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When Your Boss Is Your Landlord
  + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Anna Kodé | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
A five-minute walk to work and around $600 a month in rent was hard to pass up in 1990. Rodolfo Calica worked as a parking attendant at Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Park, Brooklyn. His wife, Queenie Calica, also began working there in the 2000s as a housekeeper. It made sense to them to move into one of the nearby buildings that Maimonides bought in the 1980s to serve as housing for its employees. Now, after spending more than 30 years in the home, the Calicas are facing eviction.
Persons: Rodolfo Calica, Queenie Calica, Maimonides, , , Calica Organizations: Medical Locations: Borough Park , Brooklyn, Philippines
In a 115-year-old ferry terminal in New York’s financial district, an abundance of excess now exists. Walls lined with Loro Piana cashmere, Brooklyn Bridge views, a wellness center, a jazz bar — all of it can be yours for $3,900 annually (or just $2,500, if you’re under 30). Since it opened in 2021, Casa Cipriani has become one of the city’s buzziest private clubs. No photos are allowed in the “living room” — last year, some members were reportedly ousted after guests snapped pictures of Taylor Swift with Matty Healy. And there’s a dress code — jeans are allowed, so long as they have “no rips.”
Persons: Casa Cipriani, Taylor Swift, Matty Healy Locations: New, Brooklyn
What Does the Real Estate Shake-Up Mean for New Yorkers?
  + stars: | 2024-03-21 | by ( Anna Kodé | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Myriad questions remain — not least, how the settlement will impact U.S. home prices, how sales commissions will be determined, and who will pay them. But in New York City, where the primary real estate trade group is the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), most agents aren’t members of N.A.R. settlement may not directly affect New York City buyers and sellers, its impact is expected to ripple across the nation. settlement “may impact the New York City market,” and that they would be reviewing the N.A.R. settlement “and will provide an analysis to REBNY members shortly.”
Persons: REBNY, Organizations: National Association of Realtors, Real, Board, New Locations: New York City, New York
Fixing Central Park’s Bumpy Sidewalks
  + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Anna Kodé | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
The sidewalks surrounding Central Park were designed to help you escape. Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the landscape architects behind the landmark, proposed in their 1858 planning document to plant a plush line of trees to separate the sidewalk and the road, “for the purpose of concealing the houses on the opposite side of the street, from the park, and to insure an umbrageous horizon line.”Hexagonal asphalt tiles were placed and granite blocks were laid out in intricate herringbone and basket-weave patterns, forming the distinctive path that is now traversed by 42 million visitors every year.
Persons: Frederick Law Olmsted, Calvert Vaux Locations: Calvert,
The origins of Black History Month can be traced back nearly a hundred years to an unassuming, three-story brick rowhouse in Washington. In 1922, Carter G. Woodson, known as “the father of Black history,” bought the home at 1538 Ninth Street for $8,000. The home served as the headquarters for the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (which is now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, or A.S.A.L.H.). It’s where The Journal of Negro History and The Negro History Bulletin were based, and it’s where he initiated the first Negro History Week — the precursor to Black History Month — in 1926. “If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated,” Dr. Woodson famously wrote.
Persons: Carter G, Woodson, , wouldn’t, ” Dr Organizations: Association for, Associated Publishers Locations: Washington
What’s Your Dream Office Setup?
  + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Emma Goldberg | Anna Kodé | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Take our quiz to find out what your ideal office looks like. Now, amid return-to-office efforts, office design is once again undergoing a shift. (Read More: The Envy Office: Can Instagrammable Design Lure Young Workers Back?) We identified three prominent office archetypes from recent decades, including the cubicle farm, the tech utopia and today’s Envy Office. But what if you could pick features from any era of office design to create the perfect one for you?
Locations: New York
Inside the “blueberry muffin” conference room, the walls are, naturally, painted blue. Nearby is the “fruity” conference room, with “razzle dazzle” red walls and vintage chairs upholstered in yellow pineapple printed cloth. Down the hallway is “maple waffle,” the room where the company holds its more serious meetings with investors. This is the office of the cereal brand Magic Spoon, which was introduced in 2019 and, starting last year, called its roughly 50 employees back to in-person work, at least two days a week. “One of our core company values is, ‘Be a Froot Loop in a world of Cheerios,’” said Greg Sewitz, a Magic Spoon co-founder.
