Here is an email from Eric McClure, who runs Park Slope Neighbors about the traffic-calming plan on Prospect Park West. There will be a presentation at tonight’s Community Board 6 meeting. See details below.
In March of 2009, Park Slope Neighbors launched a campaign aimed at calming traffic on Prospect Park West, 8th Avenue and Union [...]
On Thursday, April 29th, from 4:30-6:30pm, the NYCDOT Bicycle Program will be handing out bicycle bells and other safety materials to cyclists and pedestrians on the Brooklyn Bridge. The event will encourage cyclists and pedestrians to share the bridge. DOT staff will be on hand to give out bicycle bells to cyclists who lack them, [...]
You can register today for the Fifth Annual Brooklyn Blogfest on June 8th, 2010 at 7PM.
“Where better to take the pulse of this rapidly growing community of writers, thinkers and observers than the Brooklyn Blogfest?” ~ Sewell Chan, The New York Times
How many bloggers does it take to fill the Brooklyn Lyceum? Come find [...]
Once again, BKLYN DESIGNS, an exhibition of designers of contemporary furnishings and home accessories made and/or designed in Brooklyn, will give thousands of visitors the opportunity to see Brooklyn’s cutting-edge design scene.
At BKLYN DESIGNS you can get a first look at new work from over 45 of the borough’s best designers including 10 never-before-seen exhibitors [...]
OTBKB is a proud sponsor of this weekend’s Spring Food & Craft Market at the Brooklyn Lyceum. Over the last few weeks I’ve been picking vendors of the week and that’s been fun. This weekend you get to meet the vendors in person.
On May 1 and 2, the Market will feature all manner of “Handmade” [...]You should know how to get in touch with your local pols. Park Slope’s City Council Members Brad Lander and Stephen Levin, who took office in January, are easy to find:
Brad Lander (representing the 39th Council District)
456 5th Avenue, 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Phone: (718) 499-1090
Fax: (718) 499-1997
email: lander@council.nyc.gov
Stephen Levin (representing the 33rd Council District)
114 Court [...]Apartments in Federal Housing Association (FHA) approved building can be had with as little as a 3.5% down payment. 500 Fouth Avenue is one of these buildings.
In an article in the NY Post today reports on a program that insures mortgages. In certain buildings that the FHA deems stable, banks are allowed to lend as [...]The NYPD’s 78th Precinct, which serves and protects Park Slope and Prospect Park, earlier this month launched an email newsletter. It provides helpful crime prevention tips, information on community events, important precinct contact information, and more.
You can subscribe to the 78th Precinct’s email newsletter, which is run by local business Mad Mimi, by clicking here, [...]
Curbed Inside First Peek Inside The Dillon , Hell's Kitchen's Condo Curiosity Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 25 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 19 new posts hamptons 0 new posts MARKETPLACE Thursday , April 29, 2010 CurbedWire Penthouses Revealed at 456 West 19th Downtown's Poker Face Thursday , April 29, 2010, by Joey WEST CHELSEA The wraps have come down and the penthouses and their wavy terraces have been revealed at 456 West 19th Street architect developer Cary Tamarkin's latest condo building near obviously the High Line . Dudes : We're into this . Photos from inside over here CurbedWire Inbox FIDI TRIBECA Is there a degenerate gambler on the city's road crew Writes a tipster , Has anyone noticed at least in FiDi and Tribeca that whenever new blacktop is
Curbed Inside First Peek Inside The Dillon , Hell's Kitchen's Condo Curiosity Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 25 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 19 new posts hamptons 0 new posts MARKETPLACE Thursday , April 29, 2010 Linkage More Coney Island Acres for Sale Bloomberg Gets Poetic More Thursday , April 29, 2010, by Sara Via Curbed Photo Pool Several seconds Three more acres of Coney Island are now for sale , with no asking price Crain's Mayor Bloomberg writes Emily Dickinson-inspired poem about NYC Gothamist Why does Clinton Hill always smell like cookies NYT Judge denies hedge fund's attempt to stop Stuy Town foreclosure NYO Blogger doesn't like the people in the Toren marketing videos BHB Gowanus Canal's other cleanup is reducing sewer ew overflow BK Eagle Inside
"Check out 9B, Apparently the terrace is BIGGER than the condo! Just set up a tent out there and you have a 2nd bedroom!"—anon [Hester Street Condo Building Lives Next to Historic Hole]
: : Curbed Inside First Peek Inside The Dillon , Hell's Kitchen's Condo Curiosity Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 25 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 19 new posts hamptons 0 new posts MARKETPLACE Thursday , April 29, 2010 PriceSpotter Big Reveal : How Much for a Menagerie on the UWS Thursday , April 29, 2010, by Sara And now , the results of this week's PriceSpotter asking price guessing game : Location 253 West 73rd Street 9G : Asking 899,000 What we had this week was a fairly standard 1BR in the Level Club , with the added interest of a terrace . Only one anonymous participant came near the 899K asking price , with most in the 500-$700K range . But hey , even if there's choppage on the horizon , it can't possibly be as bloody as what's happened upstairs Listing :
What's up with all the crazy restaurants lately? In the fine tradition of the Times Square fairy tale house comes Rabbit in the Moon, a bi-level gastropub on West 8th Street complete with what an Eater tipster says is plastic ivy. We hope they plan on keeping a can of Grendel repellent behind the bar.
