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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
Besides providing Feng Shui Consultations, Reiki Healing sessions and more, I've been playing for local bands based out of Long Island, Brooklyn and New York City. I had the pleasure of joining forces with Dan Strauss and Zigline to perform at Shrine World Music Venue in Harlem, NY on Wednesday night (April 17th, 2024). The evening was filled with soothing eclectic experimental sounds featuring Dan Strauss as the lead vocalist on guitar, Todd Rogers on violin, Raymond Russel on bass and myself, Laura Cerrano on percussion. To watch a live recording of our performance you can click on this link, Dan Strauss and Zigline at Shrine World Music Venue in Harlem, NY. Enjoy!P.s. this is an example of living the Feng Shui lifestyle.  In this case, it was planting a seed of an idea that brought j...
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
Have you ever resented or hated your home? This is a topic in the Feng Shui community not often spoken about, but is extremely important to be aware of. Occupants who resent or hate their home enable huge levels of unsettling energy that have the potential to engulf the entire home if gone unchecked. The intention of this article is to bridge science, practicality and a simple Space Clearing healing ritual to realign your home and self with harmonizing frequencies of love, compassion and peace. Read the full article by visiting: How Does Resenting and Hating My Home Affect The Energy?I'm working on a second article to offer an example of this situation to provide more context. 
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
Feng Shui Pop Quiz: What Are The Deconstructive Cycles Of The 5 Elements?Knowing the Five elements theory in Feng Shui is always beneficial because it offers insight into personality dynamics along with simple ways to help check and balance the energy of your home, body, mind and spirit as needed. Below is a list of the 5 elements. Five elements Fire_______________ Earth______________ Metal______________ Water______________ Wood______________  Deconstructive cycle descriptionChoose one letter (A, B, C, D, or E) that that you feel is the deconstructive cycle description for Fire, Earth, Metal, Water and Wood. Only one letter can be chosen per element.  A.   Cuts woodB.   Extinguishes fireC.   Melts woodD.  Absorbs waterE.   Breaks up earth 
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By Mitchell J Hall, Lic Associate RE Broker - Manhattan & Brooklyn
FLEET WEEK 2015, May 20th- 26thPhoto courtesy of  ©Mitchell Hall  USS New York (made of steel from the World Trade Center ruins) sailing up the Hudson RiverHosted every year Memorial Day week, Fleet Week NYC now in its 27th year, is the city's time-honored celebration of the sea services. It is an unparalleled opportunity for the citizens of New York and the surrounding tri-state area to meet Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, as well as witness firsthand the latest capabilities of today's maritime services. Nearly 1,800 Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen are participating this year. Fleet Week includes dozens of military demonstrations and displays throughout the week, as well as public visitation of the participating ships. The Parade of Ships is only the beginning of the weeklon...
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By Jeffrey Ditri, New York City Residential Rental Specialist
(JAD Realty Group, LLC.)
 Listings website Zumper has once again worked its magic to take therental data from April, in which rents continued to rise citywide (surprise!) and Brooklyn reached a new plateau, and put the median rent for each neighborhood into easily digestible map form. Though perhaps digestible is the wrong word, since a lot of these rents may very well turn your stomach. NoMad/Flatiron, for instance, leads the pack with the median price of a one-bedroom sitting at $4,490. Tribeca is still up there, too, at $4,450. The West Village, surprisingly, fell to $3,700. In Brooklyn, Dumbo is still the leader at $3,720.
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By Morgan Evans, LICENSED REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON
(Douglas Elliman Real Estate)
JUST RENTED Dorchester Tower #501 Alcove StudioWe just rented a renovated alcove studio in Dorchester Towers condo located at 155 West 68th Street. Dorchester Towers condo is a full time doorman condo building in Lincoln Center Upper West Side. It has a common roof deck, package room, fitness center, conference room and bike storage. This fifth floor renovated alcove studio has a spacious layout that is perfect for all furniture arrangement. This studio the kitchen was opened up to provide an open countertop to the rest of the apartment, raised beautiful hardwood floors were installed, a huge over-sized walk in closet, this apartment is move-in ready. This unit is now RENTED. Call us (917)837-8869 for other availabilities. 
