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For the first time, the Independent Art Fair moves to the Lower East Side’s Pier 36, where designs by SO-IL and Diogo Passarinho create drama at the entrance and throughout the exhibition. curbed.com/article/indepe…

A small-c conservative Frieze New York reflects a spooked art market still feeling its way out of the wilderness. curbed.com/article/frieze…

A new StreetEasy report finds that it will take a person making the median household income 20 years to save up for a down payment in New York City. curbed.com/article/nyc-bu…

One of the city’s oddest homes finds a buyer. We talked to the broker who got $4.99 million for the Upper East Side’s Bubble House about what’s next. curbed.com/article/bubble…

Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Jonas Mekas were just a few of the residents captured in Albert Schopin’s recently recovered photos from the Chelsea Hotel. curbed.com/article/patti-…

Over the past decade, a new generation of retail brands have branched out from their Elizabeth Street origins and multiplied across the city. There are now little Nolitas everywhere. Read more from Anne Kadet: curbed.visitlink.me/3bxQM2

From Bleecker Street to the Upper East Side, a new generation of tasteful mini-chains and DTC retailers is turning NYC’s shopping corridors into clones of one another. curbed.com/article/nolita…

Here are some apartments to buy in New York City for under $1 million, including options in Brooklyn Heights, the Upper West Side, Carnegie Hill, and Gramercy Park. curbed.com/article/nyc-ap…

A West Village one-bedroom stuffed with enough antique hardware, trompe l’oeil finishes, and fine wallpaper to fill out a Victorian mansion. curbed.com/article/victor…

On a scale of Willy Loman’s garden to the ‘Panic in Central Park,’ what is the ‘Death of a Salesman’ and ‘Girls’ star’s NYQ? curbed.com/article/what-i…

The Rent Guidelines Board issued a preliminary vote on Thursday to set a range of increases for rent-stabilized apartments between 0 and 2 percent for one-year leases and between 0 and 4 percent for two-year leases. curbed.com/article/rent-f…

Tower running has taught me a lot about the secrets of our city’s tallest buildings, from 30 Rock and the Empire State Building to One Vanderbilt and One World Trade. curbed.com/article/tower-…

A reading room containing all 3.5 million pages of records related to Jeffrey Epstein that were released by the Department of Justice opens Friday in a Tribeca gallery. The pop-up runs until May 21. curbed.com/article/jeffre…

Fans of ‘On the Calculation of Volume’ by Danish author Solvej Balle, gathered at Le Pistol Bar & Cafe in Prospect Heights for a group reading of the fourth book organized by the Brooklyn Public Library. curbed.com/article/on-the…

I can’t afford to buy a place and I’ve lived in the same rent-stabilized apartment for a decade. Does it make sense to pay to renovate it at my own expense? curbed.com/article/rent-s…

New York City tennis players and coaches share where to find the best starter courts, not too expensive lessons to improve that ground stroke, and tips for getting a doubles partner. curbed.com/article/how-to…

The Met’s Costume Institute has been moved from its basement location to the front of the house, where architecture firm Peterson Rich Office has inserted two new galleries with forensic care. curbed.com/article/met-co…

The couple behind Space Club are selling their Greenpoint brownstone. It’s been gutted, renovated, and shared with millions of followers. curbed.com/article/cj-hen…

Here are some apartments to buy in New York City for under $1 million, including options in Cobble Hill, Park Slope, Chelsea, and Ditmas Park. curbed.com/article/nyc-ap…

Four years after launching sales, Brooklyn’s Refinery at Domino is finally 90 percent leased. It took some adjustments — smaller office layouts, for one. curbed.com/article/willia…