Tag Archives: NYC

On the Hudson

By alex | Published: 2/19/2008
I think the best place to live in Manhattan would be aboard a houseboat in the 79th street boat basin. That dream is actually not as far out of reach as some. For the first time in decades, the city is allowing new residential slip rentals, which average less than $500 a month. Moor something […]
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Grand Central gridlock

By alex | Published: 2/1/2008
Imrpov Everywhere strikes again, freezing for several minutes in Grand Central Station. They rule.
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Is rent theft?

By alex | Published: 1/3/2008
A Christmas wish appears in the classifieds of last month’s New York magazine: WE NEED HELP BUYING AN APT on the UWS, 3bd 2bath. YOU are a phil- anthropic, wealthy person who would not miss a million bucks and would be interested in donating (or even investing) in a highly targeted manner: to my fami- […]
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If Harry Potter lived in New York

By alex | Published: 12/17/2007
I finished my grading today, and so allowed myself a brief moment of apartment porn. No, I don’t mean browsing through Apartment Therapy, or Curbed, though both are always fun. I went straight to the mother lode, the New York Times Real Estate Section. I’m definitely not in the market. Frankly, it seems very unlikely […]
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