Tag Archives: SoHo

New Year’s in New York

Posted on January 2, 2013 by

AS THE OLD YEAR CAME TO A CLOSE, I said goodbye to my beloved East Hampton cottage — at least for a year, perhaps forever. Yet as I drove away on December 15, leaving it to my new renters — … Continue reading →

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Down Memory Lane

Posted on October 22, 2010 by

THIS OLD-HOUSE FIXATION OF MINE is nothing new. I came to Manhattan at 17 to attend NYU and lasted one year in a dorm. Since then, I’ve never lived in a modern building, only 19th century relics — a series … Continue reading →

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Art or Furniture? You Decide

Posted on April 10, 2009 by

IN A PRE-WAR TENEMENT BUILDING in Harlem, Paul Johnson of SoHo’s Johnson Trading Gallery renovated an apartment from scratch. Take a look here into his private collection of boundary-pushing works. It started for the 34-year-old Johnson, a Toronto native, on … Continue reading →

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