Depending on how you feel about protecting your In-Box, you should subscribe to Manhattan User’s Guide or just bookmark it and search regularly. Charlie Suisman has a lot of energy, a wide range of tastes and interests, and a…
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locking in 25-34 year-olds turns out to be important (maybe) Interesting piece in Saturday’s NY Times about how the future of (some?) cities may be tied to their ability to attract the cohort of educated 25-34 years olds, Cities…
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Curbed means never having to say you're sorry
Curbed.com is at the top of the New York City blogosphere. Among its strengths is that it goes all over the place in content and breadth. And it certainly is an … ummm … unfiltered medium, as the occasional…
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where the (wild?) things are / the distribution of the
Gothamist created a lovely map from 2000 census data reflecting the residence of people who claim to be in the arts, design, entertainment and sports businesses (sports?), which make up what urban theorist Richard Florida describes as the “creative…
do loft owners have cars? / beating parking tickets
Coincidence? You decide Two pieces by very different media came across my desk today, with no reference to each other. Is October the unofficial New York City Parking Ticket Month? The Manhattan Users Guide lead article today talks…
unique strengths in the Manhattan real estate market
“everyone” says the Manhattan real estate market is “different”, sometimes they are right Thursday’s NY Times business section ran a data piece about income inequality in the US, which had a fascinating kernel for the Manhattan real estate market.…
September 11 / 343 firefighters
Another powerful number from the World Trade Center on September 11. 343 New York City firefighters died on September 11, 2001. Think about that. Three hundred and forty-three. How many cities in this country even have 343…
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September 11
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 passes for media coverage of the fifth anniversary. Please click on http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/ for…
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