Year: 2012

Sunday diversion, mf & hoops edition

those were the daysWhile Andy Pettite practices his big league stare in the Bronx, Roger Clemens stews in DC, and mothers everywhere recover from their home-made breakfasts, let’s go the the basketball courts, though not to the NBA. To DC

Tagged with: , , , , ,

Atalanta loft at 25 N. Moore Street did not triple in value in 10 years

though cigars may still be in orderThe “2,907 sq ft” Manhattan loft #5A at 25 N. Moore Street (Atalanta) was recently resold by the original owner, 11 years after the loft was bought from the developer. I assume the sellers

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,

loft without walls sells for $1,098/ft at 60 East 13 Street

it is a lifestyle thingFor a loft condominium conversion dating only to 2005, the “2,575 sq ft” Manhattan loft #5E at 60 East 13 Street has an old school look, at least insofar as the (very open) floor plan is

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,

will it be lofts? new residential development to replace “asylum” at 124 West 16 Street

not worth $1,000/ft (as is)In looking at newly filed deeds this weekend to update the Master List of Manhattan Lofts Sold Since November 2008 (17 loft resales filed last week!), I came across this odd one: The French Evangelical Church

Tagged with: , , , , , , , ,

2011 new development loft, nicely flipped at 23% at 16 West 21 Street

take the money and runOne never knows what condo investors plans are, as some people who intend a quick flip end up being constrained by market forces working against them and others who plan on a longer term take opportunistic

Tagged with: , , , , , , ,

ballyhooed artist loft with unique floor plan + top kitchen sells for $962/ft at 307 West Broadway

famous in New York Times, and Manhattan Loft GuyTalk about using the Real Estate Industrial Complex, Manhattan Media Division to your benefit! I have to wonder if there is any connection between the fact that the “3,300 sq ft” Manhattan

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,

OYATOMLG one of the worst floor plans imaginable

few windows per footSee my May 6, 2011, 245 Seventh Avenue loft sells after freezing in nuclear winter, in which a loft that did not sell in the post-Lehman market asking as low as $1.629mm sells in April 2011 at

Tagged with: , , ,

Sunday diversion has questions / baseball questions, but still questions

a confession is required, another is merely requestedThe confessions is required is from me, though the question is whether a likely Hall of Fame catcher needs to confess. My confession is that I clicked on the Tom Verducci piece from

Tagged with: , , , , , , , ,

this very Winka-tect designed 497 Greenwich Street loft was all over the inter-tubes

so I had to track it downI don’t know why it came up like dandelions, but I saw a bunch of tweets last week about an Archi-tectonics designed loft in Soho, with links from many, many design websites, including this

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,

designer of renown will not be pleased that 114 Mercer Street loft sold for $989/ft

perhaps they won’t tell himThe broker babble for the “2,250 sq ft” Manhattan loft #4R at 114 Mercer Street calls Martin Raffone a “renowned New York designer” and the loft “ a warm, modern living environment- a quiet sanctuary away

Tagged with: , , , , , , , ,
Top