Andrew Alpern has lived in this one-bedroom co-op in the Penn South middle-income complex in Chelsea 1962, and had no intention of ever...
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Andrew Alpern's four-decade-long pursuit of writer and artist Edward Gorey's books and ephemera began during his frequent trips to the Gotham Book Mart.
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In 2010, Columbia University received a donation of an extensive collection of Edward Gorey items from Andrew Alpern, an architectural...
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The sad, sad tale of the demolition of one of the most astounding early skyscrapers that the city ever boasted: the John Wolfe Building.
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When a penthouse apartment in One57 sold for over $100 million last year, it broke the record for Manhattan's most expensive apartment.
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Nothing could be simpler than the purpose of a building's door — to let people in. But Andrew Alpern complicates things immediately in the...
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Manhattan real estate goes for crazy prices: Condos and co-ops can cost millions. But the city also has a long history of affordable housing in the form of...
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Many of these grand old buildings-most notably, the Beresford, the San Remo, the Dakota, the Alwyn Court Apartments, the Ansonia, the Century, and the Majestic...
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Author Andrew Alpern looks at entrances to New York City's luxury and historic residential buildings in his new book, “Posh Portals.
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Residents of the left-leaning Penn South are quarreling over a city offer that would help pay for repairs but would come with a big catch.
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