V. L. Hendrickson
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- Think you can't afford to buy in NYC?
In the past three years, two new restaurants catering to the cabbie crowd have opened on my block near the northern end of Columbus Avenue, right downstairs from my street-facing studio on the third floor of a five-floor building.
When I moved in eight years ago, the block had a tiny Jamaican bar, a very cool restaurant, and a thrift store downstairs. There was often a three piece jazz ensemble playing on summer nights or a folks spilling out from the bar. But the restaurant moved to a bigger space down the street, and the shop and bar have long since closed.
- Selling a co-op to a (gasp!) corporation: A survival guide (HabitatMag)
- Unfold your furniture: an all-in-one bed, desk, and book shelf (NY Daily News)
- Here's what the
Getting in on the ground floor of a new condo with a 421a tax exemption program in place is like winning the lottery, but only for a limited time.
As some of the 10- to 25-year-long exemptions come close to running their course--putting a severe crimp in household budgets and resale prospects--the NY Times real estate section takes an in-depth look at what this means for buyers and sellers.
Noise is a fact of life in New York City, but at home, at least, we hope to get some peace and quiet. Soundproofing your windows is a great way to deal with noise coming from outside the building. But what about neighbor noise?