"Underground" actress Amirah Vann loves her neighborhood's "Queens vibe" and its water views

… for an audition brunch theater shopping … 3 Do you own or rent … I rent However buying is definitely the plan … 4 Howd you find … prefer old NYC or this NYC … I honor the old but I love the new How to embrace both Spend your money where locals are …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |April 13, 2017 - 2:59PM
Architecture critic Justin Davidson on how the city feels 'ancient and temporary at the same time'

… With the publication next month of his new book Magnetic City A Walking Companion to New York   Justin Davidson  brings readers along on his … Park So yeah its my dream neighborhood … 3 Do you own or rent … Its complicated … 4 Howd you find it … Thats …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |March 30, 2017 - 9:59AM
Filmmaker Roger Sherman on his camera-ready apartment, international food crawls, and why he's never leaving New York City

… Roger Sherman is a documentary filmmaker and founder of Florentine Films whose work has won an Emmy a Peabody a James Beard Award and two Academy Award nominations His newest film  In Search of Israeli Cuisine a portrait of the … UN that is small but pretty fabulous … 3  … Do you own or rent … Own … 4  … Howd you find it … I found Dorothy first … …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |March 23, 2017 - 9:59AM
Manhattan Sideways blogger Betsy Polivy spends her days exploring the city's side streets and small businesses, but is happy to call Chelsea home

… Street and working her way up through 155th Street Shes currently on 125th As the former owner and operator of a small … Always exploring always walking  … 3  … Do you own or rent … Own … 4  … Howd you find it … Funny story My husband … and master bathroom and  on Monday  we purchased our new home sight unseen We moved  in one year  later … 5  … …

By Virginia K. Smith |March 7, 2017 - 11:59AM
Habitat Magazine founder Carol Ott on life in Chelsea since the '70s, swapping a loft for a brownstone, and more

… 1978 and founded Habitata mustread publication for city coop and condo board membersin 1982 We caught up with Ott … and her electricity was turned off She kept her milk and juice on our shared landing and sat there every evening …

By Virginia K. Smith |February 28, 2017 - 12:30PM
Designer Jarret Yoshida lives in a former 'crack house,' thinks New York rewards those who are persistent

… Corcoran Gallery School in Washington DC Parsons and FIT in New York and most recently the École des Beaux Arts et Décoratifs in Paris After apprenticing with a wellknown designer he founded Jarret … … I sometimes wish I lived in other neighborhoods for different reasons but it depends on the day and what I am in the …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |October 27, 2016 - 11:59AM
The Gotham Writers Workshop's Kelly Caldwell on Stuy Town, transit sharing, and why flu shots are a must for New Yorkers

… for and insight into creative writing with countless New Yorkers As an instructor and dean of faculty for the … see myself leaving except under duress … 3 Do you own or rent  … Rent … 4 Howd you find it  … Elaine Greene who I wrote for …

By Alanna Schubach |October 18, 2016 - 1:59PM