· Curious Plywood of the Day: Rabbit in the Moon Gets its Ivy [Eater]
Curbed Inside First Peek Inside The Dillon , Hell's Kitchen's Condo Curiosity Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 25 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 19 new posts hamptons 0 new posts MARKETPLACE Thursday , April 29, 2010 On the Racked Soho's Big Croc Shows Itself on Spring More From Racked Thursday , April 29, 2010, by Joey And now , the latest from Racked NY covering shopping and retail from the sidewalks . up 1 Soho The Crocs complex at Spring and Wooster Streetspart historic renovation , part glassificationhas revealed more of its face No rubber sandals yet , but plenty of smiley crocodiles . Here's a refresher on the saga . Batali . waits 2 West Village Did you know that Bleecker Street now has an Urban Woodsman District It's true , so grow a beard , grab an axe
We're kind of excited about the 1,100-square-foot wraparound porch on the Country Living Magazine "House of the Year." While we try to figure out whether we can sneak a porch swing onto that thing, the house will be assembled and open for public viewing at the World Financial Center for the first half of June. After which it will make like many a born New Yorker and put down roots in New Jersey. [Real Deal]
Curbed Inside First Peek Inside The Dillon , Hell's Kitchen's Condo Curiosity Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 25 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 19 new posts hamptons 0 new posts MARKETPLACE Thursday , April 29, 2010 The Six Digit Club Williamsburg Penthouse Promises a Grand Old Time Thursday , April 29, 2010, by Sara Welcome back to The Six Digit Club in which we take a look at a newish-to-market listing priced under 1 million , because nice things sometimes come in small . packages Click the image above to view the full . photogallery : Price 789,000 : Address 550 Grand Street PHS : Size 1,223 square feet Maintenance : CC 329 We're stretching the bounds of The Six Digit Club's small packages rule a bit for this 2BR , 1.5BA duplex at 550 Grand Street in
The Pedro Espada investigation is so dominating everything else happening in Albany that Tenant Lobby Day—in which the State Assembly passes tenant-friendly rent-regulation measures in front of a raucous crowd of housing advocates (the bills then stall out and die in the State Senate)—passed without much buzz this week. This year, the "honored and stylized exercise" included the repeal of vacancy decontrol. Viva la revolucion! [City Limits]
, , , , Curbed Inside First Peek Inside The Dillon , Hell's Kitchen's Condo Curiosity Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 25 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 19 new posts hamptons 0 new posts MARKETPLACE Thursday , April 29, 2010 Construction Watch Soho's Mondrian , Opening in November , All Glassed Up Thursday , April 29, 2010, by Joey After a few delays , the Mondrian Soho Mondrian New York the new Soho luxury hotel that's not Trump Soho or the James New Yorkseems pretty sure about a November opening : It's in gigantic letters on the hotel's brand spankin' new website We've been keeping close watch on the Lafayette Street tower , in part because its 25 stories of fritted glass make it big and shiny , and also because the neighbors sure are worked up about it . TheCurbed Inside First Peek Inside The Dillon , Hell's Kitchen's Condo Curiosity Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 25 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 19 new posts hamptons 0 new posts MARKETPLACE Thursday , April 29, 2010 Celebrity Real Estate Thursday , April 29, 2010, by Sara Celebrity Real Estate Paul Gross and Martha Burns the Canadian actor couple known for roles in Due South and Slings and Arrows have purchased the fifth-floor loft at 62 Orchard Street for 2.2 . million They paid asking price for the space , which last sold for 275,000 in 1998. According to StreetEasy it was the most expensive LES apartment sale of the past year , beating this place NYO Lower East Side 62 Orchard Street Real Estate Sold Comments Comment now Comments extant Loading comments .
