telling part of your story on TVIt is a cliche to say that there are 8 million stories in the naked city, but it is also true. The listing description for the “600 sq ft” Manhattan mini-loft #6G at 21…
Tag: Ny Times
600 sq ft loft that “comfortably sleeps 8” sells at 21 East 22 Street, with happy back story, and different front story
Tagged with: 2003, 8 Million Stories, Design, East 22, Efficient, Hgtv, Mini Loft, Ny Times, Sleep Loft, Television
107 West 25 Street loft sells at $956/ft as old Flower District morphs into Chelsea
changing of the guardTwo things jumped out at me about the sale of the Manhattan loft #6D at 107 West 25 Street at $1.1mm on October 17: the first is how the geographic descriptions in the broker babble omit the…
Tagged with: Change, Flower District, Garment District, Light, Ny Observer, Ny Times, Sewing, Starter Loft, Turnover, West 25
weekend diversion / more Manhattan photos, 'round midnight
circuitous routesWe had so much fun with last week’s night time photos, let’s go to midnight, and beyond …. The inter-tubes being the wonder that it is, this photo collection by a New York Times photographer came to my attention…
111 Fourth Avenue combination loft closes after 19 months at 30% off original ask
can you see a premium for a combined space?It should not be a surprise if the sellers of the Manhattan loft combination #2HIJ at 111 Fourth Avenue expected to be paid a premium for having put together 3 small lofts…
Tagged with: Combination, Comps, Conventional Wisdom, Fourth, Lofted, Neighbor, Ny Times, Premium, Renovation, Vtoy
20-26 N. Moore Street loft comps out needing $200/ft renovation
a different kind of paired resale analysisThe brief and highly successful marketing campaign of the Manhattan loft #5E at 20-26 N. Moore Street is fascinating on several levels: it is easy to read between the lines to see that this…
Tagged with: 2007, Bidding War, Comps, N Moore, Neighbor, Ny Times, Outdoor Space, Peak, Renovation, Views
diligence due + negligence committed as West 15 Street lofts + East 15 Street apartments lose views
NY Times tells tales of intrigue, hubrisTerrific piece by VToy in today’s Sunday real estate section of the New York Times, Is That A Bulldozer I Hear? The subtle take-away is that New York City apartment or loft owners who…
Tagged with: City Council, Community Board, Coop Board, Diligence, East 15, New Development, Ny Times, Views, Vtoy, West 15
Saturday diversion / Soho as “Hell's Hundred Acres” (Tribeca too!)
(pre-A.I.R., no less)Did you know that the New York Public Library staff blogs? I didn’t, either. This is from an April 22, 2011 post, A Helluva Town: The Origins of New York’s Hellish Place Names: (h/t @NabeWise on Twittter; someone…
everybody is talking about cancer today
with the news about The Big Man from CupertinoAll I will say here about Steve Jobs is that he seems to have lived well (productively, certainly) with a death sentence of uncertain duration. There is grace in that, yet I…
I cannot deal with the media orgy today
not sure why, after ten yearsAs of about a week ago, I thought this year would be different. That I would be able to read stories and look at video and images from ten years ago, and even to (finally)…
Tagged with: Firefighters, Media, Ny Times, Pennsylvania, Pentagon, September 11, World Trade Center
deconstructing NY Times article about combining apartments to increase value
how the Real Estate Industrial complex works, and why it is unhelpful for consumersMaybe you people are way ahead of me, but I realized something that seems insightful about the unholy alliance between real estate media outlets such as the…
Tagged with: Combination, Leverage, Miller, Negotiation, Ny Times, Price Per Foot, Real Estate Industrial Complex, Renovation, Toy
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