I loves me some ‘netIn linking today to this Maggie Gram piece on n+1 (and excerpting a paragraph) I am sure that Andrew Sullivan meant only to tie the modern fascination with audio books to efforts to respond to World…
Month: February 2012
audio books owe a debt to Manhattan lofts / WPA edition of a weekend diversion
Tagged with: 1930s, Architects, Blind, Fashion, Fdr, History, Mcgrawhill, Publishing, Tenth Avenue, Wpa
8 months to contract at 6.5% discount for 151 West 17 Street loft
did Conventional Wisdom takes another shot to the head, or did CW slip the punch?You know the Conventional Wisdom about asking prices and time: that a listing professionally exposed to The Market for enough time without having selling is at…
Tagged with: Campiello, Comps, Conventional Wisdom, Floor Plan, Layout, Light, Neighbor, Rational, Views, West 17
no-view loft at 120 West 18 Street sells at $905/ft, reveals what neighbor's roof is worth
fun with compsI love that the “1767 sq ft” Manhattan loft #4B at 120 West 18 Street was marketed as “this is not a ‘view’ apartment” (except for that “apartment” thing, of course) because it so beautifully and simply manages…
did neighbor overpay for 381 Broome Street mini-loft due to light, or was it extortion?
Manhattan Loft Guy worries, so you don’t have toThe “653 sq ft” (very) mini-loft #6F at 381 Broome Street just sold for $850,000 in a private sale, yet the last resale in the building was #2F (with the identical floor…
Tagged with: 2004, Broome, Combination, Comps, Extortion, Little Italy, New Development, Nieghbor, Premium, Unique
sidewalk sale at 130 Watts Street comps very, very strongly to Peak loft sale
is street access a plus or minus?You see some fancy-schmancy Tribeca loft conversions that include a “townhouse” component, one or more (usually more) duplex or triplex units with direct access from the sidewalk, often in addition to direct access from…
Tagged with: Amenities, Comps, Longandnarrow, Neighbor, Nofrills, Peak, Sidewalk, Street Access, Townhouse, Watts
late to the diversion / birthday edition
let’s do thisIt has been a busy day, so I am late to getting a Sunday diversion up on the blog. Last year I did the obvious (linked to the Gettysburg Address). Remarkably, the Second Inaugural Address, delivered on March…
this weekend diversion is Linsane, of course
no choiceIs there a bigger internet sensation this week than Jeremy Lin? And not just from the New York media. Not that I generally have my finger on the cultural pulse of the nation, but it feels inevitable that Manhattan…
Tagged with: Basketball, Culture, Daily News, Diversion, Harvard, Internet, Jeremy Lin, Knicks, Sports Illustrated
55 Liberty Street loft sells at $785/ft, up (only) 8% since 2004
an acquired taste, acquired slowlyI get it that the downtown-est part of downtown Manhattan is not a hot hot hot area for residential sales (lofts or otherwise), but the Greater FiDi has seen a lot of new condo and rentals…
Tagged with: 1980, 2004, Downtown, Fidi, Liberty, Liberty Tower, Light, New Development Architect, Value, Views
130 West 17 Street loft flies through market, beating (my) expectations
… and sometimes the bear gets youHave I mentioned recently that comping is hard? Or that (prospective) valuations are matters of opinion? (As are, in fact, sale prices, but at least with those you have two people agree.) When my…
nightmare scenario for lofts at 7 East 13 Street, as New School construction allegedly destroys building
another small building risk, embodiedWhat if you paid $8mm for two Manhattan lofts in a new 7-unit condo conversion in 2007 and with a 16-story university building under construction next door, found that the building was settling and your walls…
Tagged with: 2007, Construction, East 13, Fifth, Greenwich, Lawsuit, New Development, New School, Small Building Risk, Zinc
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