Teri Karush Rogers
Founder and publisher Teri Karush Rogers launched Brick Underground in 2009. As a freelance journalist, she had previously covered New York City real estate for The New York Times. Teri has been featured as an expert on New York City residential real estate by The New York Times, New York Daily News, amNew York, NBC Nightly News, The Real Deal, Business Insider, the Huffington Post, and NY1 News, among others. Teri earned a BA in journalism and a law degree from New York University. During law school she realized she would rather explain things than argue about them, so she returned to service journalism after graduation.
Posts by Teri Karush Rogers:
"I have an extremely helpful neighbor in my loft building. He markets in New Jersey instead of NYC and gets me food, household cleaners, etc., frequently, saving me energy and money.
If there is a snowstorm, he picks up my meds or my immediate needs in groceries locally.
He cat sits when I take a few days away and carries heavy things up and down from my basement storage room as I cannot handle the stairs.
When I am feeling under the weather, he picks up my mail and leaves it under my door.
A NY Times story today quotes a Manhattan real estate lawyer who says bed bugs are "the deep dark secret of co-ops and condos."
We agree. But there's also another deep dark secret surrounding the main topic of the story: bed bug sniffing dogs.
Too often, neighbors communicate only in elevator soundbites or through bared teeth when something’s wrong. That’s not exactly the stuff strong social bonds are made of. A little lobby-side vino is, we think, a better cultivator of neighborliness.
It doesn’t have to cost a fortune, and you don't have to wait for the holidays.
All vertical villages are not alike--just look at what residents are saying on their buildings’ online bulletin boards.
“On the West Coast you’ll find more people writing recommendations about restaurants or other lifestyle things. In New York you find more ‘Type A’ postings—more evidence of people living with more time pressures,” says Jerry Kestenbaum, whose BuildingLink online communications tool is used by around 800 luxury apartment buildings in 17 states.
Q. A co-op board member authorized his children to place a huge charity collection can for Haiti on the doorman's desk in the lobby. I think it's a nice gesture but totally inappropriate especially in a family building--pretty soon we're going to end up with 25 collection cans on the front desk.
What policies do other buildings have on fundraising activities by residents in the lobby?
- Expiration date for 2 kids in a 2 bedroom apartment (UrbanBaby forum)
- Your building's earthquake risk factor (NY Mag)
- Resale-wise, it may be better to renovate a small apt than a large one (The Apple, Peeled)
- Smoking bans in co-ops and condos (UrbanBaby forum)
