In a City With Challenges, Much to Offer

ON THE AVENUE Gramatan Avenue is part of a shopping enclave, along with Broad and Grand Streets, that has a grocery store along with a variety of shops, small businesses and restaurants. IN many ways, the Fleetwood area of Mount Vernon, in southern Westchester County, is a home buyer’s dream, with its rich stock of Tudor, [...]

In a City With Challenges, Much to Offer

Keys to a Condo, and Gramercy Park

GRAMERCY PARK, a lush two-acre rectangle at the end of Lexington Avenue, is famously private. And the rules about who can enter its locked gates seem strict enough to keep it that way for a long time. Skip to next paragraph Archpartners A TWOFER A rendering of the new condo on Irving Place that is offering buyers a [...]

Keys to a Condo, and Gramercy Park

Growing Into a Nicer Place

ONCE Matt Mager abandoned the instability of an actor’s life and landed a steady job, he knew it was time to upgrade his living situation. Skip to next paragraph More Hunt Columns Enlarge This Image Tina Fineberg for The New York Times Matt Mager settles into his new place, with plenty of space. Mr. Mager, 27, had spent five years [...]

Growing Into a Nicer Place

Rooted in Times Square’s Backyard

  SUZANNE HARVEY lives just two blocks from the center of the center of the universe. From her stoop on West 44th Street, between Ninth and 10th Avenues, she can hear all the celebrations in Times Square, from the New Year’s Eve hoopla to the MTV awards to the rock and hip-hop concerts. Skip to next paragraph More [...]

Rooted in Times Square’s Backyard

In a City With Challenges, Much to Offer

ON THE AVENUE Gramatan Avenue is part of a shopping enclave, along with Broad and Grand Streets, that has a grocery store along with a variety of shops, small businesses and restaurants. IN many ways, the Fleetwood area of Mount Vernon, in southern Westchester County, is a home buyer’s dream, with its rich stock of Tudor, [...]

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Keys to a Condo, and Gramercy Park

GRAMERCY PARK, a lush two-acre rectangle at the end of Lexington Avenue, is famously private. And the rules about who can enter its locked gates seem strict enough to keep it that way for a long time. Skip to next paragraph Archpartners A TWOFER A rendering of the new condo on Irving Place that is offering buyers a [...]

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Growing Into a Nicer Place

ONCE Matt Mager abandoned the instability of an actor’s life and landed a steady job, he knew it was time to upgrade his living situation. Skip to next paragraph More Hunt Columns Enlarge This Image Tina Fineberg for The New York Times Matt Mager settles into his new place, with plenty of space. Mr. Mager, 27, had spent five years [...]

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Rooted in Times Square’s Backyard

  SUZANNE HARVEY lives just two blocks from the center of the center of the universe. From her stoop on West 44th Street, between Ninth and 10th Avenues, she can hear all the celebrations in Times Square, from the New Year’s Eve hoopla to the MTV awards to the rock and hip-hop concerts. Skip to next paragraph More [...]

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Echoes of Carnegie Hall on Fifth Avenue

Q There is a handsome orange brick building at the northeast corner at Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street that looks like the son of Carnegie Hall. Who was the architect? What was its original purpose? Is it a landmark? … James Duncan, Manhattan Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Clockwise from top left: American Architect and [...]

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A Glut of One-Bedroom Apartments

  OWNERS of one-bedroom apartments in Manhattan may be surprised if they put their homes up for sale anytime soon. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times April Hartstein was able to persuade the developer of the Jacksonia in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to add a second larger closet to her bedroom. Price appreciation for one-bedrooms [...]

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