60 Days to Find a Not-Horrible Apartment

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( TUESDAY, MAY 31 looking to settle [60 Days to Find a Not-Horrible Apartment]( The first installment of Emily Gould’s search for a two-bedroom. Animation: Curbed It’s commonplace that New Yorkers only want to talk about real estate, but in my experience, this isn’t true. Sometimes they want to talk about things that are wholly unrelated to housing. I, unfortunately, have lost the ability to talk about anything else ever since learning in late February — while I was sick with COVID! — that my landlords were putting my apartment up for sale. A mad scramble ensued, some of which was documented in [this very magazine](. Long story short, we could not afford to buy our apartment at the top of the bubble, but some other dum-dums could, and last week, they did. We now have 60 days to find a new place, which is, I realize, not the worst thing that’s ever happened to anybody. It’s not even the worst thing that’s ever happened to me! But if you are in this moment with me, searching for a rental apartment in Brooklyn, you already know that things are fucking bananas out here. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now](for unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Misha Kahn’s Sunset Park Studio Is Home to Robots and a Night Possum “You need talented people and talented machines,” says the artist.]( By Wendy Goodman [Signe Nielsen Thinks 5G Towers Will Be a ‘Horrible Imposition’ on Our Streets The landscape architect answers Curbed’s “21 Questions.”]( As told to Diana Budds [Bioplastic Sculptures, an Okra-Inspired Rug, and More Design Finds Plus glass vessels for environmental causes.]( By Diana Budds [Designer Minjae Kim Translated His Mom’s Paintings Into Chairs “I sent her a photo of the chair. She was like, ‘Oh, it’s my painting.’”]( By Diana Budds [We Already Turned Schools Into Fortresses Kids are dying anyway.]( By Alex Yablon [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( Introducing Dinner Party, a lively new evening newsletter about everything that just happened. [Sign up]( to get it every weeknight. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved