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Clio Chang

Staff Writer, Curbed

Clio Chang is a staff writer at Curbed who covers everything New York City. She was previously at New Republic and VICE.

  1. street fights
    ‘Please Don’t Hang Out Here’The West Village is wary but ready for Gen-Z fans of ‘Sex and the City’ to discover Magnolia Bakery and 66 Perry.
  2. eclipse
    Partial solar eclipse in New York City
    Watching New York Watch the EclipseIn parks, at museums, on their roofs…
  3. eclipse
    Solar Eclipse Over The United States
    We Answer Your New York–Specific Eclipse QuestionsCan I watch this from my stoop? Will the entire city be gridlocked?
  4. who’s selling
    E.B. White’s Childhood Home Is for SaleThe six-bedroom Mount Vernon mansion has recently been renovated.
  5. furniture
    2023 Baby2Baby Gala Presented By Paul Mitchell - Red Carpet
    Kim Kardashian Has No Donald Judds in Her OfficeSays the Judd Foundation.
  6. mysteries
    Why Is My Apartment So Dusty All the Time?It took several air monitors, a Ziploc of my own hair, and two scientists to find out.
  7. getting around
    US-LIFESTYLE
    Every Question We Could Think of About Congestion PricingHow to run errands in the zone, find your toll rate, and figure out if you’re eligible for an exemption.
  8. bad landlords
    Slumlord
    What Happens After Your Landlord Is Arrested?As Daniel Ohebshalom begins a 60-day sentence at Rikers, his tenants are about to find out.
  9. listings
    A House on Oak Island Is for SaleFor $500,000, a chance to live in oceanfront isolation less than an hour away from Manhattan.
  10. brick & mortar
    Casa Magazines Has Been Sold“I know it’s time,” says Mohammed Ahmed, owner of the West Village newsstand beloved by print diehards.
  11. parks
    Climbing Rat RockAt 22, Ashima Shiraishi is one of the best in the world. She owes it, at least in part, to Fredrick Law Olmsted.
  12. brick & mortar
    Here Come the Tiny Whole FoodsA scaled-down store — think D’Agostino’s — will open on the Upper East Side later this year.
  13. noise
    I Tried to Fix My Block’s Honking ProblemInstead I went insane.
  14. migrant crisis
    ‘They’re Gonna Hang Out in Whole Foods’A Monday night with the residents fighting a proposed shelter for migrants in Gowanus.
  15. getting around
    People Are Still Quite Worked Up About Congestion Pricing“I’m a resident, you know, so this is very unfair and unfair to my mom.”
  16. celebrity
    Hilton Hilton Is Here HereBoutique real estate care of Rick, Barron, and Tessa.
  17. neighborhood report
    Everything’s Bigger in Long Island City Right NowThe high-rise population is booming and rents are climbing as Manhattan expats learn to love the 7.
  18. public art watch
    James Turrell Skyspace Opens at Friends SeminaryIt opens to the public on March 1.
  19. maintenance
    What the Massive NYCHA Corruption Sting Really RevealsThe drip-drip process of small-scale repairs, instead of full-scale renovations, is the underlying problem.
  20. who’s selling
    John Barrett’s Apartment Is for SaleThe celebrity hairstylist of Martha Stewart, Hillary Clinton, and countless socialites passed away last year.
  21. stadiums
    The 2026 World Cup Final Is Coming to ‘New York’Well, technically, it’s New Jersey, where the metro region’s only suitable soccer stadium is located.
  22. brick & mortar
    The Lidls Are ComingSoon there will be almost a dozen locations of the discount European grocery chain in New York City.
  23. listings
    Jenna Lyons’s Old Park Slope Townhouse Is for SaleAnd she would like us to know it’s not her décor.
  24. getting around
    We Now Have a Better-Than-Nothing Subway-Platform BarrierThe prototype, at 191st Street, looks simple, cheap, and modestly effective.
  25. celebrity real estate
    Alec Baldwin Clearly Doesn’t Want to Sell His Hamptons HomeHis pitch video — along with a $10 million price cut — shows that he has to.
