tangled webs woven by Manhattan Media wing of the Real Estate Industrial Complex I’d like to think I’m more a skeptic than a cynic, as I habitually click through background data to better understand newspaper (or other) stories about real…
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weird fluff piece: “flip queen” may have actually lost money for mother-in-law
Tagged with: Bushwick, Closing Costs, Flipping, Jonathan Miller, Light, Ny Post, Outdoor Space, Renovation, Roof Deck, Views
from the Department of Odd (But Round) Numbers: 3 lofts sell in July $5,000 above ask
small samples can be fun, if limitedAnyone who has checked out my Master List of Manhattan Lofts Sold Since November 2008 at all recently is aware that I have let it get woefully out of date. But I am working…
Non-Sequitor Of The Day from Observation of New York housing market panel
huh??The New York Observer ran a short (7 sentence) piece on November 4 about a panel discussion with New York residential real estate developers and a Bloomberg reporter, Henry Elghanayan ‘Frightened’ By Midterm Elections. There’s not much room in 7…
another celebrity who hates Tribeca
cognitive dissonance is in the eye of the beholderOK, OK, I don’t know that Mike Love of the Beach Boys really hates Tribeca, but this is supposed to be a Manhattan loft blog, so I need a hook. I do…
QOTD distinguishes “glamour” from “Utah”
he better stay out of Park City + SundanceThe Wall Street Journal featured a la-di–da Bridgewater home on the market for 8 figures by some (famous?) architect. Check the slide-show for details and pix of the 12,000 sq ft house…
efficient use of space, to nth degree
not a loft, not in Manhattan, but…This is one of the most amazing videos I have seen about using a small space. No matter how much space you have, at some point you probably wonder if your space can be…
fluff (dated fluff, in fact) from NY Times ‘styles’ / remember that rug??
the zebra cowhide rug has lost its edgeI will never find my post unless by accident, but I clearly remember posting some months ago as an aside something like ‘what’s up with the animal rugs all of a sudden?’, after…
dreadful irony / demise of a lovely garbage website
I have considered http://www.garbagescout.com/ to be one of the more unusual god-bless-‘em-entrepeneurial sites. They posted tips from folks who saw (or put) ‘stuff’ on the Manhattan sidewalk for trash pick-ups, in some cases starting races for the ‘stuff’ with…
Popularity contests / NYC just cracks list of best
It has been a few years since I paid attention to the annual college rankings in US News & World Report, but I remember the head-scratching that the ranking process engendered. CNNMoney.com brought those memories back with its rankings…
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