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Here’s Why Everything at Walgreens Is Suddenly Behind Plastic
The recent spike in shoplifting is both overblown and real. And almost everyone is profiting from it (including you).
Curbed on Education
I Went to Trash School
An education in “juice,” how to protect your shins, and keeping 12,000 daily tons of garbage at bay.
Curbed on Housing
How Can Fewer People + More Apartments = Higher Rent?
Getting to the bottom of a COVID-era real estate mystery.
Curbed on Photography
One Intersection, 72 Celebrities, 10,912 Clicks of the Shutter
The making of our ‘Reasons to Love New York’ cover.
Curbed on Semiotics
The Infinite Semiotics of the Office Bathroom
It is an unavoidable intersection of power and poop.
Curbed on Society
Secrets of the Christmas Tree Trade
Turf wars. Protection money. Scientology. And my boss, a man who’s half-convinced he really is Santa.
Two Supportive-Housing Projects Make the Case for Building Many More
They’re cheaper than the alternatives, acceptable to the neighbors, and successful among people who were living on the street.
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New York Now Has More Airbnb Listings Than Apartments for Rent
Even though Airbnb’s listings count has dipped this year.
500 Reasons We’ve Loved New York
A send-off to the many places, big and small, that closed in 2020.
101 ways to live sustainably
The least you can do to make a big difference where you live
The 3-Day Return to Office Is, So Far, a Dud
Hybrid work is supposed to be the future of the office. Except a lot of people just don’t like it.
Revolt of the Delivery Workers
Exploited by apps. Attacked by thieves. Unprotected by police. The city’s 65,000 bikers have only themselves to count on.
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