quote of the dayRudy Giuliani, whom I loathe, read this morning from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whom I revere. Let’s just say that Rudy made a nice choice: “Everybody can be great,” he said, “because anybody can…
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diversion / art from a Manhattan loft neighborhood
mental health break? (or…) A buddy lives on the 9th floor of a loft building near Madison Square Park and has been painting what you would expect with a website with this URL: http://theviewoutmywindow.com/index.htm . Water towers, rooftops, water towers,…
into the melting pot (with a grain of salt?)
‘minority’ majority + bare majority only English Crain’s New York Business had an on-line link yesterday to some "City Facts" that are intersting but that made me wonder if I needed salt with those (fries). (Their visuals are more … well,…
Manhattan as 'different' (not unique) / counting geniuses + immigrants
a reflection, not a rigorous analysisI am not a card-carrying member of the Manhattan Is Unique So Real Estate Price Will Never Come Down party, but I have audited classes in the Manhattan Market Is Different school. I noted with…
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NYC photos / could not stop scrolling
is it memory lane if I am too young to remember (or to have been alive then)?Hat tip to today’s Today’s MUG from Manhattan User’s Guide for linking to a forum on WiredNY with an amazing collection of photos, mostly…
September 11, again
I will re-post what I said on this date two years ago, slightly updated: It turns out that I am most definitely not able to post much of anything today, and still unable to read (let alone watch) what…
NYC Housing Stock / distribution of renters + owners, coops, condos, houses
THX to REBNY for sending along a pie chart from the US Census Bureau 2005 Housing Survey of the distribution of housing types in the City as a whole (beggars would want to see Manhattan only, but we can’t be…
176 Perry has new loft in mid-8 figures
just for sh*ts and gigglesI am not going to go into too many details here, but the new listing for #8-9-10 at 176 Perry Street sorta jumped out and bit me today : “11,000 sq ft” triplex, with taxes and…
Gilsey House ancient history (circa 1980)
I have talked a bit about the lofts at The Gilsey House, 1200 Broadway, the beautiful Baroque former hotel at the corner of 29th Street, here, here and here. I recently stumbled across an ancient-in–loft-years reference to this…
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