I get a headache trying to reconcile the various sources of data about what is happening in the market. Monday I addressed Miller Samuel’s Q2 report. Today I look at Halstead’s. Compared to the Miller Samuel data, Halstead’s…
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Lofts again out-perform the market / Miller Samuel 2Q 06 report
Overall, a buyer’s market with stubborn sellers The overall Manhattan market in the second quarter reflected two clear trends toward a market in transition, according to appraisal firm Miller Samuel: on the one hand all price indicators were up; on…
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a secretary + a boss + a
I am thinking that Madison Square Park is the loft-neighborhood park with the greatest number of historic statues…. The NY Times a while back ran a feature about statues in parks that started with a Tompkins Square statue of…
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Yes Virginia, there was a Thomas in English Muffins / an oven grows in Chelsea
Careful what renovation projects you undertake A “self-proclaimed Mr. Fixit”, Mike Kinnane, took down part of a basement wall on 20th Street around the corner from 9th Avenue, and discovered a 20 ft x 15 ft brick oven that had…
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Popularity contests / NYC just cracks list of best
It has been a few years since I paid attention to the annual college rankings in US News & World Report, but I remember the head-scratching that the ranking process engendered. CNNMoney.com brought those memories back with its rankings…
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If all news is good news (follow-up on grown-ups who smile to much)
A follow up to my post about NAR’s Chief Economist David Lereah being one of the ‘grown-ups’ who talks too ‘happy’ sometimes (rah-rah sis boom…too much happy talk….) National price appreciation to be up 5.7% in 2006 and…
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Building BOOM downtown
NY Newsday ran an article this week from the AP about some very real costs associated with the building boom (emphasis on ‘boom’), especially downtown Manhattan: jackhammers and pile drivers going from early until late. Noise, dust, vibration…
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G4.2 a new generation of Loft kitchens
Original Manhattan lofts often had kitchens that matched the authentic industrial feel of the space: they were open to the rest of the space and more functional than stylish; perhaps an industrial sink, more likely to have shelves rather…
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trading 48 apts + 117 parking spaces for an old SoHo garage
starts and fits (“A log about land use and transportation”) had an item on Sunday about the demolition of the garage at Broome & Thompson in SoHo and the plan for a new eight story 48 apartment building. Aaron Donovan’s…
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the website is coming, the website is coming (so is Christmas)
I have been “working on” the content for my website ManhattanLoftGuy.com for months and months, having missed many self-imposed deadlines for handing off the content to my wonderful design team at Nunet. Just missed another deadline, but my new…
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