can’t blame That StormManhattan lofts in buildings with slim past sales histories are, of course, difficult to comp. (If you are a buyer or an appraiser, or a Very Interested Spectator of the Manhattan residential real estate game.) And difficult…
Year: 2013
Sunday diversion: the Hallelujah chorus
no, not that oneThe music ministry in my parish does wonderful music. Including, adding in the past year, an adaptation of Leonard Cohen’s always haunting Hallelujah. I drove my wife a little bonkers a while back after using The Google…
Tagged with: Andrew Sullivan, Church, Crystal, Diversion, Hallelujah, Lent, Leonard Cohen, Music, Performance, Street Art
weekend diversion: photo spread of New York from days past [UPDATED]
caution: time suck aheadThanks to Curbed for pointing out yesterday its new favorite tumblr, which is now my new favorite tumblr. (Now added to the Favorite Links on the right, in fact.) NYC Past has a great story behind it,…
buy low, sell high: simple advice well executed at 121 West 17 Street loft
how bad was that nuclear winter, grampa?The last time the “1,135 sq ft” Manhattan loft #5D at 121 West 17 Street was offered for sale the ask was $1.34mm; this time, $1.295mm. Last time, the clearing price was $870,000; this…
Tagged with: Comps, Desperate, Discount, Neighbor, Nucear Winter, Opportunistic, Poster Child, Screens, West 17
just another wordy day for a wordy Manhattan Loft Guy, but a milestone post
if you keep doing this long enough you will do a lot of theseI wonder if any readers who noted the Countdown thing at the bottom of the last ten posts were readers back in August 2009, the last time…
42 White Street penthouse loft sells with 1 bedroom, 5 outdoor spaces at $2,786/ft (before adjustment)
living large (and alone) for $4.65mmI can read the broker babble (“2 bed”) as well as the next guy, but the floor plan and pictures associated with the “1,669 sq ft” Manhattan loft #6 at 42 White Street make it…
our long national nightmare is over, as 57 Bond Street loft sells with strangest history you will see today
every party needs a pooperThis post may only be for the fanatic spectators of the Manhattan residential real estate game who collect odd price histories. I am going to ruin the suspense by telling you that the “2,110 sq ft”…
when beautiful things happen to high ceilings / 720 Greenwich Street loft sells big after mezzanine re-do
it’s nice when it worksHow big does the footprint of the Manhattan loft #1J at 720 Greenwich Street (floor plan here) look to you? Put aside for the moment the high ceilings that permit a mezzanine and do the math;…
Tagged with: Alchemy, Ceiling, Greenwich, Lofted, Mezzanine, Peak, Renovation, Tax Uncertainty, Volume, Windows
Sunday diversion / London in 48,000 images, 320 gigapixels
big city, HUGE photoFrom one metropolis to another … I can’t remember where I saw this link, but it is a cool story and a visual treat for you folks who know London well. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2282054/320-gigapixel-interactive-picture-London-lets-20-MILES-zoom-people-street.html (Countdown … 10 … 9…
diversion / when Manhattan skyscrapers and sky were further apart, circa 1900
Manhattan skyline and skyscrapers from 100 years agoThis will take some clicking around, but there is a reward. If, that is, you’d like to see what "skyscrapers" looked like in Manhattan back when such things were being born. This discussion…
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