Real estate
The Round-Up: Thursday
What good is marketing? The cupola building at 141 Fifth Avenue has sold 25 of its 38 units without any sort of hucksterism whatsoever, according to the developer. [NY Sun]
Congestion pricing proponents think that 350,000 “heartrending flyers” can push voters to push state legislators to push through the Mayor’s plan by July 16. [NY Daily News] read more »
Showdown Between Upper West Side Synagogue, Preservationists Postponed
The much-anticipated showdown between Landmark West and Congregation Shearith Israel has been postponed.
As we reported last week, the Upper West Side synagogue Congregation Shearith Israel wants to build five stories of luxury condos on top of a new community house at 8 West 70th Street. Landmark West, an Upper West Side community group, has led the opposition to the development because it feels Shearith Israel is a non-profit organization trying to make a buck. read more »
One Sutton Place South Sues City Over New Park
The city's plan to build a park on the property of the upscale apartment building One Sutton Place South just hit a snag.
Sutton Place South Corporation, the owner of the co-op at 57th Street along the East River that's included C.Z. Guest, Patricia Kennedy Lawford and Sigourney Weaver as residents, has filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court to prevent the city from building a park on land that belongs to the building. The lawsuit was filed after the Department of Transportation alerted the building on May 31 of its plans to start construction at the end of June.
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Who Knew? Upper East Side Underground Poker Club Robbed at Gunpoint
The illegal poker scene in New York just got a little more dangerous.
Last night, an underground poker club at 328 East 61st Street was robbed at gunpoint by two men, according to City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin’s office. The men stole approximately $50,000 from the establishment and the patrons.
According to sources, the establishment, located on the third floor of the building, had been operating for about six months. Prior tothat, another poker room had existed at the same location for approximately a year and a half. It had been robbed as well.
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The Ward Bakery is Falling Down
The Afternoon Wrap: Wednesday
The American Institute of Architects has announced 2007's Top Ten Green Projects, but none of them are in New York. A local honorable mentioned, however, goes to Coney Island's Stillwell Avenue Terminal Train Shed. [Architectural Record]
Real estate titan Barbara Corcoran, smiley and excited, tells the Today show: "People don't know which way this market is going, it's causing mass confusion!" Does mass confusion lead to chaos and anarchy? Nope. "Confusion, I always believe, begets bargain." [Corcoran, via Curbed]
Gehry's ugly-faced IAC/InterActiveCorp building on the West Side Highway is finally open for business. Why did IAC boss Barry Diller chose Frank Gehry to design his headquarters? He'd heard the architect was "expensive and difficult and ornery." [L.A. Times via Gawker]
Nike, plus the way-cooler LA-based vintage shoe store Fight Club, are each opening their second New York City stores. Expensive tennis sneakers for everyone! [Crain's]
