haven’t we been here before? recently??The big real estate story is Sunday’s New York Times was The Elusive Measure Known as the Square Foot, by Marc Santora, which everyone is linking to this morning (Curbed, The Real Deal, Brownstoner, True…
Tag: Ny Times
Wall Street Journal oversells a Manhattan 4 bedroom “boom”
[UPDATE: note the way The Journal acknowledged the error and then edited to make the article even less coherent: December 19, Manhattan Loft Guy, 1 – Wall Street Journal, 0, as WSJ posts 4 bedroom correction] (mis) adventures in…
Tagged with: 4 Bedrooms, Curbed, Kids, Large Apartments, Lefkowitz, New Development, Ny Times, Toy, Trend, Wall Street Journal
shredding the fabric: a building's culture is endangered when financial treason is discovered
long ago Manhattan Loft Guy promise, fulfilledWhen last I touched on the low-life property manager who cheated at least 19 buildings (including “high-end coops and condos” in Manhattan, at least a few of which I know to be lofts) out…
Tagged with: Bassik, Condo Board, Coop Board, Culture, District Attorney, Downtown Properties, Fraud, Ny Times, Social Fabric, Theft
how are Soho artist-in-residence articles like the Richter Scale in California?
when is The Big One?I’ve been continuing to consult and reflect about the conundrum reflected in the November 12 New York Times article Suddenly, SoHo Heeds Law Limiting Lofts to Artists and my quick-but-long post in response later that day,…
Tagged with: Air, Artist, Certificate Of Occupancy, Certification, Cultural Affairs, Department Of Buildings, Haughney, Ny Magazine, Ny Times, Soho
working artist leaves Tribeca for … the East Side?? the New York Times hunts for the reason
oyAs with so many searches profiled in The Hunt feature in the Sunday New York Times real estate section, there is a logic to the decision made by today’s Hunt-er (Space Wanted for Living and Painting) that took him from…
did the NY Times just write a front page obituary for the Soho real estate market?
[UPDATE Dec 17: I just put up a new post, attempting to summarize (highlight might be a better word) from the treasure trove of comments to this thread. Keep those cards and letters coming! and see this cheat sheet: …
Tagged with: Air, Artist, Certificate Of Occupancy, Certification, Cultural Affairs, Department Of Buildings, Haughney, Ny Times, Soho
another loft in New York Times, another inexpensive renovation, with 400 shoes
more shores shoes in basement storage!Wasn’t it just the other day that I wondered whether the New York Times, in fact, disproportionately represented Manhattan lofts in living/design pieces, or whether I just happened to notice the instances in which it…
that bento box loft in Noho also provides a Quote Of The Day
double duty is fittingOne owner of the newly renovated loft profiled in today’s New York Times warmed the Manhattan Loft Guy heart with this Quote Of The Day: “we usually turn that function off,” [she] said. “It makes most Americans…
Tagged with: 1997, Architect, Bento, Bond, Noho, Ny Times, Renovation, Shoji, Square Feet, Teenagers
One Bed Wonder at Glass Farmhouse lofts goes for $4mm
a very large One Bed WonderThe New York Observer observed late last week that A Famous Photographer just sold a penthouse of 2 long-combined lofts and roof terrace at 448 West 37 Street [the Glass Farmhouse] for $4mm. While the…
Tagged with: Combination, Glass Farmhouse, Ny Times, Observer, Penthouse, Real Estalker, River, Skylight, Terrace, West 37
Saturday diversion: not an anniversary, really, but a good excuse
ALDS game 3, nine years agoYou baseball fans will know what I mean if I refer to The Jeter Play that helped the Yankees stave off elimination years ago in Oakland. In fact, I missed that play live (it was…
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