Of Love and New York City Real Estate

Homes define New York City.  More than any of the cultural attractions the city is known for, the one feature of the city that sticks out in most people's minds when they visit the city for the first...

A Little Twinkle in Your Bed

"With New York's Fashion Week officially drawing to a close, it’s a wonder what the average New Yorker has really taken from the whole shebang. There were runway shows, parties with recreational substances, and way too many people testing out “experimental” ..."

Insane Incentives: Buying Just Got More Fun

"With the national real estate sales market cooling down a bit, sellers are going out of their way to attract buyers- especially since most sellers haven’t really come down in price significantly. Prices...

Just One Remote…Really!

"People live complicated lives, and it’s my personal theory that it all comes back to the electronics we deem necessary in our homes- our TVs, stereo equipment, DVD/VCR players, etc., all become a mess of wires...

Miniature Modernism

"Genius Jones (the company, not the 1940s comic book character) sells furniture with the following principle in mind: new parents shouldn't have to immediately abandon all interest in design. After all, when...

New York Busting At The Seams

"  New York City is constantly growing, with experts predicting a population of 9 million by 2025. It's too bad that the state's housing market isn't growing, too. According to a recent release from the US...

Natural Design

"Times Square – that tourist-clogged area of concrete, tourists, and giant food advertisements – doesn't have many trees. Actually, last time we checked, it doesn't have ANY. That's why the Times Square Alliance is spearheading The Urban Forest Project, which is about to...

Get Some Attention in Your Bedroom

"…With wild colors, patterns, prints, and lace that is. Betsey Johnson, the famed if-not-infamous women’s dress and sportswear designer just hit the home decorating market with a new line of extremely whimsical home décor items- and mostly in bubblegum pink. These items,...

A Sirius-ly Good Deal in Brooklyn

"Bargain hunters will love this one. Brooklyn Heights' Lookout Hill Condominium, a new building from Alchemy Properties , has equipped all 46 units with a Sirius satellite radio and free one-year subscription. Alchemy Properties is the first real estate developer in New York...

Gen X Moves In

"They were called the generation that couldn’t succeed. They lacked ambition, drive, and overall skill. Or so we thought. Much to everyone’s surprise, Generation X has been a major force in the recent real estate boom. According to recent statistics from the National...

Some Seriously Royal Thrones

"Every modern home has a “throne” of sorts, it’s our place to relax, read the paper, and well, you know. Typically made of simple porcelain, this seat hardly makes anyone feel royal, if special at all....

Scooter City

"Since the Segway self-balancing scooter was introduced in 2001, it’s taken America by storm. Several police departments, venues, convention centers, and regular pedestrians-no-more have become addicted to its...

Some people will do anything to pay cheap rent.

"Last week, the New York Times gave hope to a number of money-stricken New Yorkers who are willing to cut corners with their housing searches. As the article explains, sometimes the only way to cut corners is to literally live on those corners ..."
 

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