Real Estate
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I Want to Switch to an Electric Stove. Can the Board Stop Me?
Quitting gas makes sense for the environment and your health, but not all buildings are equipped to go electric.
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At the Domino Sugar Refinery, a Glass Egg in a Brick Shell
After Two Trees took over the restoration of the refinery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the plan for offices, retail, housing and…
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I Love You, but I Don’t Want to Sleep With You
Snoring and conflicting schedules are top reasons couples decide to sleep in separate bedrooms. Sex therapists and marriage counselors have…
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Are Tiny Homes a Solution to the Housing Crisis?
At the International Builders’ Show, exhibitors offered mini prefab houses, kitchens ‘like Swiss Army knives’ and other strategies for dealing…
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How to Turn an Ugly-Duckling House Into a Swan
You’d never know that this gracious Brooklyn home was once a frumpy two-family house. Here’s how one couple transformed it.
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In Some Buildings, Dogs Go Out With the Trash
The four-legged pets are welcome, but not welcome everywhere. Their owners must carry them or use a service elevator.
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Single Women Own More Homes Than Single Men
A look at where the ownership gap is greatest and smallest across the U.S.
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Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Queens
This week’s properties are on the Upper West Side, in the Flatiron district and in Astoria.
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Homes for Sale in New Jersey and New York
This week’s properties are a six-bedroom house in Frenchtown, N.J., and a three-bedroom house in Locust Valley, N.Y.
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They Call Her the Godmother of Southern Seeds for a Reason
For a quarter of a century, Ira Wallace has nurtured seeds and gardeners: ‘When you say her name in our…