Curbed Inside First Peek Inside The Dillon , Hell's Kitchen's Condo Curiosity Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 25 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 19 new posts hamptons 0 new posts MARKETPLACE Thursday , April 29, 2010 Arrested Development Playtime's Over as Toy Building Heads for Foreclosure Thursday , April 29, 2010, by Sara Like hovercars and x-ray glasses , were the plans for 1107 Broadway one of the former International Toy Center buildings , just too cool to actually become real The condo conversion Curbed crush was supposed to include a bowling alley and basketball court and an eight-story addition from architect John Pawson . As recently as December , the project was in stalled site purgatory but foreclosure still seemed unlikely Turns out a lot can change
Curbed Inside First Peek Inside The Dillon , Hell's Kitchen's Condo Curiosity Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 25 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 19 new posts hamptons 0 new posts MARKETPLACE Thursday , April 29, 2010 Development Du Jour Hester Street Condo Building Lives Next to Historic Hole Thursday , April 29, 2010, by Joey Click the image above to view the full . photogallery : Location 55 Hester Street btwn Essex Ludlow : Size 11 stories , 27 one- and two-bedroom units : Prices 625,000 to 1,049,000 : Architect Jung Wor Chin note : web designers should avert their eyes Sales : Marketing Leon Tsoi at Kinyu Realty : Lowdown The Hester Street site that used to be home to the historic Gertel's bakery before it was demolished under shady circumstances is still a
The glamification of Bleecker Street's retail has made Village landlords greedy, the Wall Street Journal reports, and they're letting storefronts sit empty instead of reducing rent demands. "Shuttered shops and restaurants with blacked-out windows, boarded-up doors and walls marred by graffiti," is how the paper describes Hudson Street. Adds one resident, "You can't get a pair of shoes repaired around here anymore." How many ankles must be twisted before there is justice? [WSJ]
Curbed Inside First Peek Inside The Dillon , Hell's Kitchen's Condo Curiosity Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 25 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 19 new posts hamptons 0 new posts MARKETPLACE Thursday , April 29, 2010 Real Estate Sold Hoped-for Hope Street Conversion Changes Hands at 14M Loss Thursday , April 29, 2010, by Sara The corner of Williamsburg that includes Hope Street was a bit of a poster child for the boom , with projects going up at 99 Havemeyer , 14 Hope Street , 27 and 29 Hope Street , and 53 Hope Street all at once back in 2007. That last site , a nifty old factory with approval for residential conversion , traded hands in late 2004 for 14.2 million . The buyer flipped it in 2006 for 26 million . Then it returned to the market in early 2008 asking
Curbed Inside First Peek Inside The Dillon , Hell's Kitchen's Condo Curiosity Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 25 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 19 new posts hamptons 0 new posts MARKETPLACE Thursday , April 29, 2010 Memos From Mgmt 20 Pine's Private Subway Entrance is Heavily Secured Thursday , April 29, 2010, by Joey Been some time since we had an update on 20 Pine the Financial District's Shvotacular condo conversion of yore . Now that the ship has been steadied the building is adding to its long list of amenities . A memo sent out to residents this week explains the protocol for the building's new private subway : access We are pleased to announce the opening of the Subway Entrance The Subway Entrance will be open to all residents starting Monday , April 26,, , Curbed Inside First Peek Inside The Dillon , Hell's Kitchen's Condo Curiosity Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 25 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 19 new posts hamptons 0 new posts MARKETPLACE Thursday , April 29, 2010 Curbed Inside First Peek Inside The Dillon , Hell's Kitchen's Condo Curiosity Thursday , April 29, 2010, by Joey Click the image above to view the full . photogallery Photos by Will Femia A red carpet was rolled out Tuesday evening in front of The Dillon the seven-story wave of glass that has transformed a block of West 53rd Street in Hell's Kitchen . This was a sneak preview party reminiscent of the real estate gold rush , which appears to be a trend nowadays . The lobby , hallways and model units were mobbed with dressed-to-the-nines brokers
The house nobody wanted last fall, the 280 Hicks Street estate that once belonged to cantankerous Brooklyn Heights landlord Alfred Palmer, is going back on the auction block this weekend. The previous starting bid was $2 million, but locals said the place had damaged floors, walls, and roof. So the starting price has now been reduced to...$1.8 million. ['Stoner; previously]
, . Curbed Inside First Peek Inside The Dillon , Hell's Kitchen's Condo Curiosity Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 25 new posts Eater NY 20 new posts Racked NY 19 new posts hamptons 0 new posts MARKETPLACE Thursday , April 29, 2010 Downtown Brooklyn , 2,077 . mo Thursday , April 29, 2010, by Curbed Network Listings Downtown Brooklyn , 2,077 . mo 1 BR , 1 BA , 618 sq ft condo Rent : 2,077 mo . 111 Lawrence St . Line K thebrooklyner.com QuickListings are paid advertisements from trusted Curbed . advertisers Curbed aims to make all advertising on the site as valuable and relevant as possible to our readers , and as part of this , Curbed allows trusted advertisers to pay to promote their listings in the blog flow . All sponsored posts on Curbed , including QuickListings , are