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What’s in Our Queue? ‘Circus’ and More
  + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Anna Kodé | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
What’s in Our Queue? ‘Circus’ and MoreI’m a reporter for the Real Estate section of The New York Times. Lately, I’ve been into media and art that can alleviate the (sometimes painful) mundanity of everyday life. Here are five things that have left me feeling inspired lately →
Persons: , I’ve, Organizations: New York Times
The plan was that Mr. Paul would be close by, but his parents would also share the duplex with their friends, another older couple. Word of the duplex plan spread among other members of the Indian community, and Mr. Paul started to think that it could be something bigger. Priya Living started off with just one 26-unit location in Santa Clara, Calif., where Mr. Paul’s parents moved in. Mr. Paul also said that the company has acquired land for future development in Michigan and Texas. In total, Priya Living has over 530 residents in the United States.
Persons: Arun, Paul, , , , Mr, Priya, Priya Living Organizations: Locations: Bay, India, aunties, Santa Clara, Calif, California, New Delhi, Michigan, Texas, United States
“Selling Sunset” is anything but subtle. The Netflix reality show follows a cast of real estate professionals at the Oppenheim Group, a Los Angeles-based luxury brokerage. But as viewers continue to binge the show season after season, chatter has focused not on what the agents and associates are selling, but what they are wearing. Though high-production scripted shows like “Succession” and “White Lotus” sparked lengthy over-analysis surrounding “stealth wealth” or “quiet luxury,” the wardrobe on “Selling Sunset” is flashier — there are more sequins than pinstripes. The show’s sixth season, which premiered in May, was in Netflix’s Top 10 most-watched shows in nearly 60 countries, and there’s more to come — Season 7 premieres on Friday.
Persons: Organizations: Netflix, Oppenheim, Netflix’s Locations: Los Angeles
Gaurav Passy and Pooja Tandon, who are both 33 and live in Delhi, got married in 2019 and ultimately decided to allow a couple from Mexico to join their wedding. Ms. Tandon, who took some convincing, is happy they did. At one point, the guests told Ms. Tandon, a manager at an engineering firm, about how they noticed similarities between the ceremonies they performed at home with some of the Indian rituals they witnessed. “We call ourselves so culturally different, but that’s not the case,” Ms. Tandon said. (Join My Wedding tries to cap tourists at half a dozen per wedding.)
Persons: Ms, Parkanyi, , Gaurav Passy, Pooja Tandon, Tandon, that’s, Mr, Passy Locations: Delhi, Mexico
Apartment 10W at 45 East 66th Street went up for sale for $6.5 million in July. The prewar apartment includes “an abundance of sunshine, high ceilings, and beautiful hardwood floors,” according to the listing. The seller, Rudolph W. Giuliani, could certainly use the cash. There “are a lot of bills that he’s not paying, from a $57,000 phone bill to significantly more,” Mr. Katz said at the hearing. “I think that this is very humbling for Mr. Giuliani.”
Persons: , Rudolph W, Giuliani, Adam Katz, , Mr, he’s, Katz Organizations: Smartmatic, Fox News
“My mother said to always plant forsythia where people can see it, so it greets you, because it’ll be the first thing in bloom,” Ms. Harden said. Last fall, Ms. Harden, 64, wrapped filming on “Knox Goes Away,” a thriller with Michael Keaton and Al Pacino that will make its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. This fall, she is reprising her role as the acerbic reporter Maggie Brener in the third season of Apple TV’s “The Morning Show,” alongside Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston. But while Ms. Harden, who won a best supporting actress Oscar for her role as Lee Krasner in the 2000 film “Pollock,” also has a home in Los Angeles, she spends most of her time off here in upstate New York. (This interview was conducted before the continuing strike by the SAG-AFTRA union.)
Persons: Marcia Gay Harden, , it’ll, Ms, Harden, , “ Knox, Michael Keaton, Al Pacino, Maggie Brener, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Oscar, Lee Krasner, “ Pollock, Organizations: ATV, Toronto, Apple, SAG Locations: New York City, Mountaindale, Los Angeles, New York
The next day, Jason Haber, a real estate agent with Compass, started a Change.org petition demanding that Mr. Parcell resign. “I reached out to representatives for speakers at their upcoming conferences, asking them to withdraw their speaking slots. We were putting a lot of pressure on the organization.”Complaints about Mr. Parcell began to surface after Janelle Brevard, a former employee who said she had had a consensual relationship with Mr. Parcell, sued the group for racial and sexual discrimination and harassment. Ms. Brevard, who is Black, handled the group’s podcasts and videos and much of its marketing materials from 2019 to 2022. She said that after their relationship ended she was excluded from meetings and business trips and that Mr. Parcell, who is white, threatened to have her fired, according to her lawsuit.
