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i'd put a floor to ceiling 'stage' curtain infront of the whole mess... red velvet of course.

ok, here's what you do.
1. move out. or
2. locate the hood exhaust. if they have a hood, (and they should if they are cooking anything... fryer, oven, griddle) then the outlet for the exhaust should be ABOVE the roof. if not its most likely a building or zoning violation.

other than that, your only other REAL option is to pressurize your apartment. this isn't all that difficult in theory, but its expensive and definitly not worth doing as a tenant.

if i were you, i'd go with no.1 and tell the landlord its not habitable, 'give me my deposit back or see you in court'

oh you sneeeeky...

in fact, is that a picture of your wall? because if it is and the white stuff on the brick is NOT paint then it is salt leaching out of the brick for the same reasons i just posted above... good luck.

whelll don't git yer nickers all twisted by this stuff... this junk does nothing for low frequency or structure borne noise. that means footfalls, bass blasters and thumpy noises, etc. you need mass to get rid of that. in otherwords you need concrete or concrete block OR a partition that is disconnected from the opposite side. what this can do is absorb some of the higher frequencies that are already in your crib... and it might just help the tv from next door if the jerk isn't surround sounding it. this crap gimmicky, not worth the time or expense. if sound is your real enemy... move to the country. and imblebee is right too... unless your insulation is blessed by the dob's mea certification, you're proly not supposed to use it. rigid insution inside? fogadabodit. dob says its toooo flamable... oh well, gotta go... start up my grille out on the fire escape. ;)

'It might break, or it might not break. If it breaks by cracking only, so what? It might even improve the draft for the fire!'

yeh it's all great fun until hot coals rain down on some poor neighbors head. and if you're doing this on a fire escape i hope it's your apt that catches fire and you trip over the pot on the way down... buddy.

'Joseph has books and makes furniture and some lucky gal hasn't already snapped him up? How is that even possible?'

maybe he's gay? or maybe its because he lives in nyc... its a candystore for creative/intelligent boys.

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is the kitchen floor painted wood?

atlas is a great little outfit, i wish i could afford to do them in my apt.

yeah, joe what's with the desk hanging out across the opening in the wall?

good stuff!!!