The Afternoon Wrap: Monday
Is Brooklyn a "Class A" kind of place? New York firms are leaving the "skyrocketing rents and scarce space" of Midtown and Downtown Manhattan for the "other" downtown. Thus Brooklyn is no longer "back office"--it's a "forward-thinking, hip, cool place to be," especially for uncool corporate types. [Real Deal]
In similarly catastrophic-sounding news for the borough, thrift stores have been disappearing from Sunset Park. First there were six, then just a Salvation Army, now nothing. Where, oh where, will the Brooklynites get their hip tees? [Gowanus Lounge]
Four posh retreats in the Northeast made a master list of 100 Vacation Dream Homes, but only two are in Manhattan. And yet the William Beaver House and Miravel Living [above left] don't strike the eye as "easy going." The scary-named Whiteface Lodge [above right] is more our speed. [Travel + Leisure]
Tom Cruise Realty Quote of the Day: "The Dakota board loves Cruise, he wowed 'em. Plus, he's a hero to the Wall Street worthies on the board--Top Gun, Jerry McGuire, Mission: Impossible, etc.--they love that crap." [Gawker]
- Max Abelson
