Email Author Toni Schlesinger

2003 Stories by Toni Schlesinger

• Peanuts, Popcorn

  published December 30, 2003

  Location Lincoln Center (Damrosch Park) Price $4,000 in 2000 Square feet 168 (1978 Argosy Airstream trailer, beige... More >>

• Every Single Thing

  published December 23, 2003

  Location Long Island City Rent $1,148 (market) Square feet 470 (one-bedroom in row house) Occupants Sheri... More >>

• God’s Light

  published December 16, 2003

  Location Little Italy Rent $501.72 (rent-stabilized) Square feet 295 (ground-floor studio in tenement) More >>

• The Gray Area

  published December 9, 2003

  Location: Soho Rent $1,000 (sublet in rent-regulated building) Square feet 220 (tub 'n' kitchen in... More >>

• Burning House

  published December 2, 2003

  Location Bronx (northeast) Rent $1,487 (Section 8 subsidized housing; tenant pays $86) Square feet 1,050 (floor of... More >>

• Biggest Ball in the World

  published November 25, 2003

  Location Upper West Side Rent $1,023.76 (rent-stabilized) Square feet 300 (studio in pre-war, elevator building) ... More >>

• The Story of Junk

  published November 25, 2003

  Why are people so fascinated with smell-o-rama stories about humans living with old newspapers and cat food and an accumulation of objects that is... More >>

• Johnny Comes Marching Home

  published November 18, 2003

  Location Greenpoint Rent $1,300 (market) Square feet 760 (top floor of Civil War-era brick... More >>

• The Future

  published November 11, 2003

  Location Bushwick Rent $1,450 (commercial) Square feet 1,000 (loft in 1920s former knitting... More >>

• Wounded Knee

  published November 4, 2003

  Location Garment District Rent $1,703.75 (commercial) Square feet 1,250 (loft in factory... More >>

• Violet Apples

  published October 28, 2003

  Location Upper West Side Price $92,000 in 1986 ($1,200 maintenance) Square feet 1,450 (duplex co-op apartment in... More >>

• Mice and Men

  published October 21, 2003

  Location Lower East Side Rent $2,000 (market) Square feet 1,200 (four-bedroom apartment over... More >>

• A Bit o' New York

  published October 14, 2003

  Location East Village Rent $1,043.95 (rent stabilized) Square feet 650 (four-room, tub-in-kitchen apartment in... More >>

• Casa del Rock

  published September 30, 2003

  Location Ditmas Park Rent $2,100 (market) Square feet 2,200 (two floors of 1920s house) Occupants... More >>

• Men in Bay Ridge

  published September 23, 2003

  Location Bay Ridge Rent $1,400 (market) Square feet 1,400 (top floor of red brick house) Occupants Jon... More >>

• Dancing Shoes at Home

  published September 16, 2003

  Location Washington Heights Price $265,000 in 1998 ($930 maintenance) Square feet 2,050 (midsize apartment in 1911... More >>

• Wild Life

  published September 9, 2003

  Location Carroll Gardens Rent $950 (market) Square feet 680 (top floor of brownstone) Occupant Susan Kyle... More >>

• Oh, Those New Urbanists

  published September 2, 2003

  Location Fort Greene Rent $1,700 (market) Square feet 750 (second floor, 19th-century... More >>

• Sex-A-Go-Go

  published August 26, 2003

  Location East Village Rent $900 (rent-stabilized) Square feet 350 (two rooms in tenement) Occupant... More >>

• Voices Carry

  published August 19, 2003

  Location Carroll Gardens Rent $200 (subsidized housing for people with mental illness) Square feet 840 (one floor of... More >>

• Swing Time

  published August 12, 2003

  Location Long Island City (Queens) Rent $2,575 (market) Square feet 2,300 (1870 two-story house) Occupants... More >>

• Silver Pants in the Backyard

  published August 5, 2003

  Location Asbury Park, New Jersey Price $135,000 (2000) Square feet 2,400 (1882 Victorian house) Occupants... More >>

• Steamy Living Room

  published July 29, 2003

  Location Williamsburg Rent $1,150 (market) Square feet 730 (ground floor of two-story house) Occupants... More >>

• Fish Story

  published July 22, 2003

  Location Prospect Heights Price $490,000 ($430.15 monthly charge) Square feet 1561 (renovated loft... More >>

• Fig Chatter

  published July 15, 2003

  Location Briarwood (Queens) Rent $1,284.62 (rent stabilized) Square feet 900 (three-bedroom apartment in 116-unit... More >>