What Are The Smallest Places To Live In NY?

Written by NYPress on July 11, 2012. Posted in Lifestyle, Real Estate

A quick look at some of the city’s close quarters It’s always cool to see the unique, weird, grand, odd, creepy, old, new, plain, packed (for your sake I’ll stop) abodes of others. From apartments to yachts, houses that aren’t our own are curious oddities. Heck, it’s half the reason things like the Travel Channel
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Carroll Gardens Brownstone That Unexpectedly Collapsed Will Be Demolished

Written by NYPress on July 2, 2012. Posted in Blog, Breaking News, Real Estate

If you thought you were at least safe indoors in New York City, this news will be unnerving. (by Alissa Fleck) Around 1 a.m. a brownstone in Carroll Gardens—a multiple family home previously listed at $3,500,000—partially collapsed last week, according to Gothamist. All residents were successfully evacuated without injury from the building once previously described
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NYU Expansion Hearing Brings Public Concerns to Light

Written by NY Press on April 30, 2012. Posted in Blog, Breaking News, DTSocial, Dwell OTDT, Our Town Downtown, Real Estate

The CPC's Public Hearing on the NYU Expansion (Sexton Plan) drew the full attention of the maximum capacity auditorium at the Museum of the American Indian.

by Mike Vidafar Borough President’s Compromise Not Enough to Sway Public Opinion On Wed. afternoon (4/25), the City Planning Commission (CPC) held a public hearing at the Museum of the American Indian to hear both concerns and support over the NYU Sexton Plan – a project that would radically expand the NYU campus over a
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Let There Be Light

Written by admin on February 1, 2012. Posted in Real Estate

Flatiron gem boasts the best of the old and the new | By Marissa Maier For some buyers, the words “apartment in an historic building” might conjure up images of squat rooms with slim windows overlooking nearby buildings. An open, bright abode in a 1910 cast-iron building at 901 Broadway in the Flatiron District bucks
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Minimal is the Most

Written by Mark Peikert on January 25, 2012. Posted in Real Estate

When it comes to cabinetry, Minimal’s designs could easily be considered art—literally. The showroom is located in Chelsea, on the top floor of a building comprised mostly of galleries, where managers Bartolomeo Bellati and Stefano Venier command a view of the Hudson River and a spiral staircase that leads to the rooftop
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Labors of Love

Written by Marissa Maier on January 18, 2012. Posted in Real Estate

The Townhouse Therapist on the benefits of fullbuilding living Tatiana Cames is known as the “Townhouse Therapist.” Though the title would make for a good interior design reality show, Cames is renown in the real estate world for being the agent in the know when it comes to selling and buying townhouses
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Keyholes: Taking a peek into Spalding Gray’s old writing spot

Written by Mark Peikert on January 11, 2012. Posted in Real Estate, Uncategorized

This month, Our Town Downtown begins a new recurring feature called Keyholes, in which we investigate real, Downtown apartments. And who better to show that it doesn’t hurt than our own managing editor Marissa Maier, who currently lives in the former Soho apartment of Spalding Gray, her stepfather
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Building Profile: 20 Pine

Written by Marissa Maier on January 4, 2012. Posted in Real Estate

With 20 Pine The Collection, a luxury condominium in Lower Manhattan’s Financial District, Deborah DeMaria of Warburg Realty intimately knows the comforts of living in the building. While DeMaria serves as sales director for 20 Pine—Warburg Realty is the exclusive marketing team of the development—she is also a resident and has firsthand knowledge of the
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The Year In Real Estate

Written by Marissa Maier on December 28, 2011. Posted in Real Estate

From high-end properties to a tightening real estate market, Halstead’s Sara Rotter explains the trends of the 2011 market This fall, Sara Rotter, a New York City native, became the director of sales for Halstead Property Downtown. Rotter, a former Harvard University student and agent, is a treasure trove of information on the Downtown real
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No Time? No Problem!

Written by Mark Peikert on December 21, 2011. Posted in Real Estate, Uncategorized

Pret-a-Habiter does all the décor legwork for the design-impaired By Mark Peikert As IKEA and CB2 stores proliferate, design has turned into something both affordable and achievable. Gone are the days of hiring an expensive interior decorator and crossing your fingers; now, you can outfit your entire home in style without breaking the bank. Of
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