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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

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memo to NY Times: that's a “loft”, not an “apartment”

and not in East VillageCheck out the slide-show associated with the article in today’s NY Times, An East Village Apartment, Sleek and Childproof. Does that look like a "loft" or an "apartment" to you? Yeah, me too: that’s a loft.

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48 Bond Street closes up 400% since 2008, but …

… it does not countI was amused by a four-fold increase in value when I reported on April 16 about a Tribeca loft March 2010 resale (139 Reade St closes up 400%), but that one had last sold in 1994.

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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

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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

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'tis a puzzlement / moving upstairs at 644 Broadway

  comp analysis is screwed, perhapsI have been going back over Manhattan loft closings to update my Master List of loft closings (I have only about 8 weeks of closings left to do … this is hard). [Click here for

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new development 72 Mercer holds its own from peak

  looking up from THE peakThe Manhattan loft #4E at 72 Mercer Street traded on January 29 (deed filed yesterday!) for $3.2mm, which is noteworthy for more than the up-to-the-minute currency: when it sold as brand spanking new in April

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double your money in 10 years! 135 West 17 Street does the deed

  from "published" to "renovated classic"The Manhattan loft #4B at 135 West 17 Street closed on December 22, but this qualifies as late-breaking news because StreetEasy says the deed was filed yesterday. This was billed as "2,400 sq ft" of

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nice price at 40 West 24 Street? (consider the renovation)

Stage One reviewWhen I saw that the "2,000 sq ft" Manhattan loft #9E at 40 West 20 Street closed on September 2 for $1.64mm and that the "2,000 sq ft" #8N closed for $1.7mm on January 30, 2008 I was

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opportunity knocked at 60 West 15 St for $828/ft (and more), answered at $622/ft

the incredible vying architects + designers The Manhattan loft on the 4th floor at 60 West 15 Street was marketed as a masterpiece (to be), with the interesting come-on that "architects and designers are vying to renovate" it. At "3,133 sq

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