Williamsburg's premier waterfront loft bldg
Rent: $2,705 plus two months free
184 Kent Ave., D609 [rentonkent.com]
Change of Plans Martha Stewart's Perry Street Place Now Flying Solo for 15.9M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 22 new posts Racked NY 17 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Thursday , April 29, 2010 Sitt Happens Developer's New Coney Island Looks a Lot Like Old Coney Island Thursday , April 29, 2010, by Joey Though Thor Equities developer Joe Sitt already came out the big winner in the Coney Island redevelopment battleflipping some of his land to the city for 95 million while keeping six acres to build on laterthe executioner of Astroland is not done pissing off Coney diehards . Last week , blog Amusing the Zillion speculated that Sitt planned on tearing down a number of old Surf Avenue buildings before any could be considered for landmark
Though the city has become extremely dog-friendly over the years, many prospective apartment buyers are finding that "old anti-dog biases are hard to break," the WSJ's Josh Barbanel writes. For brokers, it's a bigger problem than you think: Michele Kleier says 23 of 26 potential buyers were turned away from a $6 million Fifth Avenue duplex she was listing because they owned pets. That gets us thinking! Bigger drag on the high-end market: Bowser or Bernie Madoff? [WSJ]
Change of Plans Martha Stewart's Perry Street Place Now Flying Solo for 15.9M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 22 new posts Racked NY 17 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Thursday , April 29, 2010 Development Battles Thursday , April 29, 2010, by Sara Development Battles City Councilman Steve Levin , having convinced the developer of Williamsburg's Rose Plaza to add more affordable family housing , has moved on to the next project : New Domino Levin wants the entire development to be smaller 1,600 units instead of 2,200 and for 40 percent of the units to be rented at below-market rates . As the local council member , Levin's vote is key , so how much will the developer compromise to get his Domi-yes NYP previously Williamsburg Development
Change of Plans Martha Stewart's Perry Street Place Now Flying Solo for 15.9M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 22 new posts Racked NY 17 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Thursday , April 29, 2010 Linkage Developer Nears Deal for 1 WTC Hudson Yards Pact Approved Murray Hill Invading LES More Thursday , April 29, 2010, by Joey Why so glum , chum Photo via Curbed Photo Pool Glark Zuckerman's Boston Properties honing in on small stake in 1 WTC Real Deal MTA board approves 1B deal with Related for Hudson Yards NYP Even poor foreigners Haiti are buying up Manhattan property WSJ Celebs on the housing hunt Isaac Mizrahi , Lance Bass , NPH , Leo NYP Irate LESer wants to keep Murray Hill off of Allen Street Bowery Boogie Tour buses may need to shut theChange of Plans Martha Stewart's Perry Street Place Now Flying Solo for 15.9M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 22 new posts Racked NY 17 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Thursday , April 29, 2010 As The Apthorp Turns Attorney General Wants to Get to the Bottom of Apthorp Drama Thursday , April 29, 2010, by Sara Today the Times digs deeper into the rumors that Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and his team inspected the Apthorp this past weekend . Cuomo's office signs off on all co-op and condominium conversions , but since this is the Apthorp we're talking about , this wasn't exactly your standard inspection . Assemblywoman Linda B . Rosenthal tells the Times Cuomo's review of the Apthorp has been unusually detailed , involving interviews with
Change of Plans Martha Stewart's Perry Street Place Now Flying Solo for 15.9M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 22 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 CurbedWire Cammeyer Roof Unveiled Darren Aronofsky Disses Brooklyn More Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Joey CHELSEA The CORE Group is really ramping up the marketing at The Cammeyer the converted loft building previously known as 650 Sixth Avenue and 50 West 20th Street . Tonight the brokerage is throwing a party to unveil the condo building's common roof deck . Photo above , but some real Ladies' Mile scenery can be seen in the bigger shot after the jump . Hugh O'Neill in da house CurbedWire Inbox BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Now that Brooklyn Bridge Park is
: : Change of Plans Martha Stewart's Perry Street Place Now Flying Solo for 15.9M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 22 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 Linkage Weekly Food Edition : Donald Trump Likes Meatloaf More Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Sara They must be starving : FiDi goes totally nuts for the new Chipotle . Finally , some happy news for The Mark two stars for its restaurant NYT Restaurant inside carpet store racks up a couple stars , too NYP Fatty Cue feels like a rip-off , but it tastes good VV Donald Trump likes to eat meatloaf for lunch NYP Beloved Bronx barbecue trailer on the market for 90K Boogie Downer Coney Island developer Joe Sitt wants to bring in fast food NYO Celebs are
