Julie Inzanti

Home Library Photos From NYC Dwellings

Around the end of February, the walls of our apartment start closing in on us and we get the itch for spring. Well, we’re still months away from lounging in the park, but how about a duplex living room to get that sense of freedom? We rounded up cavernous, double-height living rooms for you to stretch in--or at least stretch your imagination.

New Yorkers, often lacking proper dining rooms or accomodating kitchens, tend to eat in makeshift spaces, with the flicker of a digital device as company. It's a phenomenon that caught the attention of Miho Aikawa, a Japanese photographer based in New York and Tokyo. Aikawa's ongoing project, Dinner in NY, is inspired by a study she read in Public Health Nutrition, which found that eating as a primary activity has declined in the past 30 years, while eating as a secondary activity has increased dramatically. Even though we're spending more time eating, we're focusing our attention on something else.

Window Seat Photography | Window Seat Ideas

New Yorkers exist in a modern metropolis, all steel and glass and bustle. But many of us are still bewitched by pre-war details straight out of the Gilded Age. Especially fine woodwork. Think latticed archways, rococo stair railings and wall panels that call for a velvet dressing gown and pipe. For those of you pine-ing to stay in the woodwork, look no further than our roundup of homes that take full advantage of their wooden details.