Median price, at $1.7 million held relatively firm over both time periods. At $1,188, loft average price per square foot increased 6% from both Second Quarter 2011 and Third Quarter 2010. Price growth was most prevalent in the 2,500-plus square foot category; median price increased 11% from last quarter and 13% from a year ago.
Data from Third Quarter 2011 Currently there are approximately 400 active loft listings for sale throughout Manhattan. They range from $600,000 for a 1200 square foot walk-up in Harlem to a 10,911 square foot 19 (3 comments)
Photo courtesy of the Festival. The Tribeca Film Festival will take place at various locations in lower Manhattan. The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival kicks off its annual celebration beginning on April 20 and running until May 1. Founded in 2001 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, the Tribeca Film Festival is well known for being a diverse international film festival that supports emerging and established directors and promotes New York City as a major filmmaking center.This year’s Festival includes feature films from 32 different countries, selected from a prestigious pool of 5,624 submissions, a record number for (5 comments)
Several Manhattan neighborhood zip codes made the recent Forbes "Most Expensive Zip Codes" list. #5 New York, NY 10014 - The West Village, Greenwich Village - Median Home price: $3,785,445 - Up 7% from 1 year ago #7 New York, NY 10065 - Upper East Side, (East 60's) - Median home price: $3,626,001 - Up 14% from 1 year ago. #9 New York, NY 10012 - (16 comments)
In the 1800s, New York City required that all buildings higher than six stories be equipped with a rooftop water tower. This was necessary to prevent the need for excessively high pressures at lower elevations, which could burst pipes. Today the towers have become fashionable in some circles. As of 2006[update], the neighborhood of Tribeca requires water towers on all buildings, whether or not they are being used.
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tribeca: Manhattan Neighborhood Market Report: TRIBECA Real Estate Guide
- 04/11/07 04:03 PM
TRIBECA - 10013 - The name is an abbreviation of: TRIANGLE BELOW CANAL Tribeca, Manhattan's downtown neighborhood runs from Canal Street south to Park Place, and from the Hudson River east to Broadway. Tribeca's charming cobblestone streets are lined with spacious residential loft buildings that were converted from industrial warehouses. There are new glass condo lofts, restaurants and boutiques.
Tribeca only became one of Manhattan's most fashionable places to live in the last 15 years. The neighborhood has evolved from an in expensive area where shopkeeper's and artisans, who could not afford the higher rents along the East River, built their wooden houses in the 18th century. After the Civil War, the (4 comments)