NYC May Fit More ‘Micro’ Apartments Into Housing Picture
December 28, 2015 2:17 pm Leave your thoughtsNEW YORK (AP) — The apartments in a new Manhattan building boast little balconies, tall ceilings, dishwashers and storage space.... Read More
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NYC’s First Micro-Unit Building Offers Tons of Cushy Services
November 27, 2015 2:48 pm Leave your thoughtsLeasing is now underway at Carmel Place, the city’s first micro-unit development. And if it’s not enough that you can... Read More
Leasing Begins for New York’s First Micro-Apartments
November 20, 2015 3:53 pm Leave your thoughtsNew Yorkers are used to living in shoe box apartments. Now, more of them can see what it is like... Read More
A Preview Tour of New York’s First Micro-Unit Apartment Building
November 17, 2015 11:13 pm Leave your thoughtsIn the past few years, we’ve heard a lot about Carmel Place, the city’s micro-apartment building. I recently was able to... Read More
Manhattan’s Overlooked Kips Bay
November 18, 2015 12:28 am Leave your thoughtsKips Bay has been called many things: isolated, concrete-heavy, a way-stop for young professionals. The east-Manhattan enclave can add another... Read More
Living Small: The making of Manhattan’s first micro-apartments
November 17, 2015 11:58 pm Leave your thoughtsLater this winter, a truck will pick up this prefabricated apartment from a former naval foundry in Brooklyn, carry it... Read More
Micro Cosmopolitan: The Promise of Tiny Apartments in a City Where Size is Everything
November 18, 2015 12:03 am Leave your thoughtsWhen Max Dorfman started apartment hunting this past spring, he had what he considered to be eminently reasonable demands: an... Read More