Rooming in New York

[imomus]

As I've mentioned, I'll be spending March to May of this year in New York City, performing the role of an "unreliable tour guide" daily at the Whitney Biennial. Today I just want to ask if any of you know of a room I could sublet in New York for three months. I have a budget for rent, and my only requirements really are that there should be broadband wifi (which I can also help pay for) and that it should be in Manhattan.



I'll actually be spending my first few days in New York in the perfect apartment, a kind of transition chamber between Japan and the US, because I'll be the guest of Karl Haley, whose apartment at Orchard and Rivington I described in Wired News last week:

"Karl Haley read a blog entry I wrote entitled Japanize your ass! and decided to kit out his tiny apartment in New York's Lower East Side with Japanese technologies: a Toto S300 Jasmine washlet toilet, a Zojirushi 3-liter "Panorama Window" Micom Electric Dispensing Pot, a Neuro Fuzzy rice cooker, a kotatsu (a low table incorporating an infrared heater and canopy), and a robotic iJoy 100 massage chair."

Not only is Karl's place full of new Japanese gadgets, it's in my old neighbourhood (I lived from 2000-2002 at 38 Orchard Street). Well, I don't expect to find anything as perfect as that, but all I need really is a place to stay, from about March 3rd to about May 25th. Any ideas, leads, listings, offers, tips welcome; drop me a mail.

Comments

[bifteck.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you know about Craig's List (http://newyork.craigslist.org/sub/).

Good luck! I'd love to come see you at the Whitney.

[imomus.livejournal.com]

I actually didn't, thanks!

[bifteck.livejournal.com]

Really? I must say, I'm surprised. But you're very welcome. Craig's List is an invaluable resource for many, many things.

[lord-whimsy.livejournal.com]

Good call, M.

I'll see what I can scare up.

[xinit.livejournal.com]

A truly unreliable tour guide would show up sometime in July...

[bardot.livejournal.com]

ooh, someone else sent you to craigslist. i am actually looking for space in the city during the same time. i'll send the sublet stuff your way (i'm gonna be going long-term).

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

sublet.com

[(Anonymous)]

There is also quite a good website exclusively for sublets:

http://www.sublet.com

prolly a good idea to live near a 6 train huh?

-Rostam

off topic

[petit-paradis.livejournal.com]

hi nick,

you probably already know holger hiller's little present CD from 1995? I heard it for the first time yesterday and it sounded like a precursor to your podcasts I so much enjoy. like a walking ear he records all the sounds of tokyo together with his 5year old son. wonderful.




erik

Re: off topic

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, I love "Little Present", of course!

[(Anonymous)]

Momus is a cainophobic.

[imomus.livejournal.com]

I am neither a cainophobic nor a caligynephobic.

[artysmokes.livejournal.com]

Never mind that. I wish to announce that I am your fifth biggest fan! http://www.last.fm/music/Momus/+fans

I think I'm currently the 11th biggest

[mafism.livejournal.com]

Have only be using last.fm for a few months..the radio station add on is fantastic!!

btw I added you to my friends list

[sakuraamplifier.livejournal.com]

One of the things I miss most about Japan is my kotatsu. I need to see if I can find one for sale in America!

[scottbateman.livejournal.com]

I know it's not Manhattan, but my wife and I are in Sunnyside Queens, about three blocks from the 7 train, which gets one to Grand Central in about 15 minutes, and we have an extra room (though at this point it's an ill-used office-and-storage-space).

But you can most likely find something better on Craig's List.

[w-e-quimby.livejournal.com]

That's a great picture of New York. I like how it manages to capture its shape, emphasizing some of the most fascinating aspects of Manhattan-- its size in square feet and its density.

[w-e-quimby.livejournal.com]

Small and crowded, an "island" paradise like another we know of... ;)

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Wow, I thought, Karl is writing something that makes sense! What gives? Then I looked at the name above the icon.

[w-e-quimby.livejournal.com]

Darn! I was trying to be more subtle!

[trickybrkn.livejournal.com]

wanna live in red hook... its not the city.

[queersolitude.livejournal.com]

*Karl is an excellent host. You will be in good hands.

*Karl introduced me to your music. :)

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Karl Haley, yes. For a moment I thought you were referring to nicepimmelkarl. Might have second thoughts about staying with him.

Anyway, it looks like I've found a place; a 6000 sq ft warehouse
in East Williamsburg, just next to the Grand St stop on the L train. Not Manhattan, but otherwise perfect.

[tonearm.livejournal.com]

Nick, this sounds good and um, big... I gave up my apt on Ludlow before leaving for a 1.5 yrs stint in Moscow, now back and staying with family on uws... If you do end up needing a place, email me ilia dot bis at gmail.com, will ask my friends. BTW, are you going to perform while in New York? -- Ilia

[zeebah.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the new place. We'll be neighbors! I'm at the Grand stop too.

[sparkligbeatnic.livejournal.com]

NeuroFuzzy? That's like so 1993 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/078688021X/qid=1093679668/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/103-1159909-4446228?n=283155).

Sublet

[(Anonymous)]

Not sure if they have a New York version but www.gumtree.com is also worth a look for flatshares/sublets. In my experience most of the flats listed are with travelers, lots of Australians and Kiwis but then thats not a bad thing :)