Alana Mayman
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Backyard in Manhattan? Better you than me...
By Alana Mayman
June 21, 2011 - 08:01 AM
It was a dream come true: Six-hundred square feet of outdoor space accessible from both levels of a duplex, garden apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan...250 square feet of tiled patio and 350 square feet of a raised patch of grass with bushes around the perimeter and a cherry tree in the middle.
Read More 10 Minutes with Liz Parks, Art Advisor Read More
By Alana Mayman
June 15, 2011 - 11:10 AM
Liz Parks is the owner of Parks Fine Art, a Manhattan-based art advisory firm specializing in contemporary art.
What is an art advisor and why do I need one?
10 Things Your Building Should Have (But Doesn't)
By Alana Mayman
June 14, 2011 - 10:15 AM
Talk all you want about screening rooms, pet spas and landscaped roof decks....what your building really needs is...
Read More The NYC Neighbor Quiz Read More
By Alana Mayman
June 10, 2011 - 10:19 AM
This week's Urtak poll is all about those who live closest to you...The Nabes. Have at it, and remember that you can add your own questions to the poll by filling in the box at the top.
7 things never to tell your roommate Read More
By Alana Mayman
June 3, 2011 - 15:41 PM
Just because you're sharing 450 square feet with one or more roommates doesn't mean you have to share everything. Some things no roommate wants to hear include:
9 unofficial signs of a NYC summer, starting with the trainee doorman Read More
May 31, 2011 - 11:45 AM
Real New Yorkers know that the real signs of impending summer have little to do with the calendar or the temperature, such as.....