Then & Now

… my fifth anniversary of living in an Upper East Side rentstabilized studio I first moved here out of necessity I … Undergrounds  Then Now  features firstperson accounts of what attracts New Yorkers to their apartment or house and … impressions evolve over time Have a story to share in your own words or with the help of our writers  Drop us an …

… Undergrounds  Then Now  features firstperson accounts of what attracts New Yorkers to their apartment or house and … ran in August 2018 We are presenting it again in case you missed it … To find our Forest Hills apartment we had … We called the management office and were informed that we werent getting one We didnt realize it at the time but we had …

… but finding another one on a nicer block with a better layout more than made up for it  Id always loved old houses … Undergrounds Then Now  features firstperson accounts of what attracts New Yorkers to their apartment or house and … better than the shoeboxsized kitchen in our Park Slope rental  I felt like the luckiest woman in New York City to …

… in the same building in the East Village since 1990 My current apartment is a twobedroom with a working fireplace … brick walls and over 750 square feet of space Before you jump ahead and start throwing shade note that Im not … him he was driving a different car When I asked my roommate what line of work he was in shed simply say Construction …

… the history of New York thats right I ended up with my current East Village digs as a result of 911  I was already … When I asked her to sign my map she wrote Downtown aint what it used to be Was this an omen I thought sure I finally … clean it thoroughly making sense of the apartments quirky layout remains a challenge that I cannot master Forget feng …

… economythey are in abundance My starting marketrate rent was $1450 and now my rent is $1825 …   … Although I … time illuminates the pros and cons of an apartmentand how what draws people to a place isnt necessarily what keeps … UES apartment Upper West Side to Yorkville If you want to live in Manhattan and youre not rich you have to …

… that took up the entire lower floor On top of that it was a rentstabilized apartment Paying $3150 a month to live in a … most happy if I can find great people to live withthey are what really make a random apartment feel like your home  … Then Now …   explores how time illuminates the …