Then & Now

… When I made an offer on a onebedroom coop in Kensington Brooklyn about 5 minutes after walking … having had my wallet lifted while I dozed The one major grocery store in the area was terrible and even though the …

… the East Village since 1990 My current apartment is a twobedroom with a working fireplace exposed brick walls … make any improvements That said Im here to stay and heres why … How I got here … I moved into an  $850 twobedroom …   … rescuing pigeons Her rent is somehow under one thousand dollars How Who knows Oh and the most recent development My …

… one of those square feet is rent stabilized Ive lived here for almost 20 years and I still love my place but there have … from water damage that water would just run off the glaze Not quite  It turns out that the glaze actually traps water … and chairs and outlets for computers Some of the Rudin family grew up in this building and they still treat it like …