or, is Manhattan Loft Guy just getting cranky?I was pleased to see that NY Magazine ran a recent S. Jhoanna Robledo on-line piece asking — among other things — "do buyers care [about the recent press about dangerous balconies]?". I…
Tag: Ny Times
balcony problem a deal-beaker? or, another disappointing major media Manhattan real estate article?
Tagged with: Balcony, Department Of Buildings, Due Diligence, Insurance, Liability, Ny Magazine, Ny Times, Risk
outsmart the market? or, write a dumb headline?
curmudgeon much??I got very confused reading the lead-front-page-above-the-fold NY Times article in today’s Real Estate section, Five Ways for Buyers to Outsmart the Market because — for some reason — I kept looking for ways that buyers could outsmart the…
Saturday diversion / is Chelsea Mercantile contract newsworthy?
tomorrow must be a slow news day(Not for Manhattan Loft Guy; for the NY Times.) If it is "news" to Liz Harris of the NY Times (is she the new Josh Barbanel??), I guess it qualifies for at least a…
Tagged with: Amenities, Comps, Contract, Mercantile, Neighbor, Ny Times, Seventh, Wall Street Journal
62 Orchard Street closes on the button, at the ask
useful comp, no?At the risk of flaunting my ignorance, I am not aware of many true lofts on the Lower East Side, a neighborhood in which the typical (old) housing stock is the tenement. 62 Orchard Street is a true…
Tagged with: 1998, Comps, Halstead, Longandnarrow, Neighbor, Ny Times, Orchard, Orenstein, Pioneer, Renovation
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.…
Tagged with: 2005, 2007, Architect, broadway, Childproof, East 13, East Village, Ny Times, Renovation, Union Square
Shia LaBeouf doesn't really live at 31 West 21 Street
soon to be famous Manhattan loft?Fun piece for Manhattan loft lovers in today’s NY Times: Where a Greedy Wall Street Villain Would Feel Right at Home, in which Christine Haughney visits a pretty darn spectacular loft that is featured in…
Tagged with: Empire State, Haughney, Movies, Ny Times, Penthouse, Publishing, Sex, Terrace, Wall Street, West 21
the case of the curious “typo” / 41 Rushmore buyers get to rescind
Real Deal trumps NY Times [with April 16 update, below]The fascinating story of 41 in-contract buyers at The Rushmore being granted the right to rescind their contracts is not a Manhattan loft story, but it is a Manhattan new developments…
Tagged with: Attorney General Rescission, Extell, New Development, Ny Times, Real Deal, Typo, Zrushmore
first impression of First Quarter reports
what is wrong with that baseline?I do feel badly for the reporters who have to summarize the major firm quarterly reports of Manhattan real estate activity, such as Christine Haughney in today’s NY Times, Slight Rise in Manhattan Apartment Prices…
Tagged with: Bidding War, Corcoran, Haughney, Inventory, Miller, Miller Samuel, Ny Times, Quarterly Report, Terra, Volume
Quote For The Day, 2000 edition
the goodsBefore I tell you how I found it, here’s a long-time Tribeca resident talking about the change in Tribeca’s population in the 20 years they lived there, way back in 2000: You’ve never seen so many people under three…
Tagged with: Change, Curbed, Downtown Express, Duane, Ny Times, Park, Population, Store, Tribeca, Trucks
jazz great in great loft
shares a birthday with my momWhile Manhattan Loft Guy is a bit of a jazz fan, I am a huge loft fan, so my interest in the NY Times City Room blog post last night commemorating Ornette Coleman’s 80th birthday…
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