A Globe-Trotting Writer’s West Village Townhouse

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 A TRULY TERRIFIC NEW YORK LISTING [A Globe-Trotting Writer’s West Village Townhouse]( Ann Marlowe entertained heads of state in a house with tiles from Italy and a 1790 tub from Montreal. Photo: Brown Harris Stevens “I could live more easily in Kabul than in suburban New Jersey,” the writer Ann Marlowe professed in one of her columns — [this one, filed for the New York Observer]( in 2005, was about being an American Jew in the Middle East. Born into a rule-abiding Jersey family, Marlowe preferred life at a higher octane level, writing rock criticism for The Village Voice before studying Arabic and working as a foreign correspondent in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, where, embedded with rebel forces, she’d call in [live]( over pops of gunfire to calmly explain the cultural oppression of the Berbers to Fox News viewers. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. The Latest [Mary Norris Eavesdropped on Ella Fitzgerald at the Algonquin The grand dame of The New Yorker’s copy desk about her early days in the city and trying to get her cabbie’s license to make rent.]( As told to Clio Chang [The Look Book Goes to a College Fair At the NYPL’s annual event, local high-schoolers met with representatives from Sarah Lawrence, Barnard, Fordham, and more to explore their options.]( By Emily Leibert [The Bed-Stuy Aquarium Dried Up And all the fish are dead.]( By Clio Chang [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved