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assessment

Can Eric Adams Really Turn 25,000 Hotel Rooms Into Affordable Housing?

Even after all the past year’s closures, that’s a lot of real estate. By Kevin T. Dugan

furniture design

The City’s Newest Design Gallery Is in a Chinatown Mall

Superhouse Vitrine opens with an exhibition of Sean Gerstley’s ceramic furniture. By Diana Budds

hurricane ida

New York Doesn’t Need Its Own Forecast. It Needs a Forecast Communicator.

“It’s very clear that the blatant breakdown of communication is what needs to be adjusted.” By Alissa Walker

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furniture design

The City’s Newest Design Gallery Is in a Chinatown Mall
assessment

Can Eric Adams Really Turn 25,000 Hotel Rooms Into Affordable Housing?
reopening

Move Over, Fake Vaxx Card — Here Comes an Anti-Vaxx Business Directory
hurricane ida

New York Doesn’t Need Its Own Forecast. It Needs a Forecast Communicator.
listings edit

We Unearthed the 31 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now

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transit Farewell (for Now) to the Absurd La Guardia AirTrain Andrew Cuomo’s dream of shepherding riders the wrong way to the airport is on likely permanent hold. By Benjamin Hart

why this looks like that Meet the Designer Making Custom Fonts for Spike Lee Tré Seals sifts through Black history and culture to leave Helvetica behind. By Diana Budds

listings edit We Unearthed the 31 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now This week we managed to find a handful of two-bedroom apartments priced under $2,500, including one in Harlem right above Central Park. By Jenny Xie

reclaiming A Landscape Architect Who Loves Ruins and Hates Ruin Porn Julie Bargmann just won the first $100,000 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander prize. By Justin Davidson

transit Farewell (for Now) to the Absurd La Guardia AirTrain Andrew Cuomo’s dream of shepherding riders the wrong way to the airport is on likely permanent hold. By Benjamin Hart

why this looks like that Meet the Designer Making Custom Fonts for Spike Lee Tré Seals sifts through Black history and culture to leave Helvetica behind. By Diana Budds

reclaiming A Landscape Architect Who Loves Ruins and Hates Ruin Porn Julie Bargmann just won the first $100,000 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander prize. By Justin Davidson

On The Market

listings edit We Unearthed the 31 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now

under a million A $550K Chelsea Loft Studio and a Prospect Heights Two-Bedroom

under a million A $485,000 Greenwich Village Studio and a Renovated Boerum Hill One-Bedroom

on the market You Can Now Buy Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld’s “Dinner Party-Gate” House

Cityscape

reopening Move Over, Fake Vaxx Card — Here Comes an Anti-Vaxx Business Directory A new website is crowdsourcing businesses that are flouting the mandate — and New York has the most. By Caroline Spivack
reclaiming A Landscape Architect Who Loves Ruins and Hates Ruin Porn Julie Bargmann just won the first $100,000 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander prize. By Justin Davidson
look book The Look Book Goes to an Animal-Blessing Ceremony At the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights, pet owners brought their animals for an annual blessing. By Daniel Varghese and Louis Cheslaw
makeovers A Bookstore in a Bus in the Bronx Readers now boarding at Bronx Bound Books. By Valeria Ricciulli
cityscape What It Takes to Give David Geffen Hall a New Sound A look inside the New York Philharmonic’s home, en route to its new (and, fingers crossed, better) acoustics. By Justin Davidson

my spots “I like this restaurant’s view. It feels like you’re in a Cape Cod or New England setting, but with views of Bayonne, which is super-industrial — tankers, pipes, and boats going past. It just feels cozy and quaint to watch a boat going past, even if that boat is hauling some trash.”

Alexandra Kleeman’s Favorite Spots in Staten Island

Design Hunting

furniture design The City’s Newest Design Gallery Is in a Chinatown Mall Superhouse Vitrine opens with an exhibition of Sean Gerstley’s ceramic furniture. By Diana Budds
why this looks like that Meet the Designer Making Custom Fonts for Spike Lee Tré Seals sifts through Black history and culture to leave Helvetica behind. By Diana Budds
great rooms Bed in a Box Just how much drama can you pack into a studio apartment? By Wendy Goodman
ahhhhhh This TikTok Star is Just Really Good at Painting Clean Corners No tape! By Willy Blackmore

The Real Estate

the group portrait The New York Real-Estate Agents Turned TikTok Stars Viral dances have nothing on apartment walk-throughs and neighborhood in-jokes. By Kim Velsey
street fights It’s Time to Let the Elizabeth Street Garden Go It may be a pretty oasis, but we as a city are desperate for affordable housing. By Kim Velsey
buy it for the architecture An Angular Time Capsule in Ardsley Inside, there’s a cathedral-like living room with original redwood walls and ceilings, a gigantic brick fireplace, and extensive sliding glass doors. By Jenny Xie
viral houses This Pristine ’60s Ranch Is Actually From … 2021? It came together with dead-stock appliances and a half-century-old blueprint. By Emma Alpern
under a million A $369K Sunnyside One-Bedroom and a Hudson Heights Convertible Two-Bedroom This week’s picks also include a Park Slope one-bedroom with a sunken living room. By Jenny Xie