Beth Stebner

On a recent cab ride through Manhattan, I gazed out the window as building after building whizzed by. Many of them had bright, bold signs with the words “LUXURY” sprawled out in a sans-serif font. The adjective was slapped on everything from renovated tenements in the East Village to postwar units at Stuy-Town to giant, looming towers from the 1960s in Kip’s Bay, and glasssy new construction several blocks north. 

Your beloved Manhattan bodega cat is an endangered species as high rents drive out the NYC staple (New York Times)

Start planning that end-of-the-year feast now! Eataly will likely open at 4 WTC by the end of the year (The Real Deal)

New Yorkers seem to have a seemingly limitless arsenal of horror stories, from nightmare roommates to crazy commutes. And yes, supers.

As the prospect of home ownership slips away for more and more New Yorkers, there could be an unlikely solution: renting to own.