"I just calculated that if you took the asking price for this apartment in $1 bills and spread it out evenly on the floor, that it would be over 4" thick. However, I did not include the terrace because the money would blow away."—Sai Baba [Putting the Hope in Stanhope]
Change of Plans Martha Stewart's Perry Street Place Now Flying Solo for 15.9M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 22 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 On the Market Judith Rothschild's House Tries for 9.45 Million Comeback Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Sara Click the image above to view the full . photogallery We last met 1110 Park Avenue former home of abstract painter Judith Rothschild , along the road to foreclosure , where it was scheduled to end up on the auction block February 4 with a lien of 17 million . This after an attempt to get some cash fast as an 18,000 month rental . It's not exactly clear what happened to the place on auction day , but PropertyShark records a March 1 building sale
Change of Plans Martha Stewart's Perry Street Place Now Flying Solo for 15.9M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 22 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 PriceSpotter How Much for a Menagerie on the Upper West Side Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Sara PriceSpotter is Curbed's asking price guessing game . We provide you with some details and pictures from an apartment listing , and you take a crack at the price in the comments . Tomorrow we reveal the answer . And hey , no cheating What : Where 1BR , 1BA condo on 73rd Street between Broadway and West End Avenue Square : Feet 800 Maintenance : CC 825 month plus 496 in taxes The : Skinny What do we have here besides a little more Apple product placement AChange of Plans Martha Stewart's Perry Street Place Now Flying Solo for 15.9M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 22 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 Tear Down LaGuardia Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Joey Tear Down LaGuardia Port Authority boss Chris Ward just got the imagination of every out-of-work architect racing with his comments this morning that LaGuardia Airport should fundamentally be torn down and rebuilt again Of course the PA doesn't have the cash to tear the mofo down darn WTC but the agency has hired consultants to reimagine the dinosaur . Please forward all fantastical visions of a new LaGuardia , professional or amateur , to tips curbed.com plz . NYDN Queens LaGuardia Port
Change of Plans Martha Stewart's Perry Street Place Now Flying Solo for 15.9M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 22 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 Feuds Houston Street the Mason-Dixon in Downtown War of Words Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Joey Noho has a problem : It's not Soho Sure , the blocks north of Houston Street have dining , shopping and pricey real estate comparable to their neighbors , but Noho is lacking in one key category : international brand recognition . So , the Wall Street Journal reports , neighborhood big shots recently gathered in the office of advertising firm Iris Worldwide to kick around some ideas on how Noho can attract visitors and businesses that would normally only
Change of Plans Martha Stewart's Perry Street Place Now Flying Solo for 15.9M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 22 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 Change of Plans Martha Stewart's Perry Street Place Now Flying Solo for 15.9M Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Sara Even the PriceChopper couldn't sell the triplex at 173 Perry Street a two-unit combo that lowered its price from 25 million to 21.5 million in a last-ditch bid for buyers . Which means it's time for the PriceChopper's less popular cousin , the FloorChopper , to clean up the mess . The listing for the triplex , owned by financier Gilbert Lamphere , has been pulled . And it looks like the triplex was never actually combined , because in
There's lots to chew over in this WG analysis of all things New Domino. Including this tidbit: developer CPC Resources has donated to a local church, Saints Peter and Paul Parish, which in turn has chartered buses to bring congregants to community board meetings where Domino was on the agenda. At one meeting, the priest handed out "what appeared to be scripts or talking points...then provided coaching and explanation as to the relevance of the information on the sheets." Oddly enough, this made some people suspicious. [WG; previously]
Change of Plans Martha Stewart's Perry Street Place Now Flying Solo for 15.9M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 22 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 Under the Boardwalk Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Joey Under the Boardwalk While debate rages over what materials are used on top of Coney Island's boardwalk we're more interested about what's going on underneath . From a submission to the Curbed Photo Pool A friend and I went beneath the boardwalk in Coney Island and found this tent set up . About ten minutes of shooting went by when we heard someone moving around in the tent Click through to learn how the story ends , but here's a head's up : It's not like the song . Curbed Photo Pool Diego Cupolo
Lord Norm is getting all up in the Bowery's business, starchitect style! Big red ride still to come.
