Most New York stories would have ended there, but not this one.

It began, as all too many New York stories do these days, with real estate.

Other families and institutions also appear in more than one place among this extended set of New York stories.

But they are two faces of the same New York story.

How the couple met is a classic New York story.

It was a New York story from the very start.

But if we have a great New York story to sell here, it's, as the old saying goes, like pushing on an open door.

But others are more than willing to, and their words portray a certain kind of classic New York story.

New York stories are often about small victories over long odds.

Like so many New York stories, this one begins with a problem of square footage.