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Displaying all articles tagged:
Apartments
mysteries
Mar. 27, 2024
Why Is My Apartment So Dusty All the Time?
It took several air monitors, a Ziploc of my own hair, and two scientists to find out.
By
Clio Chang
the housing market
Dec. 18, 2023
Define ‘Penthouse’
From low-rises to tiny top floors in new developments, brokers are getting increasingly creative with their use of “PH.”
By
Clio Chang
announcements
Dec. 12, 2023
The Listings Edit
Newsletter Is Back!
Sign up to get
The Listings Edit
, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York City.
By
Nora DeLigter
the rent is too damn high
Dec. 8, 2023
The $3,500 No-Kitchen Apartment
Getting by with a mini-fridge and hot plate used to mean cheap rent. Now it’s a “versatile” amenity.
By
Clio Chang
Sponsor Story
How to Make Moving Less Stressful
8 tips from someone who’s done it … a lot.
By
Aviel Kanter
loud town
Aug. 7, 2023
Barely Surviving the Sounds of New York City
Hyperacusis is a rare medical condition that can make ordinary noises painful. Rarer still — having it and living in Manhattan.
By
Clio Chang
housing crisis
Mar. 21, 2023
What Does the Mayor Have Against Windows?
Natural daylight is not the enemy of affordable housing.
By
Alissa Walker
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
Jan. 25, 2023
Julia Fox Has a Mice-Friendly Apartment
She mentioned her rodent roommate during an apartment tour on TikTok.
By
Olivia Truffaut-Wong
street fights
Oct. 19, 2022
13 Years, 3 Mayors, Countless Community Board Meetings, and Just One Building
The tortured saga of turning a Hell’s Kitchen parking lot into 112 affordable apartment units.
By
Bridget Read
the housing market
July 14, 2022
The Average Rent in Manhattan Is Now $5,000
Congratulations!
By
Katie McDonough
awful things
Feb. 8, 2022
This Is the Worst Roommate Story You’ll Ever Read
One scheming, sinister man. A dozen unsuspecting victims. The ultimate Craigslist nightmare.
By
William Brennan
culture
Mar. 4, 2021
I Wish I Had a Creepy Room Behind My Bathroom Mirror
Think of all the possibilities.
By
Amanda Arnold
problem solving
Sept. 18, 2019
31 Ideas for Renting an Apartment in New York
Craigslist is a wasteland, Zillow owns everything, so try these slightly off-kilter, in-the-side-door tips instead.
By
Margaret Rhodes,
Matthew Sedacca,
and
Katy Schneider
cityscape
Sept. 16, 2019
The Challenges of Constructing New York’s Tallest Apartment Building
A conversation with the architects of the 131-story Central Park Tower.
By
Justin Davidson
science of us
Nov. 19, 2018
Does Your Apartment Have Friendly Microbes?
On the difference between ground-floor microbes and the ones found higher up.
By
Edith Zimmerman
properties
July 26, 2018
13 New York Buildings That Stick Out Like Sore Thumbs
The ultramodernist brownstones, teeny townhouses, and Japanese pagodas that aren’t like their neighbors.
By
Katy Schneider
properties
Feb. 22, 2018
The Turrets of New York — and the People Who Inhabit Them
A survey of the city’s tiny medieval towers on the Upper West Side, in Crown Heights, and on Staten Island.
By
Katy Schneider
new york 50th anniversary
Oct. 26, 2017
We Took 4 Notable New Yorkers to Revisit Their Old Apartments
Whoopi Goldberg, Martha Stewart, Matthew Broderick, and Lauren Hutton revisit New York City apartments they once lived in.
By
Jada Yuan
summer weddings 2017
Apr. 13, 2017
How to Have a Wedding in a New York City Apartment
You’re already sleeping in the city’s best venue.
By
Kaitlin Menza
July 5, 2016
Airbnb Could Be Making Your Apartment More Expensive
It makes finding an apartment harder.
By
Adam Banicki
new york real estate
June 13, 2016
Taylor Swift’s New York Rent Is Only 26 Times More Than Mine
She got a New York apartment for $40,000 a month.
