Tag: Music

Sunday diversion: the Hallelujah chorus

no, not that oneThe music ministry in my parish does wonderful music. Including, adding in the past year, an adaptation of Leonard Cohen’s always haunting Hallelujah. I drove my wife a little bonkers a while back after using The Google

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Sunday diversion: about last night …

live music is so alive (d’oh)In case you were looking for something to do last night and want to feel jealous about your choice, we went last night to Red Hot + Cuba at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the

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Sunday diversion / reading the Psalms for medical clues (and rap music)

connectionsTalk about a diversion from Manhattan lofts! Start at a neuroscience blog about Psalm 137, before visiting a (the?) famous Jewish rapper… Mindhacks notes that the fearsome text of Psalm 137 reads like a description of stroke symptoms, and that

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395 Broadway loft sells at $1,174/ft, a relative bargain to a gut job

is there a gut premium?The “1,163 sq ft*” Manhattan loft #11A at 395 Broadway just sold in mint-y condition at $1.365mm, or $1,174/ft, in the northeast corner of Tribeca. That compares very favorably to the last “A” line sale here,

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Saturday diversion / 1980s music + 2011 bipartisanship edition

now try to get it out of your head!It has been a few weeks since the last Manhattan Loft Guy weekend diversion, perhaps because there are so many lofts, and so little time. I wonder if my brother whose birthday

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79 East 2 Street loft sells +57% in 19 months with same floor plan, different skin

selling design to a designer, dearlyThe Manhattan loft on the 3rd floor at 79 East 2 Street got a lot of press last week because of the celebrity buyer and celebrity seller, as well as because of the spread the

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161 Hudson Street closed after 14 weeks, up 33% (since 2004)

don’t worry about the interimThe Manhattan loft #2B at 161 Hudson Street had a pretty good run through the 2009 market, starting at $2.7mm in March, dropping twice in April (to $2.5mm) and closing June 30 at $2.41mm. That quick

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