Virginia K. Smith
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An alarm clock that also makes you pour over: a stroke of yuppie genius (Apartment Therapy)
Yikes: this San Francisco Airbnb nightmare directly parallels the plot of a 90s horror movie (The BIllfold)
After this frigid weekend, a working fireplace has quickly climbed to the top of our amenity wish list. And if you happen to have $40,000/month so spare, you can warm up for the rest of the winter in this triplex penthouse near Union Square, which features a gas fireplace as the centerpiece of the living room, among many other perks.
Q: I was about to schedule the closing date for a co-op in Queens with a washer and dryer, but learned from the seller's broker that the dryer is gas, and therefore illegal (though it's board approved, and other board members have similar illegal setups). The seller won't compensate me for a conversion to electric because she claims the DOB [Department of Buildings] would never approve it, and even though she's offered to drop the price of the apartment, I'd never have gone into contract on a place without a washer and dryer. Am I within my legal rights to break the contract?
House boats, school buses, and other design-minded spins on mobile living (Apartment Therapy)
Creating a duplex by buying your neighbor's apartment is a more complicated process than you might think (NYT)
As a multi-hyphenate actress, filmmaker, and curator, Nora Armani is the quintessential New Yorker, which is to say: busy. She's also the Founding Artistic Director of the SR Socially Relevant Film Festival, which is heading into its third year with a round of screenings and events from March 14th through the 20th.
