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

… for anyone moving here … 1  What neighborhood do you live in … Upper West Side … 2 Is this your dream … 1975 and we said as anyone would this is where we want to live … 5 Whats the one thing you love the most about it … I … about your apartment what would it be … Nothinghigher floor maybe but it seems churlish to complain … 7 In three words …

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

… when it came time for her son to go to kindergarten   So in 2002 she created  Insideschoolsorg  to help other … the whole city  3  … Do you own or rent … Rent Its a onebedroom My husband and I sleep in the dining alcove and we … words describe the first apartment youve ever lived in … Chicagos South Side 8  … Do you prefer old NYC or this NYC … …

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
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

… the door He had to crawl out the window to get out Of course there were also mice and there was no lock on the …

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)
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