Email Author Toni Schlesinger

1998 Stories by Toni Schlesinger

• Song of My Elf

  published December 29, 1998

  Location: Lower East Side Rent: $1950/mo. (rent stabilized) Square Feet: 380 Occupant: Santa Claus (visual... More >>

• Division of Labor

  published December 22, 1998

  Location: Financial District Price: $330,000 ($1700 maintenance) Square Feet: 1870 Occupant: Julie Gaines... More >>

• A Buyer's Market

  published December 15, 1998

  Emily Prawda (Communication Coordinator, School of Visual Arts; Part-Time Bookseller, Barnes & Noble) Income: $27,000 (1998)... More >>

• Direct Address

  published December 8, 1998

  Location: Upper West Side Rent: $750 (rent stabilized) Square Feet: 355 Occupant: Rachel Kerr (theater... More >>

• I Am a Camera

  published December 1, 1998

  Mikey Jackson (assistant cameraman) Income: $25,000 to $30,000 (this year) Health Insurance: none Rent:... More >>

• Urban Outfit

  published November 24, 1998

  Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn Rent: $1200 Square Feet: 750 Occupant: Josh Max (singer-songwriter, Josh... More >>

• To the Lighthouse

  published November 17, 1998

  Denise Jalbert a/k/a Giselle (Hair Colorist) Income: About $60,000 (last year) Health Insurance: covered by... More >>

• Grecian formula

  published November 10, 1998

  Location: Whitestone, Queens Rent: $900 (covers mortgage and taxes on father's house) Square Feet:... More >>

• Foot Hawker

  published November 3, 1998

  Ann Klahr (Salesperson) Income: $38,952 (from working part-time for half of 1997) Health Insurance: paid by mother... More >>

• Since 1985

  published October 27, 1998

  Location: East Village Price: $104,000 in 1985 ($300 maintenance) Square Feet: 1400 Occupants: Barbara... More >>

• Tomorrowland

  published October 27, 1998

  Mary Aluminum Particle Board walked through her loft one day, poured herself some water in a midcentury revival martini glass, had a personality... More >>

• Williamsburg Steeler

  published October 20, 1998

  John Laidman (metal fabricator) Income: $35,000 (last year) Health Insurance: none Rent:... More >>

• The Blond Leading the Foreclosed

  published October 13, 1998

  Location: Chelsea Rent: $1050 (sublet) Square feet: 600 Occupant: Andrew Cotton (director of design and... More >>

• Winging it

  published October 6, 1998

  Robert Reed (American Airlines flight attendant, artist) Income: $35,000 (last year) Health Insurance: 80 percent... More >>

• Swede Thing

  published September 29, 1998

  Location: Astoria Rent: $850 (market rate) Square feet: 600 Occupants: Stina Persson (freelance... More >>

• Duckie Worth

  published September 22, 1998

  Phil Hyland and Robin Cryer (singer-songwriters); Hallie Rose Steiner (age eight) Income: $20,000 (last... More >>

• Big Time

  published September 8, 1998

  Angellika (plus-size model) Income: $70,000 (last year) Health insurance: $118.34/mo. Rent:... More >>

• Czeching Out a Mathews Home

  published September 1, 1998

  Location: Long Island City, Queens Rent: $451 (rent-stabilized) Square feet: 900 Occupant: Debbie Van Cura... More >>

• Treat me in St. Louis

  published August 25, 1998

  Polly Walton, Registered Nurse, NYU Medical Center Income: $48,000 Health Insurance: provided by... More >>

• Bellevue Views

  published August 18, 1998

  Location: East 20sRent: $1031.13 (rent-stabilized)Square feet: 400Occupant: Patrick Trettenero (director,... More >>

• Hey Moomba

  published August 11, 1998

  Rebecca Hargreaves (bartender at Moomba; fashion and interior designer)Income: about $65,000Health Insurance:... More >>

• Clark Bar

  published August 4, 1998

  Location: Park Slope, BrooklynRent: $975 (rent stabilized)Square feet: 600Occupant: Dana Sherwood (art... More >>

• Martha My Fear

  published July 28, 1998

  Josh Shelov (freelance writer and director for TV, film, and theater)Income: about $30,000 (last year)Health... More >>

• Non-drag Queens

  published July 21, 1998

  Location: Forest Hills, QueensRent: $780 (market rate)Square feet: 800Occupant: Yee-Ching Lee... More >>

• Delirium conjunctivitis

  published July 14, 1998

  Ellen Marakowitz (anthropologist, Columbia University; independent researcher); Alicia Svigals (Klezmatics violinist);... More >>