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Fixing up a 'Crappy Apartment'

It wasn't until I turned 30 this year - with all the symbolism of "growing up" that it entails - that I decided it was time to move out of My Crappy Apartment.

As the first in an ongoing series to explore how the less-gilded New Yorkers live, this reporter will profile the shoebox he called home for three years.

There was nothing crappy about the location, Avenue C and 8th Street,...

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