· Whoa, the glass facade for Norman Foster on The Bowery is going up right this second. Looks fab. [Twitpic/@Lock]
· Flag Flies Over the Bowery as Foster Tops Fischer [Curbed]
Change of Plans Martha Stewart's Perry Street Place Now Flying Solo for 15.9M Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 26 new posts Eater NY 22 new posts Racked NY 20 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 Development Update-o-rama FiDi's Setai Wants Buyers to Forget About Midtown Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Joey Click the image above to view the full . photogallery Ladies and gentlemen , welcome to Setai Week Yesterday brought our most complete look yet at the Setai Fifth Avenue the 60-story Midtown condo hotel shooting for a November opening . But there's already a Setaisame brand , different developerdown in the Financial District , and it wants some attention , too Glamour shots in the gallery above . The conversion of the former office tower
"First 2 closings at warehouse 11 are now completed! 118 to go!" [Twitter; previously]
Green Shoots Brokers Say Spring Selling Season Has Its Groove Back Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 22 new posts Eater NY 21 new posts Racked NY 21 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 Market Reports April Showers Bring Manhattan's Rental Market Flowers Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Sara We start to get a little twitchy when we go a few weeks without digging into a rental market report so today we have the April analysis from the team at The Real Estate Group New York It continues the recent trend of slightly less scary numbers for the Manhattan rental market . By TREGNY's count , rents are up 1.1 percent since March and , for the first time in a while , up 0.27 percent from 2009 But vacancies are also still rising by 1.17 percent leadingGreen Shoots Brokers Say Spring Selling Season Has Its Groove Back Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 22 new posts Eater NY 21 new posts Racked NY 21 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 Noise Wars Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Joey Noise Wars Closed since a city raid and other mishaps back in October , the neighbor-enraging Ballroom at the Jane Hotel is set to reopen , City Room reports Among the changes to satisfy neighbors : Crowds of pretty young things will now queue up inside the hotel , rather than on Jane Street . The Nightmare on Jane Street blog and Twitter feed are eerily silent on the matter . Party on City Room via Eater West Village Bars Hotels Jane Ballroom Jane Hotel Nightlife Noise Wars Comments Comment now Comments extant
Green Shoots Brokers Say Spring Selling Season Has Its Groove Back Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 22 new posts Eater NY 21 new posts Racked NY 21 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 Preservation Watch Another VIP Wants Hell's Kitchen Powerhouse Turned Into Museum Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Joey McKim , Mead , and White's gorgeous Beaux-Arts IRT Powerhouse in Hell's Kitchen , a massive full-block building that is now a Con Ed steam plant , has become a cause célèbre among the city's preservation elite Now the campaign to landmark the powerhouse and convert it into a highbrow cultural destination similar to London's Tate Modern has added a very high-profile supporter to its ranks : Graydon Carter The Observer s Eliot Brown reports thatGreen Shoots Brokers Say Spring Selling Season Has Its Groove Back Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 22 new posts Eater NY 21 new posts Racked NY 21 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 Development Du Jour Buying in Brooklyn's Silhouette Will Basically Save a Forest Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Sara Click the image above to view the full . photogallery : Location 272 21st Street in the South Slope : Size 4 units : Prices 859,000 to 930,000 : Architect Coggan+Crawford : Developer GreenEnvy Development , Summit Strategic Advisory , Giancola Contracting and Ridge Iron Works Sales : Marketing Aptsandlofts.com : Lowdown Joining the green party is the South Slope's Silhouette a small building that's hoping to pull in buyers with energy and waterGreen Shoots Brokers Say Spring Selling Season Has Its Groove Back Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 22 new posts Eater NY 21 new posts Racked NY 21 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 Feuds Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Sara Feuds The collapsing brownstone at 174 Garfield Place where bricks and garbage block the front door , has 23 DOB violations , a bunch of angry neighbors , and , now , two City Council members demanding the bank take the place back . already And the owner Really couldn't care less . Let them complain , he tells the Brooklyn Paper I've been a big contribution to the quality of life on that block . Whatever liens and citations I have at this point , I will work them out when I sell it We're sure sellers are banging down
