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Feb 11, 2016

5 Questions with Roman and Williams

We’ll argue that the world’s most completely badass architecture and design duo are Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch of Roman and Williams.

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Mar 14, 2016

5 Questions with Robert Reffkin.

When is a start-up no longer a start-up? We’d suggest it’s when you have locations in six major metropolitan markets, $123,000,000 in seed money raised and a Street valuation of about $800M. Not bad for a real estate/tech hybrid that started in one of it’s co-founders…

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The Shafer-McHale Team in On the Real

Feb 18, 2019

Talking Amazon.

The Shafer-McHale Team in On the Real

Feb 9, 2016

THE ORIGIN OF DELANCEY STREET

Hopping off the train at the ever bright and fragrant subway station at Delancey Street, you may find a large pair of crimson berries dangling in your face. What’s the deal…

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The Shafer-McHale Team in On the Real

Mar 23, 2016

Mooney House.

Eat your heart out, Bob Vila: feast your eyes on The Edward Mooney House. It’s the oldest surviving row house in New York City, located on Pell Street and the Bowery. Built sometime between…

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Feb 23, 2016

TAMMANY HALL.

You want to go back to the glory days of corruption? Hop in the DeLorean, set the clock to 1869 and pay a visit to Tammany Hall.

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The Shafer-McHale Team in On the Real

Feb 16, 2016

Eat. Do. Buy.

These are a few of our favorite things.

BUY.
Kith Brooklyn.

The Shafer-McHale Team in On the Real

Feb 9, 2016

LOCAL LORE: THE BLIZZARD OF 1888

Think winter in the city is rough? It could be so much worse…

If there’s one thing New Yorkers enjoy tweaking about, it’s snow. We eat adverse commuting conditions for breakfast, but put a little frozen…

The Shafer-McHale Team in On the Real

Feb 9, 2016

UNDER (WATER) PRESSURE

When most of us envision the New York skyline we think about high-flying skyscrapers. But if you look closely at the horizon, iconic wooden water towers dot the rooftops like…

The Shafer-McHale Team in On the Real

Mar 14, 2016

Eat. Do. Buy.

These are a few of our favorite things.

Buy.
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