Big Ticket
A Photographer’s Refuge for $28.5 Million
By ROBIN FINN
A West Village compound served as home and work space for Annie Leibovitz and was the week’s most expensive residential sale in New York City.
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Cantilevers are extending buildings sideways all over New York, establishing a new frontier for developers and disconcerting preservationists.
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Developers of many new condominiums in Manhattan are phasing out one-bedroom apartments in favor of much more spacious units.
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Exclusive | 995 Fifth AvenueAn eight-room condop in a 1926 Rosario Candela jewel box opposite the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Streetscapes | City CollegeGeorge B. Post’s 1907 City College campus is the subject of an exhibition.
What I Love | Michael Urie
The Good, the Bad and the ‘Ugly Betty’
By JOANNE KAUFMAN
Michael Urie and his partner, Ryan Spahn, live on the Far West Side.
Ask Real Estate
Air Rights: A Cash Bonanza?
By RONDA KAYSEN
Annoying foot traffic intended for a dentist next door, and rules governing rent-stabilized leases are also addressed.
The Hunt
Striking While the Iron Is Hot
By JOYCE COHEN
Maria Chudnovsky and Daniel Panner went apartment-hunting on the Upper West Side.
Living in | Bedford Hills and Bedford Village, N.Y.
In Westchester, Picturesque Prosperity
By ELSA BRENNER
Buyers in these hamlets are typically Manhattanites who want to raise a family in a rural environment.
Mortgages
A Big Year for V.A. Loans
By LISA PREVOST
A new high for the Veterans Affairs program as it enters its 70th year.
Property Values
What You Get for... $750,000
By MIKE POWELL
Homes include a contemporary in a Connecticut village, pueblo-style in New Mexico and a shingled house in North Carolina.
Among Cuomo’s Proposals, a Tax Break for Renters
By MIREYA NAVARRO
Tenants making less than $100,000 a year may benefit, but Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s office has yet to offer enough details to determine the savings per household.
International Real Estate
House Hunting in ... New Zealand
By ALISON GREGOR
Prices in the Christchurch area have gone up since the 2010 earthquakes, which destroyed 10 to 15 percent of the housing stock.
Tax Break as a Not-So-Secret Weapon
By JULIE SATOW
The retooled credit, called Grow New Jersey, allows any company to apply regardless of its size or type, as long as it is considering leaving the state or moving there.
The 30-Minute Interview
Andrea L. Olshan
By VIVIAN MARINO
Ms. Olshan, 33, is the chief executive of Olshan Properties, a private real estate company that owns and manages properties in 11 states.
Recent Commercial Real Estate
By ROSALIE R. RADOMSKY
Notable properties that have been recently listed for sale, sold or leased.
Building Blocks
Bronx Landmark, Under City’s Care, Is on Brink of Demolition
By DAVID W. DUNLAP
As an abandoned school faces emergency demolition, the landmarks commission calls New York’s stewardship of the building “disgraceful” and “despicable.”
The Appraisal
Loft Life in a Building Once Evacuated Over Matzos
By CARA BUCKLEY
Residents of 475 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, are more secure about their homes thanks to a law that gives loft buildings a path to residential status.
Manhattan Real Estate Market Surging at Year’s End
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
Despite the flurry of sales activity, the median sales price of $855,000 was up just slightly from the same quarter of 2012, according to a report to be released on Friday.
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On the Market in New York City
A Chelsea condo with full-time doormen; an Inwood postwar co-op; and a South Slope penthouse.
On the Market in the Region
In Cranbury Village, a 1861 Victorian; and a Westchester contemporary on one acre.
Exclusive | 995 Fifth Avenue
An eight-room simplex on the 6th-floor is about to enter the market at $13.5 million. The building occupies a prime spot opposite the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
What I Love | Jill and Jimmy Haber
The couple’s 25-foot-wide townhouse on the Upper East Side boasts six fireplaces and an indoor basketball court.
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When Pop Stars Go Into Rehab
By STEVEN KURUTZ
Bruce Buck for The New York Times
Joseph Simmons (Rev Run) and his wife, Justine, renovated their house in Saddle River, N.J., for a new TV show. Daryl Hall is restoring his 1787 farmhouse in rural Connecticut for another show.
Rev Run of Run-D.M.C. and Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates have nothing in common except die-hard fans and new home-renovation shows on the DIY Network.
In the Garden
A New Leaf? How About a New Garden?
By ANNE RAVER
The writer makes New Year’s resolutions, but where will they be resolved?
On Location | Santa Monica, Calif.
Aspiring to Nothing
By SANDY KEENAN
Leaving Malibu wasn’t easy, but an almost net-zero house was one compensation.
Shopping With Stephen Sills
Firewood Containers: Put a Little Love in Your Hearth
By TIM McKEOUGH
It’s going to be a long winter. You’ll need a place to store all those logs.
Market Ready
Do Separate Tubs and Showers Appeal to Buyers?
By TIM McKEOUGH
Yes, and you can pull it off even with a small bathroom.
Q&A
If Winter Takes Aim at the Plumbing
By BOB TEDESCHI
How to prevent pipes from bursting as temperatures plummet below the level you and your house are used to.
Walls
Bright Stripes, Big City
By STEPHEN MILIOTI
New vinyl wallcoverings for Wolf-Gordon are inspired by urban lights and digital noise.
Furniture
A Classic Rolls Back Into Production
By ARLENE HIRST
A Danish company has reissued Hans Wegner’s 1955 Swivel desk chair.
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