In honor of Bastille Day, see NYC's grandest Beaux-Arts and French Renaissance-style buildings
July 14 marks the celebration of Bastille Day, or the national day of France. The day is the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, a significant moment during the French Revolution and now celebrated as a national holiday. National events traditionally feature a military par... Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Could SROs help New Yorkers find affordable housing? + The best $500K buys in Manhattan today
Until the late twentieth century, New York City had one housing option that has now all but disappeared: the single-room occupancy or SRO, also known as a rooming house unit. From the fictional Jo March in Little Women, who lived in a mid-19th-century rooming house, to the real-life Sylvia Plath... Tuesday, July 14, 2026