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Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards -- Interior Design, 9/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Red Hook Cleans Up

While its handmade olive-oil soap was flying off shelves nationwide, Saipua harbored a dirty little secret at home in Red Hook, Brooklyn: the company's own cramped boutique. So the two owners resolved to redouble their commitment to their emerging, postindustrial neighborhood and shift production from upstate to an 800-square-foot warehouse that could be split between a small soap workshop... >>More



No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn

During the recent real-estate boom, New York's most populous borough was transformed almost beyond recognition. The boom may have gone bust, but good design triumphs over bad times with these Brooklyn boutique hotels—they've all got enough élan to tame the snarl off a Beastie Boy... >>More



The Word on the Street

On a stretch of Greenwich Village's MacDougal Street—long populated by such seedy strongholds as Addiction Tattoo, Off the Wagon Bar & Grill, and the Luxor Lounge, where $10 buys four shots—a subtle shift toward high design is afoot... >>More