Due Diligence

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Neighborhood Intel
Nothing can prepare you for life in New York (and that's a good thing), says Urban Planner Julia Vitullo-Martin
By Virginia K. Smith |September 18, 2015 - 1:59PM
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Neighborhood Intel
Clara Hemphill, founder of Insideschools.org, raised two kids in a one-bedroom, but wouldn't live anywhere else
By Lucy Cohen Blatter |September 9, 2015 - 9:59AM
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Neighborhood Intel
YA author Carolyn Mackler once lived in a shrink's office—and lived to tell the tale

… If youve gotten hooked on the recent craze for Young Adult novels chances are youre … of the Upper West Side the time she shacked up in a therapists office and more … 1 What neighborhood do you live in … … the brownstone be in Manhattan … 14 If you could live elsewhere where would it be … Thats our perennial question …

By Virginia K. Smith |September 1, 2015 - 10:30AM
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Dan Gluck, founder of the Museum of Sex, has a "Brooklyn soul" but lives in a Tribeca condo
By Lucy Cohen Blatter |August 25, 2015 - 8:59AM
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The Market
The author of "Good and Cheap" talks about her dream (brownstone) apartment, living in a Canadian building in NYC, and why you shouldn't give up on your housing fantasies
By Lucy Cohen Blatter |August 19, 2015 - 9:59AM
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The Market
The diehard Brooklynites behind Twig Terrariums dish on Grubhub dependence, the appeal of the Greenwood Cemetery, and more
By Virginia K. Smith |August 6, 2015 - 1:59PM
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Neighborhood Intel
Greenwich Village preservationist Andrew Berman understands the appeal of a penthouse (and can't live without his bodega)

… Washington Heights and Inwood Astoria Prospect Park South Forest Hills Gardens the Flatiron the Lower East Side Harlem …

By Virginia K. Smith |July 8, 2015 - 9:59AM
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Improve
Graphic novelist and artist Christine Norrie adores her 'tiny' apartment, doesn't miss her fly-infested Brooklyn loft, and doesn't pine for Old New York
By BrickUnderground |July 2, 2015 - 10:08AM
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The Market
Union Square Cafe's Sam Lipp lives within walking distance of work, loves his neighborhood's gardens and dreams of a brownstone
By Lucy Cohen Blatter |June 17, 2015 - 11:59AM
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The Market
The Naked Cowboy lives in Queens, doesn't need a lot of closet space and dreams of living in a penthouse — in his underwear
By Lucy Cohen Blatter |June 4, 2015 - 9:59AM