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the real estate
The Nepo Babies Forced Into Real Estate
Cry for the lives unlived.
By
Adriane Quinlan
best of new york
Feb. 2, 2023
The Best Day Spas in New York
From midtown to Governors Island.
By
Monica Mendal
look book
Feb. 2, 2023
The Look Book Goes to Tatiana
A recent Wednesday night at chef Kwame Onwuachi’s consistently booked Lincoln Center restaurant.
By
Kelsie Schrader
and
Jenna Milliner-Waddell
getting around
Feb. 1, 2023
Delancey Is Getting a Desperately Needed ‘Road Diet’
To the tune of $21 million in federal funds.
By
Clio Chang
getting around
Feb. 1, 2023
Why Is the Floor of the Oculus Already Crumbling?
Eight years in, the marble slabs are chipping and flaking. It didn’t have to be this way.
By
Christopher Bonanos
atmospheric rivers
Feb. 1, 2023
L.A.’s ‘Green Alley’ Experiments Are Working
The city’s efforts to become flood- and drought-resilient are ready to be scaled up.
By
Alissa Walker
the group portrait
Feb. 1, 2023
To Dream of Pickleball City
The sport’s die-hard fans are fighting for courts they can call their own.
By
Bindu Bansinath
mysteries
Jan. 31, 2023
The Bean, Once Half, Is Now Whole
Four years later, Anish Kapoor’s legume at 56 Leonard is complete.
By
Clio Chang
listings
Jan. 31, 2023
Joan Didion’s Apartment Is for Sale
Missed out on the estate auction? Seven and a half million dollars will get you the whole house.
By
Kim Velsey
and
Christopher Bonanos
great rooms
Jan. 31, 2023
What the Gallerists Brought Home
How Patrick Parrish and Alex Gilbert decided what they wanted to live with in their Clinton Hill apartment.
By
Wendy Goodman
neighborhoods
Jan. 30, 2023
Does New York’s Chinatown Really Need an Arch?
Hochul has granted the money to build one, but younger residents ask whether the money would be better spent on other community needs.
By
Wilfred Chan
a truly terrific new york listing
Jan. 30, 2023
A Writer’s Book-Stuffed Greenwich Village Studio
A photo of Rimbaud looks down from the bathroom ceiling.
By
Adriane Quinlan
streets
Jan. 27, 2023
Clearing Vendors From the Brooklyn Bridge Won’t Solve Its Overcrowding Problem
The bridge deserves a more comprehensive plan.
By
Diana Budds
design edit
Jan. 27, 2023
The Rainbow Hellerware Revival, Artist-Made Dream Houses, and More Design Finds
Plus, an architect’s quest to perfect the tiny wood stool.
By
Diana Budds
housing
Jan. 27, 2023
The NYCHA Chair Position Is Likely Getting a $255,000 Pay Cut
Good-bye, inflated salary, and good luck with all the repairs and back rent.
By
Clio Chang
the housing market
Jan. 27, 2023
New Yorkers Never Came ‘Flooding Back.’ Why Did Rents Go Up So Much?
Getting to the bottom of a COVID-era real estate mystery.
By
Lane Brown
celebrity real estate
Jan. 26, 2023
Julia Fox Gave a ‘Maximum Transparency’ Tour of Her Apartment
We also have a hallway where “nothing happens.”
By
Clio Chang
street fights
Jan. 26, 2023
The Tiny Newspapers at War in the West Village
Featuring alleged graphic-design theft, 9/11 truthers, and Sarah Jessica Parker.
By
Clio Chang
cityscape
Jan. 26, 2023
‘Use That Time As a Meditation Time’: The MTA’s New, Very Long Escalator
Ten stories down into the new Grand Central Madison terminal.
By
Adriane Quinlan
getting around
Jan. 25, 2023
An EV in Every Driveway Is an Environmental Disaster
We can’t lithium mine our way out of climate crisis.
By
Alissa Walker
the talented mr. santos
Jan. 25, 2023
What George Santos Was Really Like as a Roommate
“He was home all day.”
By
Bridget Read
street view
Jan. 24, 2023
The Upper West Side’s Zone of Pedestrian Death
The area around 96th Street is dangerous. And it’s hardly the worst in town.
By
Justin Davidson
great rooms
Jan. 24, 2023
Floating Bedrooms in a Williamsburg Loft
Matt Spangler asked architect Keith Burns for more space and light in his new place: Before and after photos.
By
Wendy Goodman
rikers
Jan. 24, 2023
How a Rikers Unit That Protects Trans Women Fell Apart
A decade ago, New York set out to lead the nation in efforts to support incarcerated trans people. Now they are stranded in all-male housing units.
By
George Joseph
a truly terrific new york listing
Jan. 23, 2023
A Turtle Bay Townhouse With Wall-to-Wall Windows
And a 400-square-foot balcony on every floor
By
Adriane Quinlan
state of the city
Jan. 23, 2023
Working for New York City When Everyone Else Is Leaving
Empty cubicles, giant caseloads that leave low-income tenants without rent aid, and “no end in sight.”
