Apartment Rentals in New York City – what you need to know.
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Privately Owned Public Space (POPS) are located throughout New York City. They are exactly what they sound like: Spaces you can hang out in and enjoy. But because they are privately owned, they are low-key and don’t get the hype of major publicly-owned public spaces such as the Highline and Central Park (Zuccotti Park is the one POPS that did…
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This is a man moved by his consciousness to do something real, something concrete about homelessness in New York City. His plan works and he’s incorporated it as the mission of The Doe Fund. It’s been successfully used to house thousand and thousands of people. Here is what they do: They take in homeless people, referred to them by places…
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We peek back into the world of the 1950s and 1960s by tuning in to watch Don Draper in Mad Men, and we see the best of 50s and 60s style. It was new. It was radical. At it’s best, it’s still seems modern and worth having 60 years later. But much of the 50s and 60 style was and…
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Imagine selecting a roommate to share your apartment based on a ten minute conversation? It sounds a bit nutty doesn’t it. Yet that happens all the time. Imagine the conversation: Tenant: Are you a neat person? Potential Roommate: Yup. No problem there. Tenant: Are you quiet? Potential Roommate: You bet. You’ll never hear me. What could possibly go wrong with…
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You’re looking at apartments for rent in New York and you hear about an apartment that’s only 220 to 250 square feet. Would you be interested? But what if it looked like this? The Atlantic has a thought provoking article by Eric Jaffe the numerous reasons that small apartments, properly planned, are livable and bring a host of social benefits:…
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We have writting quite a bit about tiny, micro sized apartments. One of our criticisms has always been that they generally lack a lot of livability. It’s not sufficient to merely have a place to bath, sleep, and eat. One must feel that they can entertain in their home, have friends over, and have plenty of room for their “stuff”….
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The following includes information regarding damage control immediately following Hurricane Sandy. Erik Braunitzer is a writer for Douglas Elliman, brokers for NYC, Long Island and Hamptons Real Estate. Millions of people living in New York, New Jersey and Long Island have had their lives turned upside down in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Those who were fortunate enough to have…
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In his famous MIT commencement speech, Kurt Vonnegut said, “Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.” Deciding to move to New York versus California isn’t the hard part. NYC has this unmistakable magical appeal, and, according to a song by Jay-Z and…
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The Brooklyn Navy Yard’s security guard waves us through and we pedal our bikes behind Felipe Lavelle, creator of Get Up and Ride Bike Tours, Brooklyn’s new bike tour company. Passionate about both cycling and his neighborhood, Felipe is leading six of us on a 12-mile bike tour during which we’ll experience the local culture and lore of Brooklyn’s hot spots. The…
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Gizmag.com has a presentation of a stunning view of the Grand Central Terminal of tomorrow. The vision presented is stunning and breathtaking, which immediately begs the question; Can it ever be built? Not mentioned in the article, but of great importance, is what this vision would do for residential development in the vicinity of the terminal. My prediction is that…
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We’ve been telling our New York rental customers that the Bronx is a great place to live. Really. More and more, we’ve discovered the “small town” values in the various Bronx neighborhoods. Everyone knows that the Bronx is ethnically diverse. What fewer people understand is that the Bronx neighborhoods also have deep traditions and roots going back to colonial times….
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Here’s a sofa that looks perfect (I hate when I “purrfect”) for both you and your cat. The foam cushions look very comfy and the armrest/back support tubing will arouse the explorer in your cat. You might even have to find and buy a little pith helmet for your cat, in the tradition of African explorers (Did someone call me…
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Mayor Bloomberg has given tiny apartments his personal Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. With much fanfare, he has invited NYC developers to submit proposals for building NYC rental apartment buildings with nothing but tiny apartments, from 275 sq. ft. to 300 sq. ft.. According to Mayor Bloomberg, this is the most direct way to fill the need to more housing…
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We love our pets. They mean the world to us. So how can there possibly be any debate about letting your pets on your furniture? You know they’re going to do it. You keep them in your NYC apartment rental all day. They need to run and stretch their legs a bit, then they need to get comfortable. Apartments and…
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Make it Pretty or Make it Disappear: 5 Tips for Tiny Living We ran across this video from Daily Beast interviewing couple James Casey and Erin Boyle in their 240 sq ft Brooklyn Heights, New York apartment. Even by Hong Kong standards, 240 sq ft–or 120 per person–is pretty damn small. And let’s face it, many a New York City…
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By Penelope Green / New York Times News Service NEW YORK — Sixty-six square feet is certainly bigger than a window box, but it is, perhaps, smaller than some fire escapes. Yet the dimensions of this narrow outdoor room, which sits outside a garret-like apartment on top of a Brooklyn brownstone, are ample enough to support a tangle of roses,…
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In July, New York City will add its name to the many cities that have public bicycle programs. The Citi Bike program will feature 10K bikes in 600 docking stations around the city, making it the largest such program in the US (the name comes from Citibank, who gave $41M in sponsorship money). You can either rent bikes by the…
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