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Neighborhood Intel
After Landmarks' blessing, two SoHo buildings will lose fire escapes
By Lucy Cohen Blatter |March 26, 2015 - 1:15PM
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Improve
Are you wasting less water than your neighbors? This survey lets you know
By Virginia K. Smith |March 25, 2015 - 2:59PM
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Roommates + Landlords
Heat is on for stingy landlords thanks to Internet-connected devices
By Lucy Cohen Blatter |March 25, 2015 - 1:59PM
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Improve
After this weekend's fire in Midwood, some tips to keep you safe
By Lucy Cohen Blatter |March 23, 2015 - 12:59PM
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Small Projects + DIY
Test-driving Fountain, the apartment advice app
By Jennifer Laing |March 23, 2015 - 8:59AM
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Renovation
Strategies to survive a rental to condo conversion (or at least walk away with a big buyout)
By Virginia K. Smith |March 20, 2015 - 12:59PM
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The Market
Ground floor apartments are now trendy—but are they about to go extinct?

… Firstfloor apartmentswere sorry  maisonettes have recently experienced … to radically reinterpret how they use their basements and ground floors by 2100 when sea levels could rise to as high as six feet Theoretically this …

By Virginia K. Smith |March 19, 2015 - 12:59PM
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The Market
Be glad you live in NYC, and not San Francisco, where even rent-controlled apartments can quadruple in price
By Lucy Cohen Blatter |March 17, 2015 - 3:30PM
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The Market
Celebrate St. Patrick's in peace: 5 homes that come with a private bar
By Virginia K. Smith |March 17, 2015 - 2:30PM