Mary Lowengard
Mary Lowengard is a New York City-based freelance writer with more than three decades of experience as a journalist and editor. In addition to her work for Brick Underground, her reporting on business and finance has appeared in The New York Times, Fortune, Institutional Investor, Worth Magazine, and Bloomberg News. She has lived in a co-op on the Upper-Upper East Side of Manhattan for 25 years.
Posts by Mary Lowengard:
7 ways to get small jobs done in your NYC apartment if you're not handy
January 27, 2025 - 13:30 PM
Some home repairs are too small for professionals, but too complicated for owners. Here are some tips on how to get small jobs done.
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I downsized and hated it, so I moved back to my larger apartment
October 14, 2024 - 09:30 AM
One New Yorker's experience with downsizing to a smaller apartment was so bad she reversed her move.
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The cow in my kitchen: A quest to install a new gas stove gave me an electrifying epiphany
December 18, 2023 - 14:30 PM
A New Yorker is shocked to learn her gas stove produces about the same amount of pollution as a cow.
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When it’s OK to say ‘thanks but no thanks’ to your contractor
December 4, 2023 - 14:30 PM
A long-time New Yorker explains how she asserted herself with her contractor during a co-op renovation.
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I found an envelope of cash and bumped up my building’s holiday tips
November 28, 2023 - 13:30 PM
A New Yorker recalls the year that her holiday tipping was remarkably easy, thanks to a wad of cash that she found—only to find out she had made a big (and expensive) blunder.
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The landlord from hell, and why my friend still lives in his building
December 28, 2021 - 10:30 AM
A long-time NYC renter puts up with a lack of amenities—and suffers a lot of drama—in her rent-stabilized building so she can pursue her career as an artist.
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