Green Shoots Brokers Say Spring Selling Season Has Its Groove Back Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 22 new posts Eater NY 21 new posts Racked NY 21 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 Green Shoots Brokers Say Spring Selling Season Has Its Groove Back Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Joey Spring : the best time of year for baseball fans and real estate brokers . But for the past couple of years , the peak season for apartment sales has been a bust for our broker friends , pretty much like all the other seasons . Is 2010 different Former Times man and new WSJ real estate scribe Josh Barbanel takes the pulse of the market and finds that the busy season might be just that for the first time in a while Higher-ups within the major brokerages say, Green Shoots Brokers Say Spring Selling Season Has Its Groove Back Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 22 new posts Eater NY 21 new posts Racked NY 21 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 Soho , 5M Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Curbed Network Listings Soho , 5M 3 BR , 3 BA , 2,753 sq ft condo Asking : 5,000,000 Private terrace 43 Wooster Street Corcoran QuickListings are paid advertisements from trusted Curbed . advertisers Curbed aims to make all advertising on the site as valuable and relevant as possible to our readers , and as part of this , Curbed allows trusted advertisers to pay to promote their listings in the blog flow . All sponsored posts on Curbed , including QuickListings , are identified as such and carry a light shading toGreen Shoots Brokers Say Spring Selling Season Has Its Groove Back Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 22 new posts Eater NY 21 new posts Racked NY 21 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 End of the CBA Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Sara End of the CBA A few months after the City Council voted down the Bronx's Kingsbridge Armory project after a fight over the terms of a community-developer agreement , the New York City Bar Association is suggesting the city get rid of the Community Benefits Agreement . altogether Why The agreements open up too many opportunities for corruption and the city shouldn't get in the middle of negotiations between developer and community . But , says a Related lawyer , I don't think it's reasonable to assume that thisGreen Shoots Brokers Say Spring Selling Season Has Its Groove Back Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 22 new posts Eater NY 21 new posts Racked NY 21 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 Putting the Hope in Stanhope Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Joey Putting the Hope in Stanhope The Observer reports that Claude Wasserstein , former wife of late investment giant Bruce Wasserstein , is quietly asking 65 million for her penthouse in the converted Stanhope hotel on Fifth Avenue That's a slight increase over the 35 million she paid for the 7,000-square-foot penthouse with another 5,000 square feet of outdoor space in 2008. Wasserstein bought the space raw and built it out , and one source sniffs to the Observer I don't know what she did but she
Green Shoots Brokers Say Spring Selling Season Has Its Groove Back Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 22 new posts Eater NY 21 new posts Racked NY 21 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 Williamsburg Waterfront Watch Epic Drugstore War Coming to Williamsburg Waterfront Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Joey Neighbors and rivals Northside Piers and Edge have long competed for condo buyers , but soon the Kent Avenue complexes will duke it out for condom buyers . Northside Piers added a big Duane Reade store which brought a much needed convenience store to the areaeven if the way it glows at night against the somewhat barren Kent Avenue backdrop looks a bit UFO-like . Now , the Post s Lois Weiss reports that Edge , set to welcome buyers this summer