Persons: Parcell’s, Jason Haber, Parcell, , Mr, Haber, Janelle Brevard, Brevard Organizations: Times, Compass Locations: N.A.R
Gen Z’s Housing Anguish
  + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Anna Kodé | More About Anna Kodé | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
For years, we’ve been told that what you pay for housing shouldn’t exceed 30 percent of your monthly income. I knew that sticking to that maxim was getting harder for many people because housing costs have soared in the past few years, which I’ve written about as a reporter for The Times’s Real Estate section. Not very, especially for many Gen Z adults who have recently moved into their first homes and are early in their careers. My colleague Karen Hanley and I spoke with dozens of them across the country for a story that recently published about how they’re living with high housing costs. Most said they couldn’t imagine a future in which they owned a home; some even laughed at the prospect.
Persons: we’ve, Karen Hanley, Ives Williams, It’d, Locations: Baltimore
At first glance, Maison Lune, an art gallery in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles, looks exactly like a home. Yes, there are paintings and ceramics on display, but there’s also a bed, a full kitchen, a bathtub. In early 2022, when Sandrine Abessera and Lubov Azria moved in, they immediately felt it was a space that needed to be shared. It was also about rethinking the typical art-viewing experience — a departure from the white-cube art gallery, said Ms. Abessera, 45, an artist and designer. “We were drawn to this idea of being an art gallery,” she said, but one “where you can sit and it’s not just a blank box.”
Persons: Maison, there’s, Sandrine Abessera, Lubov Azria, , Azria, Max Azria, Abessera, , it’s Locations: Maison Lune, Venice, Los Angeles
Yoko Ono and the Dakota
  + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Anna Kodé | More About Anna Kodé | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
But for the last 50 years, there was a constant — Yoko Ono lived in the Dakota. She stayed even after that tragic December day in 1980 when John Lennon was fatally shot right outside the building. Ms. Ono’s presence sustained the mystique of the Dakota — already well known as a coveted quarters for celebrities and artists when she and Mr. Lennon moved into the Upper West Side apartment complex in 1973. To the distaste of some other residents, the couple at one point owned five units at the Dakota, which — in addition to being their primary residence — they used as a guest home, a storage space and a studio for Ms. Ono. The living space and studio alone had a combined square-footage of nearly 6,000 square feet, New York magazine reported in 1996.
Persons: Duane Reades, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Lennon, Ono Organizations: New York, New, Dakota Locations: New York City, Dakota, New York
Who Is Daddy’s Little Meatball?
  + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Anna Kodé | More About Anna Kodé | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Several employees at souvenir shops in Chinatown said that the shirts were a relatively recent addition. They started carrying them after noticing their popularity at stores in Little Italy. One employee at a Chinatown gift shop said that the store started carrying the “Daddy’s Little Meatball” shirt just two months ago. It has sold “Mommy’s Little Meatball” for the past couple of years, he said, but he has noticed sales for both increasing this summer. Ajit Biswas, who works at a gift shop on Canal Street, said that the store sold about 10 to 15 of the shirts every day, adding that “Mommy’s Little Meatball” is the more popular option.
Persons: Scalise, , , ” Marcel Danesi, Ajit Biswas Organizations: University of Toronto Locations: Chinatown, Little Italy
Barbie, Her House and the American Dream
  + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Anna Kodé | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +17 min
Barbie, Her House and the American Dream Take a stop-motion journey with the young, single homeowner of the Dreamhouse. Today according to Mattel, the toymaker behind the iconic doll, a new Barbie Dreamhouse is sold every two minutes. A vintage Barbie doll puts a record on, dances and sits down. He came to Barbie’s house.”Now, Ms. Dalsing lives in Saint Joseph, Mo., in what she called her own dream house. “In the early 2000s, single women were the fastest growing group of home buyers in the United States,” she said.
