Apartment Rentals in New York City – what you need to know.
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LifeEdited.com brought this column-kitchen (not sure if that’s a proper term) to our attention. We think that it’s a little to slick and a little too European to make it here – but it’s close to something that New Yorkers could adopt. It will be an expensive appliance, but then again, what is space worth in NYC? I can envision a…
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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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Interacting with nature reduces stress and increases our ability to pay attention. Research is now showing that smelling nature “lowers our blood pressure dramatically and increases anti-cancer molecules in our bloodstreams” according to a recent Atlantic Cities article. For the past eight years, Qing Li, an immunologist in the department of hygiene and public health at the Nippon Medical School,…
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LifeEdited, as part of a team with Jonathan Rose Companies, Curtis + Ginsberg, Grimshaw and Scape Studios, was honored to be chosen a finalist for the adAPT NYC Competition. Our design was called CO: Compact, Connected, Complete. The goal of the project was to create a compelling and livable micro-apartment building–and one that could be realized in New York City…
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Gizmag.com had an interesting article about the potential use of shipping containters as an effective source of low-cost housing for the homeless. Naturally, with the cleanup from Hurricane Sandy still proceeding, the need for emergency housing presents very much the same problems; how to create housing quickly, cheaply, and safely. There are a host of criteria that would have to…
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Looking for apartments for rent in NYC would be more enjoyable if NYC’s subways looked like Munich’s. It’s a much newer system, having begun running in 1971, right before the 1972 Munich Olympics. It’s know for its bright color scheme and artistic designs in many of the 100 stations. In a 1997 book by Christoph Hackelsberger, a member of the city’s…
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Mayor Bloomberg has an ambitious program to build or preserver 165,000 homes for poor and moderate income families across NYC by 2014. The New York Times, in an article by Winnie Hu titled, “Some See Little Room for Large, Poor Families in Mayor’s Housing Plan” examines the issue of building and subsidizing large apartments for large families in need of …
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The high line boosted the rental prices nearby. Apartment rentals in Chelsea skyrocketed close to the high line. Will the LowLine do the same for the Lower East Side?
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Always look for an apartment to rent that gives you an opportunity to have house plants. It’s about your quality of life. Plants are restful, beautiful, and harmonizing.
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When your subject is apartments in New York, one often comes across photos of buildings and interiors that merit your attention. New York would be a boring place if it didn’t have a wonderful diversity of architecture, design, and glorious planting and gardens all across the city.
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Space is at a premium in apartments in NYC. No getting around that. The trick is to maximize the use of all space, whether it’s wall space or vertical space.
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New York apartment renters, prepare to go swimming in the East River! One day, this brilliant concept may be keeping New Yorkers cooled in the summer…
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Now, a sense of security increasingly means selling your home, not staying in it. As one friend says, “it’s your unemployment insurance or retirement package.
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By JENNIFER 8. LEE December 7, 2009, 12:35 pm Trying to find a high-end New York-themed gift for the holidays? Maybe your loved ones might want a customized subway sign. What New Yorker doesn’t feel the emotional pull of the iconic white Helvetica letters against the black background? As of last week, the famously intellectual-property-rights-conscious Metropolitan Transportation Authority has given…
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It must be getting close to lunch time. I can smell the aroma of world’s greatest hot dogs and french fries. Real french fries, full of real potato. Not the frozen crap. This is a real deal. The New York original. Our gift to the world! So after a day of aparment hunting for the perfect apartment, do yourself a…
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Paris, Stockholm, Vienna, Brussels, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Montreal, Lyons and even Washington, D.C. all have them with more cities on line to follow. A concept gaining traction with urban planners is bicycle sharing. The experience of several cities has produced enough data to show it’s popular with riders as well as another sustainable people transport strategy for cities. Whether your city…
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