By
Ross Barkan
typography
Jan. 20, 2023
U.S. Department of State Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Serifs
For memos, Times New Roman is out, Calibri is in.
By
Christopher Bonanos
public art watch
Jan. 20, 2023
The Problem With Boston’s MLK Memorial Isn’t That It Looks Like a Penis
It’s how it reminds us of how little Boston — and other cities — have advanced the civil-rights leader’s racial-justice agenda.
By
Diana Budds
urban fauna
Jan. 20, 2023
There Are Dolphins in the Bronx River
Maybe you don’t want to swim there, but the Parks Department says it’s good news.
By
Zach Schiffman
stephen ross
Jan. 20, 2023
If You’re So Good at Real Estate, Stephen Ross …
Three years and a 50 percent price cut later, the Hudson Yards developer finally sold his penthouse.
By
Adriane Quinlan
street view
Jan. 19, 2023
One Way to a Better City: Ask Disabled People to Design It
Wouldn’t everyone fare a little better if (to take just one example) airport luggage-screening counters were lower?
By
Justin Davidson
a truly terrific new york listing
Jan. 19, 2023
A $400,000 Studio With a Working Marble Fountain
It’s the former reception room of a home once occupied by Ulysses S. Grant’s widow.
By
Adriane Quinlan
biography of a building
Jan. 19, 2023
A Queens Co-Op Full of Electricians
It remains basically as it was imagined in 1949: a surprisingly affordable city-within-a-city.
By
Kayla Levy
best of new york
Jan. 19, 2023
The Best Niche Bookstores in New York
Exquisitely esoteric bookstores.
By
Kelsey Borovinsky
look book
Jan. 19, 2023
The Look Book Goes to a Samoyed Meetup
For eight years, NYC Samoyeds has arranged regular park gatherings for owners of the cheerful Siberian breed.
By
Kelsie Schrader
and
Jenna Milliner-Waddell
crime
Jan. 18, 2023
Here’s Why Everything at Walgreens Is Suddenly Behind Plastic
The recent spike in shoplifting is both overblown and real. And almost everyone is profiting from it (including you).
By
James D. Walsh
the group portrait
Jan. 18, 2023
The Mammoth Bone Hunters of the East River
“We were looking for the big boys and the small stuff, too,” says one fossil hunter. “Any kind of bones.”
By
Matt Stieb
getting around
Jan. 17, 2023
Al Roker Is at War With His Tesla
He can’t get in, and he can’t get out.
By
Alissa Walker
energy
Jan. 17, 2023
Get Ready to Be Propanefluenced
It’s more than HGTV hosts. Meet the #vanlife, #cottagecore, and #milkmaid influencers boosting liquefied petroleum gas.
By
Zach Schiffman
great rooms
Jan. 17, 2023
Push and Pull on a Park Avenue Co-op Renovation
Interior designer Olivia Song’s clients were a couple with “polar opposite” tastes: he liked contemporary, she was more traditional.
By
Wendy Goodman
remembering
Jan. 16, 2023
The East Village Standoff I Missed
In 1995, I was oblivious to the drama in my neighborhood. Today, the East Village squatters’ battle for their houses is at the center of my novel.
By
Dan Kois
design
Jan. 13, 2023
How Did a Plastic Box Come to Symbolize Everything Wrong with Retail?
The Keeper’s unlikely journey from record stores to guarding Spam at your pharmacy.
By
Diana Budds
california storms
Jan. 13, 2023
California’s Lost Trees
After the current storms end, the state will face a new challenge: restoring an already diminished urban canopy.
By
Alissa Walker
on the curb
Jan. 13, 2023
24 Hours in the Life of a Discarded Christmas Tree
The end of Christmas doesn’t mean the end of your tree.
By
Colin Schappi
a truly terrific new york listing
Jan. 13, 2023
A Two-story Condo in a Former Parish House
The doorman stand is the original priest’s pulpit.
By
Adriane Quinlan
rats
Jan. 13, 2023
‘We Were Killing Them With These Little Pitchforks’
Talking to Matt Deodato, rat specialist.
By
Adriane Quinlan
street view
Jan. 12, 2023
Two Supportive-Housing Projects Make the Case for Building Many More
They’re cheaper than the alternatives, acceptable to the neighbors, and successful among people who were living on the street.
By
Justin Davidson
listings
Jan. 12, 2023
Rent It for the James Turrell Installation
Hugh Jackman’s East Hampton retreat asks $500,000 for the summer.
By
Adriane Quinlan
the eavesdropper
Jan. 11, 2023
Listening in at Goldman Sachs Again
Hours after the largest round of layoffs since the financial crisis began.
By
Adriane Quinlan
rendering judgment
Jan. 10, 2023
The Casino–Apartment–Ferris-Wheel–Hotel Proposal for Midtown East
Is Stefan Soloviev’s plan a jackpot or a bust?
By
Christopher Bonanos
great rooms
Jan. 10, 2023
The Entirely Affordable, Cheerfully Modernist El Borinquen in the Bronx
Nonprofit developer Comunilife teamed up with Alexander Gorlin Architects.
By
Wendy Goodman
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