… well, it wasn’t tax fraud, so it must have been … … yes, it was pot (and “psychedelic mushrooms”), according to today’s NY Post. Louisiana state troopers found 1.5 POUNDS of marijuana and some magic mushrooms after…
Year: 2006
loft owners open their own doors
Now that I covered what it costs for full-time doorman coverage (yesterday), I tested my generalization that many loft owners and buyers do not want a doorman (or don’t want to pay to have one, or don’t have the…
Tagged with: Doormen
How much is that doorman in the doorway? What owners pay for staff
what can you do with two-tenths of a doorman? Yesterday’s NY Sun has an article about doormen that focuses on costs. They estimate that 24-houir coverage costs about $160,000 pre year (for “4.2” doormen). Shared among 100 owners in…
West 30s ready for a close-up (but send Max back to Bible study)
lofts for less in a less labeled land The Manhattan loft nabe I called Big Sky country a month ago was featured in the NY Post two weeks ago as a land of less expensive lofts, but reporter Max…
a classic loft, warts and all / limitations of the form
415 W 55 St has a beautiful loft, but…Unit 3C at 415 W 55 St (offered by Karen Fornash at Corcoran) is the archetype of a (small-ish) loft: the building has some kind of industrial background, ceilings are 12 ft…
more not-staying-the-same, East Village edition / will a developer develop?
maybe they are diversifying down?Gothamist is calling the new nabe Extell-land, referring to the East Village area bounded by 10th and 14th Sts, 2d Av and Av B, since the Extell Development Corporation bought 17 buildings in that grid. The…
nahhh, don
remember those two new public schools for downtown? The TriBeCa Tribune is reporting that two of the new schools slated for construction downtown are delayed, due to what the Mayor’s office terms “delayed funding”. (Not much of an explanation,…
Tagged with: Beekman Street, Chambers Street, Leonard Street, Mayor, Overcrowding, Public Schools, Warren Street
September 11 / 343 firefighters
Another powerful number from the World Trade Center on September 11. 343 New York City firefighters died on September 11, 2001. Think about that. Three hundred and forty-three. How many cities in this country even have 343…
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September 11
It turns out that I am most definitely not able to post much of anything today, and still unable to read (let alone watch) what passes for media coverage of the fifth anniversary. Please click on http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/ for…
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yikes they did it again / NY Times recent sales report suggests optimism?
This week’s set of 5 Manhattan sales in the Sunday Residential Sales Around the Region again reflects (a) a coincidence or (b) an editorial view to breed optimism about he market. As with the last time I commented on…
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