| July 13, 2006 |
| Out of College, but Now Living in Urban Dorms |
 Kelly Frances Cook is an editorial assistant, Ivy League graduate, aspiring writer — the kind of new arrival who has long been important to the life of New York City. Young, educated and hailing from elsewhere, newcomers like Ms. Cook have historically stoked the city’s intellectual and creative fires. But, these days, how do they afford a place to live?
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| June 29, 2006 |
| Downtown Comes to Harlem |
 TALKING up N, his new fashion emporium in Harlem, Larry Ortiz posed a
question: "If we had to put Harlem in a bottle, what would the scent
be?" He then answered with no prompting. "It would obviously be a
little retro, a little 1930's." An infusion, in short, evocative of
Harlem's glory years, an era of artistic ferment that spawned Cab
Calloway, Dorothy Dandridge and Nat King Cole, fused with a modern
street-inflected sensibility.
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