Marjorie Cohen
Contributing writer
Marjorie Cohen is a New York City-based freelance journalist, editor and author of over seven non-fiction books. Her real estate reporting has appeared in amNewYork, Investopedia, and The West Side Rag. Since moving to New York five decades ago for graduate school at the Teachers College of Columbia University, Marjorie has lived on the Upper West Side, with a brief detour to West 15th Street when she got six months free rent in a new building. Her current apartment is rent-stabilized and she is never, ever, going to willingly leave it.
Posts by Marjorie Cohen:
The 7 most likely reasons you'll get rejected by a co-op board
June 9, 2016 - 11:59 AM
From less-than-stellar finances to sloppy board packages and too-loud habits, some serious red flags for co-op board members.
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Jumel Terrace: A neighborhood with a connection to Hamilton—the man and the musical
June 6, 2016 - 08:59 AM
Jumel Terrace is a pocket of Washington Heights with a lot of history.
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A Harlem street with a "quiet Southern town" vibe shines again
April 19, 2016 - 08:59 AM
This Harlem enclave looks like it could be in Savannah.
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A hangout of 19th-century high society still stands on 11th Street (and you can live there, too)
April 5, 2016 - 08:59 AM
A building full of history.
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The Upper West Side's Clebourne building is one of the neighborhood's historic crown jewels
March 23, 2016 - 08:59 AM
The Clebourne is an Upper West Side building brimming with history.
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Strivers' Row is one of Harlem's most interesting and historic enclaves. It's pretty, too.
March 1, 2016 - 08:59 AM
Strivers' Row wasn’t always known by that name. These two blocks of Harlem, which run from 138th Street to 139th Street, from Frederick Douglass Boulevard to Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard, were originally dubbed the King Model Homes after the wealthy and brash developer David H. King, the Trump of his time. The first stones were laid in 1891, according to Untapped Cities.
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