. . Green Shoots Brokers Say Spring Selling Season Has Its Groove Back Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 22 new posts Eater NY 21 new posts Racked NY 21 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 Linkage U.N . Crook's Condo Sold City's Bicycling Stats Inflated More Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Joey Looking south from Pier 1 on the UWS , via Curbed Photo Pool Harris Graber Scandal-tinged condo near U.N . auctioned by Marshals for cheap WSJ Comptroller Liu says EDC is hoarding 125 million meant for the city NYT More taggers go after Shepard Fairey's Houston St . mural VNY The city's thirst to take over Battery Park City goes back years NYO Navy Yard CEO says Admiral's Row supermarket work to being in late 11 NYP Furnish your home with old soap opera
: : Green Shoots Brokers Say Spring Selling Season Has Its Groove Back Curbed Marketplace Curbed Marketplace Curbed NY 22 new posts Eater NY 21 new posts Racked NY 21 new posts hamptons 2 new posts MARKETPLACE Wednesday , April 28, 2010 Rent Wars The Next Stuy Town : Wall Street's Luxury Rentals Wednesday , April 28, 2010, by Sara Back in December , a housing court judge sided with a tenant in FiDi's 37 Wall Street who argued that his apartment should be rent stabilized . Another 8,600 apartments in the area could also end up with rental golden tickets , the Times reports , because their owners received 421-g tax breaks . So how did a decision like this get handed down Blame Stuy Town The judge originally dismissed the plaintiff , who paid 4,920 month for his 37 Wall 2BR . But then the
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: Remember Me Forgot your password Register Home About Stadium Tips Contact Press Discount Yankees Tickets Attendance Tracker 09 Attendance Tracker 10 Attendance Tracker Archives 2009 Archives 2010 Archives Old Site Our Latest on Fansnap : The Lowdown On The Audi Yankees Club The Mohegan Sun Sports Bar Written by Ross Monday , 19 April 2010 22:15 Earlier today , we created a post for Fansnap.com , breaking down the ticket options in the Audi Yankees Club The Mohegan Sun Sports Bar Much of this won't be new to loyal NYYSI readers , but we wanted to share our tips with the folks who use FanSnap.com to buy their . tickets In case you were wondering about those two unique clubs at Yankee Stadium , feel free to check out the post The Lowdown On The Unique Yankees Tickets In The Audi YankeesRemember Me Forgot your password Register Home About Stadium Tips Contact Press Discount Yankees Tickets Attendance Tracker 09 Attendance Tracker 10 Attendance Tracker Archives 2009 Archives 2010 Archives Old Site Yankees 2010 Attendance Slightly Ahead Of 2009 Pace Through First Home Stand Written by Ross Sunday , 18 April 2010 16:17 Now that the Yankees have closed out an impressive 5-1 home stand , its time to take another look at our 2010 Yankee Stadium attendance tracker Through the first 6 games , with some shoddy weather thrown in the mix , the Yankees have seen 267,616 fans pass through the gates . Through 6 games in their inaugural season , the Yankees had drawn 267,014 fans , so they're two percent ahead of the 2009 pace 2009 vs . 2010 Yankee Stadium Attendance Through 6 Games, Remember Me Forgot your password Register Home About Stadium Tips Contact Press Discount Yankees Tickets Attendance Tracker 09 Attendance Tracker 10 Attendance Tracker Archives 2009 Archives 2010 Archives Old Site The Old Yankee Stadium Rubble , As Seen From The 4 Train Written by Ross Saturday , 17 April 2010 21:53 We took this video today while riding the 4 train up to Yankee Stadium . For those who haven't been up there this year , it really gives you an idea of the shocking experience it is to see the old Yankee Stadium in its current state . Until it is completely gone , we'll constantly be in awe of the feelings this entire process has . evoked : Tags 4 train old yankee stadium demolition yankee stadium Trackback 0 TrackBack URI for this entry Comments 0 Write comment Name EmailRemember Me Forgot your password Register Home About Stadium Tips Contact Press Discount Yankees Tickets Attendance Tracker 09 Attendance Tracker 10 Attendance Tracker Archives 2009 Archives 2010 Archives Old Site NYYSI Quick Hit A-Rod's Legacy Written by Ross Saturday , 17 April 2010 21:43 Just a quick note to let everyone know that we posted an interesting piece over at Fansnap.com about A-Rod's legacy as a Yankee and his current status with the fans . We think this one is worth aggregating , so here it : is As He Climbs All-Time Lists , Winning Not Home Runs Define Alex Rodriguez : Tags alex rodriguez yankees legacy nyy stadium insider on fansnap Trackback 0 TrackBack URI for this entry Comments 0 Write comment Name Email Website Title Comment smaller bigger Subscribe via email
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