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2015
San Francisco resident Steve Dombek makes a pretty compelling case for taking some of the city's unnecessarily wide streets, starting with one particular block of McAllister Street (pictured above), and putting rows of apartment buildings in the middle of them. It's not as crazy as it seems, onc...
06/26/2015
When it comes to the built environment, the architecture of the structure is never the full picture. As such, running aside this year's World Architecture Festival in Singapore in November will be the World Festival of Interiors, an international gathering of interior design pros that, like itsar...
06/25/2015
In 2009, film scout Nick Carr asked, "Can you believe this exists in the East Village?" about a cottage perched on the roof of a First Avenue building. Then he discoveredanother, equally charming one on Third Avenue. The answer is no, no we cannot. The beach house-stylecottages that are the pen...
06/20/2015
Flying above New York City in a helicopter can be a beautiful thing, until you look down and see that someone has stolen and is living your dream life in a bucolic cabin on a rooftop in the West Village. Is there anything more enviable in the real estate racket of NYC than a house on a regular o...
06/19/2015
From one half of the graphic design duo that reprinted Massimo Vignelli's Graphics Standard Manual in 2012 comes another Vignelli-inspired project. Hamish Smyth and Alex Daly have launched a Kickstarter to raise $29,800 to create and print a poster featuring all 468 signs of the New York City ...
06/16/2015
All images by Michele Durazzi via BehanceAt first glance, these striking architectural compositions by Florence-based digital artist Michele Durazzi look like abstracted photographs of real buildings—a subject that's been ripe for exploration. Eventually though, neither the believable human figur...
06/15/2015
New York City is hosting a lot of really great public art installations this summer, but the most awesome one yet is on Roosevelt Island. The pool of the apartment complexManhattan Park has been transformed into a candy-colored rainbow treat. Artist HOT TEA painted the pool deck with a giant mura...
06/05/2015
For many people renting apartments in New York City,renters insurance is in the back of their mind as something they should have but haven't gotten around to yet. There's no blanket rule or law requiring that you purchase a policy for your apartment, and many renters assume their stuff will be ...
06/01/2015
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Jeffrey Ditri
New York City Residential Rental Specialist