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Neighborhood Intel
The Upper West Side's Clebourne building is one of the neighborhood's historic crown jewels
By Marjorie Cohen |March 23, 2016 - 8:59AM
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Live
A map of New York landmarks, new options for your boat commute, and more
By Virginia K. Smith |March 16, 2016 - 10:59AM
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Neighborhood Intel
Inside Sniffen Court, Murray Hill's hidden Civil War-era side street

… Joel Brodsky instead rounded up a ragtag group of NYC street performers and escorted them to Sniffen in a limo …

By Virginia K. Smith |March 10, 2016 - 9:59AM
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Design + Architecture
Five apartment remnants from an earlier architectural era
By Alanna Schubach |March 8, 2016 - 9:59AM
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Troubleshooting
The city's most dangerous blocks, Alexander Hamilton's New York, and more
By |March 7, 2016 - 10:59AM
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Neighborhood Intel
Robert Caro on the enduring legacy of Robert Moses
By Alanna Schubach |February 19, 2016 - 12:59PM
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Improve
Curious about your townhouse's (maybe sordid) history? Call in a detective

… about the people who lived in our apartments before ushow much did they pay in rent what did the place look like then did anything sinister … happenand the older the building the more mysterious its history If Brian Hartigs work with  the Brownstone Detectives …

By Virginia K. Smith |August 13, 2014 - 9:59AM
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For Woodlawn Cemetery's history chief, a coffin serves as coffee table
By Abby Margulies |July 1, 2014 - 2:59PM