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streets

Stoop-to-Stoop: A Week of Curbside Finds From a Stooping Pro

“I was looking for a cup of coffee, but instead stumbled upon this really nice desk.” By Caroline Spivack

listings edit

We Unearthed the 61 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now

Several spacious studios under $2,000 and a West Village three-bedroom with a particularly lush garden view. By Jenny Xie and Katy Schneider

my place

Artist Stephanie H. Shih Happily Gave Up On Minimalism

“I realized that will never be me. It can’t be me.” A visit to her Carroll Gardens apartment. By Diana Budds

The Latest

neighborhood news

Manhattan Rents Drop, Stray Pig Busts Into a Brooklyn Backyard, and Other News
the best of nest

Norwood Young Got Tired of Being More Famous for His L.A. House Than His Singing
streets

Stoop-to-Stoop: A Week of Curbside Finds From a Stooping Pro
listings edit

We Unearthed the 61 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now
streeteries

Inside the Bubbles: Everything You Need to Know About Those Plastic Dining Tents

See All See All See All

whut Trump Keeps Talking About ‘Tiny Windows,’ And No One Knows What He Means Make fenestration great again? By Alissa Walker

streeteries Inside the Bubbles: Everything You Need to Know About Those Plastic Dining Tents Do they count as outdoor dining? By Valeria Ricciulli

from the editors Curbed Is Now at Home at ‘New York’ We can’t imagine a better fit. By The Editors

neighborhood news Manhattan Rents Drop, Stray Pig Busts Into a Brooklyn Backyard, and Other News Here’s what’s going on around town this week. By Caroline Spivack and Valeria Ricciulli

whut Trump Keeps Talking About ‘Tiny Windows,’ And No One Knows What He Means Make fenestration great again? By Alissa Walker

streeteries Inside the Bubbles: Everything You Need to Know About Those Plastic Dining Tents Do they count as outdoor dining? By Valeria Ricciulli

from the editors Curbed Is Now at Home at ‘New York’ We can’t imagine a better fit. By The Editors

neighborhood news Manhattan Rents Drop, Stray Pig Busts Into a Brooklyn Backyard, and Other News Here’s what’s going on around town this week. By Caroline Spivack and Valeria Ricciulli

On The Market

listings edit We Unearthed the 61 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now

under a million A $470K One-Bedroom by Brooklyn Museum and a Maximalist Studio on Perry Street

buy it for the architecture Neutra’s Poolside Gossip House Asks $25M in Palm Springs

a truly terrific new york listing Two Designers Are Selling Their Brick Townhouse on a Flatbush Cul-de-sac

Cityscape

neighborhood news

Manhattan Rents Drop, Stray Pig Busts Into a Brooklyn Backyard, and Other News The important — and unimportant — things that happened around town this week. By Caroline Spivack and Valeria Ricciulli
streets

Stoop-to-Stoop: A Week of Curbside Finds From a Stooping Pro “I was looking for a cup of coffee, but instead stumbled upon this really nice desk.” By Caroline Spivack
whut

Trump Keeps Talking About ‘Tiny Windows,’ And No One Knows What He Means Make fenestration great again? By Alissa Walker
street view

Two New Office Buildings Open, When Nobody’s Going to the Office Millions of new square feet. Pretty good architecture. Is anyone going to rent it? By Justin Davidson

Design Hunting

design hunting

When Nest Was What’s Next Looking back at the fearlessly eccentric magazine that Condé Nast was too afraid to buy. By Wendy Goodman
great rooms

May I Come In? A library of some of Wendy Goodman’s favorite places. By Wendy Goodman
great rooms

A Studio Visit With Nest Founder Turned Painter Joseph Holtzman He paints on marble, and the sofa is from 1918. By Wendy Goodman
i slept here

Musician Henry Hall’s Childhood Bedroom: Ocean Views, Beanie Babies, and Ghosts The 28-year-old son of Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall remembers the room he grew up in. By Henry Hall and Anthony Rotunno

The Real Estate

the real estate

WeWork Didn’t Blow Up Without Help SoftBank’s reckless $10 billion bet on what became the city’s biggest landlord won’t be the last of its kind. By Reeves Wiedeman
the establishment

Who Will Determine the Post-Amazon Future for Long Island City? Plans to reshape the waterfront are stuck in a rudderless moment. By Caroline Spivack
stay here

12 (Vetted) Tree Houses to Rent, From Silicon Valley to Woodstock We’ve combed through hundreds of listings and vacation-rental reviews to find the best tree houses for rent in the U.S. By Megan Barber
viral houses

Meet the Couple Who Bought the Brutalist Bachelor Pad You Saw on Twitter People went wild for the house online, but these people actually plan to live in it. By Emma Alpern

Corner Shop

trust me i should know

How to Iron a Sheet, According to Maira Kalman “Getting into bed is one of the great moments of life.” By Maira Kalman and Hilary Reid
ask a cool person

The Best Desk Lamps, According to Architects and Interior Designers Including one that’s $13. By Alexandra Ilyashov and Lauren Ro
testing testing

The Best Mattresses You Can Buy Online, Tested Our editors and writers slept on each of these for at least one week. By The Editors
something for everyone

25 Desks, Vetted 25 Ways Including the desk used by a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a bunch of Strategist picks, and some of the best-rated desks on Wayfair and Amazon. By Kayla Levy