Persons: Ken isn’t, Barbara Millicent Roberts, Roberts —, Barbie, ” Ruth Handler, Ken, Handler’s, , Barbie’s Dreamhouse, , Deborah Dinner, wasn’t, weren’t, Barbie’s, Felix Burrichter, “ Barbie Dreamhouse, ” Barbie’s, Sue Dalsing, Dalsing, “ Ken didn’t, , ” It’s, Elliot Handler, Handler, Lisa McKnight, Mattel’s Barbie, Hugh Hefner’s, Helen Gurley Brown’s, , Brown’s, Brown, Young, Tiffany, Barbie —, Houseplants, Burrichter, might’ve, Maddie Bone, Bone, Homer, , Ms, Amy Castro, ” Ms, Castro, Isabelle Roy, , Roy, He’s, Barbie couldn’t, Christie, Kim Culmone, Catherine E, McKinley, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer, Greenwood, Spencer, It’s Organizations: Mattel, New York Times, , Cornell University, Survey, Wisconsin ., Furniture, The Times, Spice, University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Locations: crave, Britain, Saint Joseph, Mo, Barbie’s, Wisconsin, Levittown, Waldoboro, United States, Canadian, Alberta, Palm Springs
When Roxana Kadyrova first moved to New York at age 24 nearly a decade ago, she felt an overwhelming sense of loneliness. Coming from Moscow, she’d always enjoyed the thrill of being in a new place all on her own, but this time was different. And in this city where everybody’s on top of each other, you’re just constantly living under the weight of it,” said Ms. Kadyrova, 34, an artist. To make the work she wanted to make, Ms. Kadyrova said, she needed to be on her own and once again feel that sense of not being tied down to anyone or anything. She needed precarity.
After the first time Anna Beagley saw gray floors, she couldn’t get them out of her mind. “They’re a nice, neutral color but still give the room a light, airy vibe.”She hasn’t looked back since 2021 when she renovated her home in Utah and installed the vinyl gray flooring. “I can add touches of any color I want without really worrying if it will clash,” said Ms. Beagley, 34, an analyst. But she began to notice an impassioned discourse about dust-colored floors take place online. Gray floors have been a source of vitriol for many people, who’ve expressed their distaste on social media with posts that have frequently gone viral.
The tomes are all “rescue books,” ones that would otherwise be discarded or recycled for paper pulp, said Charles Roberts, the president of Books by the Foot’s parent company, Wonder Book. There are other, sometimes counterintuitive, uses for fake tomes as well. Instead, perforated aluminum plates emblazoned with images of books can be found, primarily on the upper shelves of the atrium. Tina Ramchandani, an interior designer in New York, said that her firm has used fake books in both commercial and residential settings. For a dressing room in a members-only club in New Jersey, “where nobody was really going to read the books, but where there were bookshelves, we got all fake books,” Ms. Ramchandani said.
A Supermodel SuesIn 2021, Ms. Evangelista, one of the most recognizable supermodels of the 1980s and ’90s, said she had gone into a long seclusion after developing P.A.H. Ms. Evangelista declined to comment for this article. received over 1,100 reports of adverse events from CoolSculpting treatments — more than in the entire previous decade. was, she would work out constantly, trying to lose the fat that had emerged after CoolSculpting. Research was contributed by Sheelagh McNeill , Kitty Bennett , Alain Delaquérière , Kirsten Noyes and Jack Begg .
Lauren Held and Kyle Frederick didn’t think they could afford to own a home anytime soon, especially in Seattle’s pricey housing market. “It seemed way too competitive, with way too much tech money all around us,” she said. So the couple, both North Carolina natives, started casually hunting for a house to buy, hoping something would work out. “But we were still seeing multiple offers.”They wanted to stay in north Seattle, preferably in an area like Phinney Ridge. The pandemic market was cooling, but homes in north Seattle were still going for over asking price.
Joan Didion’s Life in Objects
  + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Anna Kodé | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +15 min
(Ms. Didion’s death was the result of complications from Parkinson’s disease.) Ms. Didion’s stylish Corvette Stingray isn’t in the sale, but the photos that made it famous are. Quintana eventually pulled through, but died in 2005 at 39, a few months before Ms. Didion’s 2005 book, “The Year of Magical Thinking,” was published. In the book, Ms. Didion wrote about the heartbreak and challenges of that era of her life: “I learned to find equal meaning in the repeated rituals of domestic life. Following Ms. Didion’s passing, Ms. Smith, an artist and singer known as the “godmother of punk,” posted a tribute on Instagram, articulating what many felt.
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