Tour Julio Espada’s House

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( TUESDAY, JUNE 27 GREAT ROOMS [House of Julio]( Artist and fashion designer Julio Espada’s floor-through apartment in Prospect–Lefferts Gardens reflects his former shop’s aesthetic. Photo: Wendy Goodman “Originally, I lived down in the downstairs apartment,” [Julio Espada]( says as we sit at the dining table in his light-filled open living-dining room. “Literally two weeks after I moved in, it was announced we were going into lockdown.” About three months later, the family living upstairs decided to move out of the city, and their parlor-floor apartment, where he lives now, became available. This gave him access to more sunlight and the backyard, which he still has plans to tame, but not too much. During those early, isolating months, his friend Marc Jacobs got in touch with Espada and asked him to work with him on a [project for British Vogue](, to reimagine what fashion would look like post-pandemic. The two first met at Perry Ellis, where Jacobs was the designer from 1988 to 1993, and Espada was a creative consultant brought in at the end of Jacobs’s reign, when he launched his notorious “grunge collection” before leaving to start his own label. Espada’s fashion career also includes working as artistic director of Emilio Pucci from 2000 to 2003. [Continue reading »]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Where’s a Summer Intern Supposed to Live? Thousands of students join the city’s workforce each June. Finding an apartment is its own hazing ritual.]( By Margaret Dunn [An E-Bike Trade-in Program That No Delivery Workers Have Heard Of Uber’s programs to get risky e-bikes off the streets have not reached — or convinced — many food-delivery workers who use them.]( By Gaby Del Valle [People Seem to Think Gray Paint Sells Houses Buyers are apparently offering $2,512 more for places with “deep graphite” kitchens.]( By Adriane Quinlan [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( Introducing The City Desk, a weekly newsletter about New York. [Sign up to get it every Thursday](. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [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 © 2023, All rights reserved