Airbnb Hosts with Hidden Cameras; My Micro NY Starts Leasing This Summer
- My Micro NY, the city’s first micro-apartment complex, at 335 East 27th Street, will begin leasing studios this summer for around $2,000 to $3,000 a month. Inside are 55 units ranging from 260 to 360 square feet. [NYT]
- Your Airbnb host might be spying on you with hidden cameras. [BrickUnderground]
- The Municipal Arts Society has come out against plans for a controversial South Street Seaport apartment tower. The arts organization faulted the location, a now-crumbling pier east of FDR Drive, because it could potentially interfere with storm-proofing the area. [Crain’s New York Business]
- One man’s account of living in an 80-square-foot Chelsea SRO back in ’95. [Curbed]
Images: Micro camera via Creative Commons; My Micro NY apartments. Rendering by nARCHITECTS