Who wants a terrace? (hint: everyone) The Times is right: “The funny thing about private outdoor space in the city is that some people who have it use it, others don’t, but most people seem to want it regardless…
Year: 2006
dynamic city / time runs out on a stripped Tiffany
Here is the second of two posts inspired by Sunday’s NY Times that got me thinking about how dynamic New York City is. From champagne to jewels Sunday’s Real Estate section carried a piece about an ugly building…
dynamic city / champagne in a cookie building
Two pieces in Sunday’s NY Times got me thinking about how dynamic New York City is. I suppose that other cities are similarly dynamic, but the relative age, breadth and range of the City, and its sharp geographic boundaries,…
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This one will inaugurate a new category ‘Truth IS Stranger…”. Maybe they didn’t get the memo One would assume that people move to TriBeCa, in part, because they appreciate that the neighborhood looks different from most residential neighborhoods…
the newest new kitchen (in Flatiron, not Chelsea)
If you have been paying really close attention, you will understand my reference to G4 kitchens (if not, see my earlier blog about Manhattan loft kitchen styles). Here’s a new one in the G4 series, which will have…
If all news is good news (follow-up on grown-ups who smile to much)
A follow up to my post about NAR’s Chief Economist David Lereah being one of the ‘grown-ups’ who talks too ‘happy’ sometimes (rah-rah sis boom…too much happy talk….) National price appreciation to be up 5.7% in 2006 and…
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Building BOOM downtown
NY Newsday ran an article this week from the AP about some very real costs associated with the building boom (emphasis on ‘boom’), especially downtown Manhattan: jackhammers and pile drivers going from early until late. Noise, dust, vibration…
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G4.2 a new generation of Loft kitchens
Original Manhattan lofts often had kitchens that matched the authentic industrial feel of the space: they were open to the rest of the space and more functional than stylish; perhaps an industrial sink, more likely to have shelves rather…
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trading 48 apts + 117 parking spaces for an old SoHo garage
starts and fits (“A log about land use and transportation”) had an item on Sunday about the demolition of the garage at Broome & Thompson in SoHo and the plan for a new eight story 48 apartment building. Aaron Donovan’s…
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Rah, rah, sis boom (or sis bah)? Too much happy talk from grown-ups.
Why do professionals in the real estate brokerage world feel compelled to spin all data toward price appreciation, rather than trying to be honest brokers of information and balanced analysis? It is probably unfair to select any specific…
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