Veronica X.

It is springtime in New York, when window a/c's blossom out of windows like weepy urban daffodils. Whether you are cranking up your window unit or shopping for a replacement, be sure to account for NYC's intense urban heat grid, reflected in Brick's guide to BTUs:

Nothing lasts forever, not even the six-figure renovation of your two-bedroom apartment....

Even before you set foot in the lobby, take a moment to read the topiary leaves--or whatever plantings are or are not on display in front of the building....

Listed for sale at $90 million, a single family home off Fifth Avenue (a.k.a the Woolworth Mansion) recently set a record for the highest asking price in the city's history.  This got us thinking about NYC real-estate record breakers for the other 99% of us, such as: