Posts tagged living
Striking a pose on Houston Street…SoHo, Manhattan (via humansofnewyork)
From Searching…To Finding. Introducing The New Corcoran.com.
Join 1stDibs designer Vicente Wolf on a video walk-through of the Penthouse Apartment at 50 Gramercy Park North…Gramercy, New York City (via The Corcoran Group)
Grandmother and Granddaughter happily posing for the camera…Washington Heights, NYC (via humansofnewyork)
Walking and texting in the Heights…Washington Heights, NYC (via Zadi Diaz on Flickr)
Living La Dolce Vita on a New York City Rooftop…Chinatown, NYC (via Davide Filippini)
The Self-Proclaimed Mayor of Gramercy Park Arlene Harrison…New York City, NY (via NYT)
The “Domestic Transformer”
With the price of housing on the rise, the not-so-super-rich denizens of the world’s more expensive cities have been driven toward smaller and smaller apartments. Some have sought refuge in the suburbs or far-flung corners of their respective metropolises, but others have used more creative methods for dealing with the small spaces. The Hong Kong-based architect Gary Chang used his considerable professional skills to create the “Domestic Transformer,” a 330-square-foot apartment that can be transformed into 24 different “rooms,” one of which is a screening room with hammock seating. (via Curbed)
The Fish Market Cleans Up Good
The area around the South Street Seaport, a 13-block historic district bounded by the East River and by Dover Street and the Brooklyn Bridge to the north, Pearl Street to the west, and John Street to the south, is now a neighborhood with two very different characters.
To the north is a growing residential area served by small businesses like Jack’s Stir Brew Coffee and Pasanella & Sons Vintners. To the south, below Beekman Street, is the tourists’ domain, where busloads of visitors wander by the chain stores along Fulton Street and the souvenir shops at Pier 17.
New outdoor spaces include the Imagination Playground, at Front, John and South Streets. Designed by David Rockwell, it is thronged by children and parents. Earlier this summer, construction was completed on the first phase of the East River Waterfront Esplanade, between Wall Street and Maiden Lane.
There are also newly opened bike lanes and a new East River Ferry at Pier 11. The New Amsterdam Market, an upscale farmers’ market held weekly at the former fish market, has also drawn local food-lovers. (read more at NYTimes)
There’s a big movement toward smaller and more sustainable living happening across the globe. Us New Yorkers are accustomed to living in smaller spaces, and the compromises that come with living here - from living in a 75 sq. ft. apartment, to sharing something not much bigger. Greg Kloehn has crafted an amazing home out of a dumpster - redefining sustainable and mobile living! Check it out.
A breakup left Ed Casabian wondering where to go with the rest of his life. In 2010, he had an idea to travel to a different New York City neighborhood every week. Since then he has spent 15 months traveling as The NYC Nomad, documenting and blogging his adventures every step of the way.
We try to use the stairs as often as possible, but this would just brighten up any day.
Getting people to use the stairs over an escalator.
We believe that the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better is by making it fun to do. We call it The fun theory.
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Turn Gardening On Its Head
Instead of occupying precious counter space, these ceramic planters hang from the ceiling, a clever design for contemporary living.
Cool, you say, but how do you not end up with plant guts splattered all over the floor? We wondered the same thing. The solution is simple but ingenious: Remove ready-grown plant from its container and place into Sky Planter. Once locked in place with the circular ceramic disk, flip the pot and suspend from a securely fastened ceiling hook. Voilé! An upside down plant.
Get yours at AHA Life!
Things To Get Used To In New York City
So you’ve just moved to New York. By all means, be bright eyed and bushy-tailed, because that is a good way to start things out. There are inevitably going to be some things that will be different from home, and these might irritate you initially. Over time you will begin to acclimate yourself to the unique features of this massive metropolis, and you might even start to like some of them. Frankly, the sooner you do the better. Therefore, in the spirit of public service, here’s a short list of things you’re going to have to get used to now that you’re here. (Read more via Thought Catalog)
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