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  • Seven reasons for Queens' impending triumph: Long Island City; more bang-for-buck; it's not Jersey; the "tipping point"; Trader Joe's; community blogs; and, most importantly, Ugly Betty. [OuterB]
  • Why should NYC ban traffic on Williamsburg's main stretch? Because hipsters deserve their own esplanade, and because "preserving the small town quality of Williamsburg and allowing for a more vital street life" sounds like a dandy idea. [Carefree Bedford, via Curbed]
  • It's about 18 months too late to notice that "the cobblestone streets, the deep history, the architecture, and the harbor views" have made Wall Street a hip place to live. But if you like Armani-branded condos, this weekend is full of thrilling financial district open houses. [NY Mag/D.I.]
  • Map of the Day: Where do NYU kids go after freshman year? Invariably, from Washington Square to Alphabet City, from "East" Williamsburg to Yorkville, from the West Village to Westchester. [L Mag]
    • - Max Abelson]]> http://www.observer.com/node/35754#comments Real Estate Long Island City Trader Joe's Co. Inc. Williamsburg Yorkville Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:45:25 -0500 Observer Staff 35754 at http://www.observer.com Prisoner of Atlantic Avenue http://www.observer.com/node/34953 The densest census tract in the country is located in West Harlem, where a 1,190-unit former Mitchell-Lama building stands surrounded by numerous tenements (below). The two-block area has, according to the 2000 Census, a density equivalent to 229,713 inhabitants per square mile.
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    3333 Broadway, between 133rd and 135th Sts., as seen from Google Earth

    Sounds positively suburban next to the density envisioned by Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn (below): between 436,363 and 523,636 inhabitants per square mile (based on estimated population of between 15,000 and 18,000 residents over 22 acres). That is the density for the whole footprint, including the open space, the arena, and the office towers.  read more »

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    More Manhattan than Manhattan: Frank Gehry's Atlantic Yards
    ]]>     http://www.observer.com/node/34953#comments Real Estate Atlantic Yards Manhattan Washington Heights Yorkville Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:15:28 -0400 Observer Staff 34953 at http://www.observer.com