The Day Wendy Goodman Moved Out

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28 GREAT ROOMS [The Day I Moved Out]( How do you decide what to bring with you after 27 years in the perfect apartment? Photo: Annie Schlechter I never would have left. I’d always thought I’d be carried out feet first down that polished wood stairwell with its Arts and Crafts wallpaper. For 27 years, I had lived in this two-bedroom on the second floor of an 1854 brownstone on West 9th Street in Greenwich Village. I wrote three books there and churned out more magazine stories than I can count. I loved to give small parties where I would announce that tray tables had to come down when dinner was served (airplane joke); I never had a proper dining table. Instead, I found huge vintage linen napkins that would spill over to the floor when a plate or small tray was placed on a guest’s lap. I had a fire going all winter — until, about five years ago, I was told I wasn’t allowed to use the fireplace anymore — and in summer I placed a big batch of shells in the hearth. I looked out over a garden with a magnificent ginkgo tree. [Continue reading »]( Cyber Week Sale: [Subscribe today and get 60 percent off](unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Is New York’s Crypto-Mining Moratorium the Start of a Trend? The two-year ban is the first of its kind, possibly not the last.]( By Clio Chang [The Look Book Goes to Kathy Hochul’s Election Night Party The governor and fellow New York Democrats hosted a crowd of hundreds at Capitale as the midterm results came in.]( By Kelsie Schrader and Jenna Milliner-Waddell [The Best Vintage for Men in New York Knit beanies and Army jackets at the city’s best vintage stores for men.]( By Max Berlinger [The Six-Way Race for One New York Casino License And a closer look at the Hudson Yards option.]( By Audrey Wachs [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up for Reread: Real Estate Mania](, a newsletter resurfacing the wildest real-estate stories from the New York archives. Photo: New York Magazine [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