Posts Tagged ‘realestate’
NYC rent continues to rise: Here’s how much you need to earn to leave in each borough
March 28, 2025Palm Beach, a Democratic Pocket in Florida, Becomes MAGA Central – WSJ
November 27, 2024SUMMIT One Vanderbilt | Best Landmark In The United States
February 12, 2023nice to visit?
The Marvels—And Mistakes—Of Supertall Skyscrapers – The Atlantic
January 1, 2023Great article. Thought the very intentional “wind shaping” was fascinating (e.g. the “blow through” floors at 432 Park). Maybe we’ll see fins next.
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This didn’t seem unrelated to a lawsuit that 432 Park’s condo board has filed against the building’s developer. The plaintiffs claim that the building is riddled with more than 1,500 defects that have led to leaks, cracks, electrical explosions, and elevator shutdowns that trapped people for hours—as well as “horrible and obtrusive noise and vibrations,” including clicks, creaks, and a trash chute that thunders “like a bomb.”
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diffusing the suction-filled whirlpools that sway a building as wind whips around its sides. You could notch the corners, like on Taipei 101, which resembles a towering stack of gifts. You could twist the building, like the Twizzler-esque Shanghai Tower. You could taper it to look like the tip of a paintbrush, like the Lakhta Center, or cut out sections to let wind blow through it, like the Shanghai World Financial Center, which is nicknamed “The Bottle Opener.” 432 Park’s designers decided to make it more porous: Every 12 stories, there are two “blow through” floors with cutouts for windows, but no glass. “}}
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/01/supertall-mega-skyscraper-building-nyc/672228
steinway tower
https://www.dropbox.com/s/soza3usm060fzya/steinway-tower-view.docx?dl=0
The world’s skinniest skyscraper, New York’s Steinway Tower, is ready for its first residents – CNN Style
April 23, 2022Conn. castle just 45 minutes from NYC hits market for $11.8M
April 14, 2022This Price Surge Really Hits New Yorkers Hard – The New York Times
March 17, 2022This Price Surge Really Hits New Yorkers Hard – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/nyregion/new-york-price-surge.html
The shift to work-at-home is so pronounced that New York properties near rail stations now trade at a discount – MarketWatch
March 17, 2022How the Ferry Is Changing the Brooklyn-Queens Waterfront – NYTimes.com
December 3, 2017Interesting reading. Noted the: Durst’s, Spitzer’s, Ferries, Red Hook
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/realestate/how-the-ferry-is-changing-the-brooklyn-queens-waterfront.html
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