Kelly Kreth
Contributing writer Kelly Kreth has been a freelance journalist, essayist, and columnist for more than two decades. Her real estate articles have appeared in The Real Deal, Luxury Listings, Our Town, and amNewYork. A long-time New York City renter who loves a good deal, Kreth currently lives in a coveted rent-stabilized apartment in a luxury building on the Upper East Side.
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Irina Dvorovenko is a principal dancer with American Ballet Theater and an Upper West Sider in possession of a high-floor balcony with fabulous views. Featured in Vogue and Allure magazines, she'll be performing at the ABT opening night gala on May 16 and opening the company's production of "Swan Lake" on June 27. Excerpts of her BrickUnderground interview follow.
How does Kiev, where you grew up, differ from here?
Nikki Cascone is a Season 4 Top Chef-testant who recently opened Octavia's Porch Restaurant on the Lower East Side. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Staten Island, Cascone just moved from Park Slope to Red Hook, Brooklyn with her husband, Brad, and four-month old son, Jax. Excerpts from BrickUnderground's recent interview with her follow.
You rented in Manhattan for years, and your new restaurant is on the Lower East Side, so why did you move to Brooklyn three years ago?
Zvi Manor runs New York City-based Manor Moving and Storage, which handles local and long distance moves.
How and when did you start being in the moving business?
I moved here from South America and arrived NYC on April 24th, 1997 after being in the army. The next day I joined a group of people who were working as movers. I slept in trucks for two weeks and eventually learned the business. I worked as a mover, dispatcher, loading supervisor and now run my own moving company.
Five New Yorkers tell us the one thing they would change about their apartments if they could:
Mark Loffredo (pictured) runs Post Exterminating, a family-owned business on Staten Island specializing in bed bugs and termites in the NY metro area.
Are people less freaked out about roaches now that bed bugs are back?
