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This New York Times article, titled "On the Upper West Side, a Good Kitchen and Room to Grow: Which Home Did They Choose?" details the journey of a couple, Alliana Semjen and Matthew Schwartz, seeking to purchase a prewar two-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. After living for seven years in Washington Heights, the couple decided to move due to dissatisfaction with their previous residence's kitchen, constant construction, and lack of area amenities. The couple hoped to find a co-op with a good kitchen and three bedrooms (or two bedrooms and an office) for under $1.5 million. The move would halve their subway commute to Midtown and provide a better work-from-home setup, as their current situation wasn't conducive to their differing work styles. The article presents three potential options for the couple: 1. A two-bedroom apartment in a 1926 building on Riverside Drive, priced at $1.05 million. 2. A two-bedroom fixer-upper in a 1910 building on West End Avenue, priced at $1.1 million, and noted for potential conversion into a three-bedroom. 3. A two-bedroom apartment in a 1925 building on Morningside Drive, priced at $1.199 million. The article concludes by engaging readers to guess which property the couple would choose.