  26. preservation watch
    How the Nivola Horses Got Their Hooves BackAll 18 modernist sculptures have been reinstalled in an Upper West Side plaza.
  27. getting around
    Kayaking to School in Broad ChannelOn one block, a night of heavy rains and high tide sometimes means breaking out a boat to get around.
  28. getting around
    The Flatbush Chick-fil-A CrunchLong waits, wrong-way drivers, and canceled orders at the chain’s only franchise in Brooklyn.
  29. developing
    And Now the Barneys Flagship Will Become CondosAfter five years of hosting Spirit Halloween and antiques-show pop-ups, the building has a new owner.
  30. trash
    2024 Is the Year of the Disappearing Trash CanThe DSNY prefers to remove cans rather than leave them to overflow.
  31. brick and mortar
    The Innkeeper Influencers Are BusyThe holidays are no time to relax for TikTok’s hygge entrepreneurs.
  32. street fights
    The Neon Peace Sign Causing Friction at the AnsoniaA 69-year-old resident was ordered to remove the symbol in her window nearly a decade ago. Now it’s back.
  33. the housing market
    Define ‘Penthouse’From low-rises to tiny top floors in new developments, brokers are getting increasingly creative with their use of “PH.”
  34. developing
    When New York’s Biggest Private Landlords Are Columbia and NYUA new bill proposes the schools start paying taxes accordingly.
  35. getting around
    Unbending License Plates With Gersh KuntzmanCongestion pricing might bring the transit vigilante out of retirement.
  36. the rent is too damn high
    The $3,500 No-Kitchen ApartmentGetting by with a mini-fridge and hot plate used to mean cheap rent. Now it’s a “versatile” amenity.
  37. getting around
    The Beginning of the End of the TurnstileA visit with the MTA’s new anti-fare evasion gates in Queens.
  38. housing
    The Landlords Are MergingTwo organizations representing owners of rent-stabilized buildings across the city may be teaming up because one of them is going broke.
  39. getting around
    Huge Hunks of Concrete Are Key to the Mayor’s Plan for Safer IntersectionsNot all approaches to “daylighting” are created equal.
  40. landlords and tenants
    Landlords Are Tanking Their Tenants’ Credit ScoresAn increasingly popular tactic to pressure tenants to pay rent on time.
  41. the royals
    Landlord King Charles Has Shady MethodsHe’s been secretly upgrading his portfolio with money from his dead subjects.
  42. getting around
    A Frank Talk About Thanksgiving TravelTips from a Port Authority veteran on flying out during this week’s storms.
  43. new york jobs
    Someone Had to Build the Giant Mushrooms for the Candy ForestDesigning the hallucinatory spectacle of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
  44. openings
    Harry Styles Is Coming to SohoPleasing, the singer’s perfume and skin-care sundries line, is opening on Crosby Street.
  45. street fights
    The Great ‘Fentanyl Trash Can’ Freak-outHow competing text threads, park litter, and a tragic Bronx day-care death made Brooklyn parents lose their minds.
  46. getting around
    Licensing E-Bikes Won’t Make the Sidewalks Safer“Every few years it’s the same neighborhoods asking the city to go after the same group of people.”
  47. neighborhood news
    The Absolute Mayhem of Halloween on Garden PlaceThe Brooklyn Heights brownstones go big (and only hand out the good stuff).
  48. getting around
    The Deadly School-Zone CrossingThe deaths of a 7-year-old in Fort Greene and a Woodhaven crossing guard were preventable and predictable.
  49. getting around
    Welcome to the McGuinness Boulevard Parking Lot–Bike Lane–Loading ZoneThe mayor made a mess of the planned redesign. Now everyone’s confused.
  50. who’s selling
    Matt Drudge Lists Very Beige Miami Compound for $2.9 MillionThe secluded property promises buyers “FOREVER PRIVACY.”
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