so much to read, so little timeToday’s QOTD comes from Lapham’s Quarterly / a magazine of history and ideas (h/t Andrew Sullivan), into which I have barely dipped a toe. His October 3 Preamble includes this insight (one small part…
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no skyscrapers in Manhattan loft neighborhoods, but why not?
[UPDATE 1.18.12: this topic is ‘news’ again because the Working Paper I talk about below has just been published in an academic journal, which got some press through the New York Observer, Uncanny Valley: The Real Reason There Are No…
Tagged with: Bedrock, Construction, Downtown, Factories, Financial District, History, Jackson, Skyscraper, Tenement, Yglesias
loft law extension / what's the big deal? UPDATED w maps
passed!Of course I have been following the reports over the last week about the "extension" bill just passed (and to-be-immediately-amended) New York State Loft Law. But it has been very difficult to understand what is has really been at stake…
that staggeringly beautiful 5 Beekman Street
late to bandwagon, but in the paradeWhat the heck … I figure there is probably a 3% chance that any Manhattan Loft Guy reader has not already seen the Nick Carr photos of the City Hall neighbor 5 Beekman Street,…
Mr. Silver does NY real estate / NY Magazine basks in the glow
538 moved from 312 to 718 [update below]Talk about a perfect marriage: the stat guru with star power, Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight fame, developed a piece for the will-scream-for-attention, NY Magazine, ranking 50 "top" NYC neighborhoods. Hilarity (and links) ensues!…
9 PM on PBS: I M Pei documentary
shilling recidivistTonight is the night for the Anne Makepeace film that I hit last week, Mar. 24, 2010, shilling for I M Pei. American Masters’ I. M. Pei Building China Modern will air on local Channel 13 WNET at 9…
shilling for I M Pei
not that he needs itI sat about 15 feet from I. M. Pei last night, at a screening of a documentary about him that will be broadcast next Wednesday. It was one of those that‘s why I live in…
what about that (not yet) New Construction across the street?
good, or bad? yes and noI had a kind of cocktail party conversation with someone who may be buying very near a high profile (pun intended) proposed Major Real Estate Development in a prime part of Manhattan. Long story…
Tagged with: Construction, Danger, Greenwich, Impact, Leonard, Light, New Development, Noise, Value, View
theater group needs some FREE space short-term / anyone have some?
outsourcingI got an interesting request from someone affiliated with a small non-profit theater company that needs donated space for a small site-specific production from April 20 to May 9. I will try to figure out if I know any…
38 Warren Street and other loft buildings in 1894 (lamp + “gas trimmings” importers & more)
The Google is my (distracting) friendI played around on Google when I was looking at the listing history of 38 Warren Street (for the February 19, was the terrace free at 38 Warren Street?) and found some interesting history…
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