So you want to live in New York City just off Central Park? Prepare to cough up a few thousand dollars a month or find a fabulous little 12-by-7-foot hole in the wall for just seven hundred dollars and learn to live a little differently, as this industrious writer has done.
In this video, we get a sneak-peak tour of life with Felice Cohen in a place where storage is sacrosanct but bonking a head on the ceiling when waking is a real risk, and going to the bathroom requires wedging oneself onto the seat sideways.
Building up is critical and as she points out most New Yorkers use the stove as a supplementary closet anyway conventional cooking is out of the question, so a hot pot and cold eats are standard fare. Still, there is some separation of activities a work chair versus a desk chair, for instance.
A little refrigerator has to be sufficient, fewer clothes can be owned and book choices become precious decisions when both professional and personal space are in limited supply. This is just a work in progress, though, and a learning process perhaps the basis for some future writings as well.
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