kelly Kreth |October 2, 2015 - 8:59AM
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Neighborhood Intel
YA author Carolyn Mackler once lived in a shrink's office—and lived to tell the tale
By Virginia K. Smith |September 1, 2015 - 10:30AM
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Live
One cartoonist's quest to draw every single person in New York (yes, that means you, too)
By Virginia K. Smith |August 20, 2015 - 1:59PM
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Summer reading for city kids: 5 children's books that celebrate NYC and New Yorkers
By Jan Carr |June 17, 2015 - 8:59AM
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Summer must-reads: 5 novels and memoirs where NYC and its apartments are characters
By Alanna Schubach |June 4, 2015 - 8:59AM
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Home libraries revisited: So many books, so much love
By Jennifer Laing |May 1, 2015 - 4:00PM
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50 Shades of Grey: Real estate edition
By Lucy Cohen Blatter |March 9, 2015 - 12:29PM
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Small Spaces
Brooklyn novelist Sarah Gerard's grandfather sweater gets guests talking

… she is a friend of mine As is so often the case in small apartments items can end up on display unintentionallyso it … so I keep moving it around to different locations in the apartment where it doesnt get like smushed For a while it … artist Maria Chavezs noisestopping secret A dreamy Clark Gable wall panel from an old theater   … Live … Improve … …

By Ashley P. Taylor |February 10, 2015 - 3:59PM
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'Never Can Say Goodbye' editor Sari Botton on surviving life in New York
By Sharon Krum |January 8, 2015 - 8:59AM