S. Jhoanna Robledo
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Welcome to Neighbors Week: Where everybody knows your name—and your business Read More
November 16, 2015 - 08:50 AM
I've lived in apartments most of my life, places where a shared wall or floor—our floor, which was the bottom unit's ceiling, as it were—was all that separated us from the people around us, our neighbors. Of course, suburbanites have neighbors, too, but it's a different dynamic in the city, where living cheek to jowl—almost literally—means sharing your life with non-roommates in a way that shapes you, obsesses you, surprises you.
Washington Mews: Discover the secrets of Manhattan's most famous private street
October 29, 2015 - 08:59 AM
Greenwich Village wouldn't be what it is without Washington Mews. The charming, gated strip of land is lined on each side with two-story carriage houses wedged between the handsome prewar, One Fifth Avenue, and the commanding townhouses that hold court on Washington Square Park North.
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Brooklyn is a shiny, Silicon Alley fantasy in Nancy Meyers' 'The Intern'
October 8, 2015 - 14:59 PM
It's been a few weeks since Nancy Meyers' new movie, The Intern, hit the big screen and it took me this long to recover enough to write this. Not because it's particularly deep (though I did find myself responding to the empowering lessons Hathaway's young CEO character, Jules, acquires along the road of hard knocks). It's because I'm so stricken with real estate envy after watching it that I needed to simmer down before I started evaluating the film for its, well, property values.
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Five things you didn't know about Chelsea's London Terrace (but should)
July 22, 2015 - 08:59 AM
Technically, London Terrace isn't a neighborhood; it's actually a block-wide collection of co-ops and rental buildings on West 23rd and West 24th streets. But considering it comprises a large chunk of land and is steeped in fascinating history, we thought it worthy of a closer look, official neighborhood designation or no. Below, five things you might not know about the scenic Chelsea apartment complex:
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