New York City

House Porn, New York City Style, Continued

By Candy Evans / January 18, 2011 /

I found this jazzy website showcasing 5 East 44th, and listening to it just reminded me of the good old days when properties could be sold for $1500 per square foot. (Ah, those were the days.) Also found out this building¬† is one of the narrowest “slivers” in midtown, only 28 feet wide, designed by…

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House Porn, New York City-Style

By Candy Evans / January 15, 2011 /

Before I leave the Big Apple I must treat you to a little House Porn. This unit is small by Texas standards at 629 square feet, but perfect if NYC is your second home. You just don’t need a Sam’s closet in Manhattan; Duane Reade is a block away, they are open 24/7 and even…

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Why We Need Multiple Homes: Are There Any (Starving) Artists in Dallas?

By Candy Evans / November 24, 2010 /

Remember that post about it being too darn expensive for starving artists to live in NYC, so they are moving to Berlin and, well we’d hope, here to Dallas because our cost of living is allegedly so much cheaper? Well my dear (and quite brilliant) friend, Samantha Shaddock, who has a new (and fabulous) blog…

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Cost of Living in NYC Drives Out Artists — Could Dallas Benefit?

By Candy Evans / November 19, 2010 /

You think of SoHo and anything south as where it all began with artists in New York City, where they all live as they did years ago before it cost more than an arm, a leg, your first-born child and a bedbug-sniffing dog 24/7 to live in Manhattan. But guess what: artists now think NYC…

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