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Great home - feels lived in and loved. Quick question- i love the corrugated metal fencing behind your garden area. It looks like it might be your neighbor's, but I wonder if you know how it was constructed? Might be just the modern look I need that could still keep the deer out of in my little PA cottage garden patch. Thanks!

Scavenger is fun part of AT, but I wish the host would consider selecting pieces that are not from what are, clearly, furniture stores (see 1950s secretary and pair of mid-century dressers above, which both seem to be at the same shop).

Hi-I recognize this spot; it is actually a cigar bar, not a restaurant. I imagine there are people interested in sitting outside for a smoke for a few minutes.

I was having breakfast with my dad in his rental condo near the UN. He was visiting me in NYC for the first time since I had moved here years before. My mother had passed away and it was a long time before he was able to summon the energy to come. He had driven all the way from Chicago with my mom's dog for company. I was planning to take the afternoon off and walk to the WTC to pick up half-priced tickets for a matinee at the "Hot Tix" booth inside the North tower.

My boyfriend, a journalist, called to say something had happened at the Towers and that he was headed there from our apt in the Village. I walked the few blocks to work, noting the firetrucks streaking by - the first reponders, many of whom never returned. At work we all watched simultaneously from our windows and on tv as the second plane hit. Friends called from all over the country to check on our safety.

I brought a few friends who were stranded on Manhattan back to my dad's place to wait it out until the trains were running. That evening, he and I walked the empty streets, breathing the heavy air, watching the flaming sunset, hoping that somehow the people on the "Missing" flyers could be found safe in some air pocket. No one realized then that the heat of the plane fuel melted forged steel. I made my way home to the Village, past roadblocks and checkpoints that allowed only residents through. My boyfriend was reeling from what he had witnessed and had to report; we just held each other and talked through the night.

Because the bridges and tunnels would remain closed for another week, my dad stayed in New York for some time after 9-11. I think, after losing my mother, that he was almost glad to have been here with me during this traumatic time. There wasn't anything he could do, but at least he knew I was safe and that the city was lifting itself up in response to this great tragedy.

I don't know why all the negativity. FSBO postings have been on AT for a couple of years. They are not supposed to be "aspirational" nor necessarily examples of good design. They are available to enhance AT's community - by letting AT'ers get an early jump on apartments that are For Sale By Owner (i.e. a much better deal than through a broker and very, very rare in NYC).

Personally, I feel like the DC posts in general don't belong on the NYC site as they are generally very irrelevant to us, but that's my own thang to get over.

You can also find them here online in lots of colors:
http://www.hip-housewares.com/products/hip_picks/rubberband.htm

I just had a new white porcelain kitchen sink installed, and the guys left little globs of clear acrylic adhesive on the sink and countertop. Does anyone know how to remove this stuff without scratching the procelain or staining the counter? Thanks!

Hi- Love the idea, but more details, please! what kind of lighting fixture did you use? (long-tubed undercounter types or something with several little lights scattered around)? Is it hard wired or does it plug in somewhere? And how do you turn it on/off? And what is "laminated starfire glass"? Would just frosted white glass do the same thing? Thank you!!

I recently sold my sofa on CL to a funny, wacky young woman who then added me to her general email list (she is an actress/performer). Just this week I received an email that she was on "This American Life" with Ira Glass, contributing a story about writing her own break-up song with the real-life help of Phil Collins. I had to listen (free download of the show at www.thislife.org) and was amazed. I still don't really know her, but she added something fantastic to my day. I certainly hope the boyfriend didn't get the sofa in the split. Thanks, Craig!

Hey NYC'ers - there are two high-end kitchens on auction for HUGE savings on the "Built it Green" website. They include Bulthaup cabinets, Gaggennau ovens/range and a Bosch dishwasher all for under $10k! I think it is on for 3 days more:
http://www.bignyc.org/lightbulthaup
http://www.bignyc.org/darkbulthaup