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• The world doesn't need another "wellness community" real estate article, but luckily Forbes' entry into the genre includes the following: "[W]hat is happening is the boomers have spent the whole time in the office, and they somewhat forgot themselves," and "It's not just about going to a gym. It's not about working on your mind a little bit." [Forbes]
• From the Lights of Dyker Heights to the 'Burg and Bergen Beach, Gowanus Lounge has the full guide to Brooklyn's glowing holiday cheer. Prospect Park, lord bless them, has 600,000 lightbulbs alone. [G.L.]
• Here's a grossly Manhattanized version of the news above: Sachs Fifth Avenue's yearly yuletide celebration will only consume "the energy equivalent of three toaster ovens." Green Design is officially chic. [Interior Design]
• Jonathan Miller has a must-read analysis of real estate bubble blogging, written (in part) as a response to a recent PBS piece. Mr. Miller's conclusion? "Lord help us." [Matrix]
• Jewish Condo News of the Year: A press release we got on Thursday brags that Riverdale's "Kosher-smart" condominium has "secured the approval of the community." Architect David Mandl admits that the community "was weary of the project," but apparently the golden Jerusalem Stone at the base won them over. More gold, after the jump.
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Yesterday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission announced the landmarking of the Claremont Theater Building at 3320-3328 Broadway on Harlem, at the southeast corner of 135th Street. The neo-Renaissance building was opened in 1914 to show "photoplays," and was designed by Gaetano Ajello and commissioned by Harvey M. and Arlington C. Hall of Wayside Realty Company.
In the 1920's the building's storefronts were leased out to automobile-product stores, and in 1933 the theater closed and was converted to an auto showroom. Currently, it looks like it's being used for a furniture shop.
Thomaas Edison shot a short film in 1915 featuring the building's entrance (mpg).
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Another week, another scandal, and yet again the sound of windbags deflating.  read more »