By
Allie Jones
May 20, 2016
The Weird Socialist Logjam That Gives Stockholmers 20-Year Apartment Waits
Maybe Scandinavia isn’t the best at everything after all.
By
Drake Baer
city living
Feb. 24, 2016
What New Yorkers Learned From Actually Having to Meet Their Neighbors
Five novelists talk to their neighbors for the first time, nine New Yorkers share their fantasies about the ones they’ve never met, and how to deal with less-than-ideal ones.
video
Jan. 6, 2016
I Took My Sunglasses to Coco Chanel’s Paris Apartment
A visit to 31 Rue Cambon.
By
Shiona Turini
lifestyles of the rich and famous
Nov. 24, 2015
The Original
Cosmo
Girl’s Bachelorette Pad Is on the Market
You can live like Helen Gurley Brown for $20 million.
By
Véronique Hyland
Nov. 12, 2015
A Preview Tour of New York’s First Micro-Unit Apartment Building
Inside a studio at Carmel Place — all 302 square feet of it.
By
Wendy Goodman
first person
July 10, 2015
4 People, 650 Square Feet: A Love Story
How I came around to family life in a one-bedroom New York apartment.
By
Helen Phillips
real esate
Nov. 6, 2013
Brigitte Bardot’s Old Apartment Is for Sale
It’s $8.2 million, or the going price of
je ne sais quoi
.
By
Maggie Lange
things that are scary
July 27, 2013
Florida Gunman Killed After Deadly Shooting Spree and Hostage Standoff [Updated]
He shot six people before barricading himself in an apartment with two others.
By
Delia Paunescu
party chat
June 4, 2013
Creatures of the Wind Designers Moving to New York
Have they finally outgrown the “Chicago designers” thing?
By
Jenni Avins
Jan. 25, 2013
How We Live Now: Davidson on Bloomberg’s Microapartments
The modern home was built for the bygone nuclear family.
By
Justin Davidson
real estate
Apr. 23, 2012
NYC Rent Control Is Safe for Now
The Supreme Court threw out an appeal against rent-stabilization laws today.
By
Joe Coscarelli
how the other half lived
Jan. 6, 2012
Coco Chanel’s Apartment Looks Just Like You’d Expect
Courtesy of the Coveteur.
By
Charlotte Cowles
rock you like a hurricane
Aug. 26, 2011
New York’s Apartment Managers Prepare for Irene
Remove all your balcony furniture, rich people!
By
S. Jhoanna Robledo
vu.
May 27, 2011
Meghan McCain’s Apartment Is Full of Skulls
What, isn’t yours?
By
Chris Rovzar
real estate
Apr. 1, 2011
Manhattan Residential Market Reports: Condo, Co-op, and New-Construction Prices Dip
And apartments are taking longer to sell.
By
S. Jhoanna Robledo
jeepers creepers
Dec. 10, 2009
Doorman Naps in Traveling Woman’s Apartment
But she wasn’t traveling!
By
Adam K. Raymond
jeepers creepers
Dec. 10, 2009
Witness One New York Apartment Terror You Didn’t Even Think to be Afraid of: The Creeper
A person could be LIVING IN YOUR APARTMENT with you!
By
Chris Rovzar
vu.
Mar. 3, 2009
Manhattan Real Estate: A Decade Screeches to a Halt
Just as you probably expected, the amount of residential real estate languishing for sale in the city is higher than it has been in ten years.
By
S. Jhoanna Robledo
For Sale
Jan. 9, 2009
Top Chef
Condo for Rent
Maybe Leah left a bra behind! Or Fabio, a thong!
By
Daniel Maurer
vu.
Jan. 6, 2009
Fourth-Quarter Market Reports: The Reckoning Begins, Sort of
The reporting is still behind the bad developments.
By
S. Jhoanna Robledo
real estate porn
Dec. 11, 2008
Natasha Lyonne Proves Obnoxious Real-Estate Cliché
That, of course, celebrities are able to find cheap, fantastic real estate when you can’t even find a place where the toilet is in the same room as the shower.
By
Chris Rovzar