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
Great Eats In New York City: Lillie's Times Square   After completing a Feng Shui Blessing ceremony for a local theater, I stopped off at Lillie's Times Square to grab lunch. The price for lunch at Lillie's was very reasonable, paired with fresh and tasty menu options, sided with great service and interesting decor. You are surrounded by Victorian paintings, stained glass and more. This was truly a treat for the eyes. Lillie's has two locations to choose from. One being steps away from Broadway theater productions in Times Square, while the other is located in Union Square.   The images above are all from the Times Square locaiton. When in town, be sure to swing by either of Lillie's NYC locations. Offical Website: Lillie's NYC   
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By Morgan Evans, LICENSED REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON
(Douglas Elliman Real Estate)
West Village One Bedroom for Rent: 350 West 14th Street New York, NY 10014 West Village one bedroom condo for rent located at 350 West 14th Street at the Village Pointe Condominium, the crossroads of the West Village, West Chelsea and the Meatpacking District, this one bedroom elevator building condo is now available for sale.350 West 14th Street is one of the only condominium buildings in the neighborhood, perfect for Downtown lovers looking for move in condition apartment.This West village apartment has an open concept layout.  The kitchen with its open breakfast bar counter, stainless steel appliances, and granite countertops is stylish and highly functional at the same time.  The 9 ft tall ceilings, brick facade accented wall, and hardwood floors combine to give the apartment that d...
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By Eileen Hsu, LICENSED REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON
(Douglas Elliman Real Estate)
Central park is one of my favorite park in the world, there are so many corners of the Central Park that I can sit and relax for hours. The color of Central Park also changes through out different season. Today the weather in New York is absolutely perfect and I took a short break to take a stroll in the park. Here is a photo of the pond in front of the San Remo today.
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By Jeffrey Ditri, New York City Residential Rental Specialist
(JAD Realty Group, LLC.)
The Class of 2015 may graduate to the most robust job market in quite some time, but that doesn't mean they're going to be raking in the big bucks they expect—at least at first. Add that to the fact that the New York City rental market is incredibly unfriendly and wildly expensiveright now, and it makes the thought of moving to the city more than a little daunting.So the number-crunching real estate gurus over at StreetEasy have put together an interactive map that shows recent college graduates (and, perhaps, their worried parents) which neighborhoods have the most apartments they can afford. Just select your major (from fine arts to business), how many roommates you'd be willing to shack up with, and what percentage of your income you'd like to spend on rent ("while still putting mone...
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By Mitchell J Hall, Lic Associate RE Broker - Manhattan & Brooklyn
Market Wide SummaryIn April 2015 the condo and co-op markets showed further separation in supply/demand dynamics. In terms of pricing, the co-op market responded to the still falling supply and continuously strong demand with significant price gains. The condo market did not see the same annual price gains, due to a decrease in three+ bedroom sales, increasing supply, and high current asking prices. Days on market decreased for coops while the figure increased for condos. Negotiability remains low in both markets, however this month co-ops saw a very tight market with an average sale price a fraction above the last asking price. Market-wide contracts signed were up 7% compared to last year. Despite a 3% increase in total inventory, buyers may be hesitant to list their units because rep...
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By Jeffrey Ditri, New York City Residential Rental Specialist
(JAD Realty Group, LLC.)
[111 Varick Street in January 2013, via Google Streetview]Yet another parking garage will bite the dust to make way for apartments. This one is located at the corner of Varick and Broome streets in Hudson Square, an area currently seeing a lot of development thanks to a recent rezoning, so it's no surprise that owner Madigan Development wants to cash in. The Real Deal and New York YIMBY report that plans were filed with the Department of Buildings for a 15-story, 49-unit building. The Stephen B. Jacobs Group is the architect of record, and it's not clear yet if the apartments will be rentals or condos. But considering the neighborhood and the fact that units will average 1,254 square feet, our money is on condos—even though the site faces the entrance to the Holland Tunnel.The first flo...
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By Jeffrey Ditri, New York City Residential Rental Specialist
(JAD Realty Group, LLC.)
The judge in the case was incredulous, and at a March 30 hearing, she said as much. “Corcoran, the biggest real estate broker in the state of New York, is coming to me and saying that ‘we need protection from this new start-up company?’”Indeed it was.As The Real Deal has reported, the firm sued the upstart brokerage Compass for “brazenly” stealing roughly 60 agents and managers. In turn, Compass claimed that Corcoran was harassing and intimidating former agents.Judge Saliann Scarpulla, of the New York State Supreme Court, isn’t the only one hearing a case involving two New York City residential brokerages. It’s one of several lawsuits wending its way through the New York State court system.Amid unprecedented competition in the residential real estate world, the battling between firms ha...
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By Jeffrey Ditri, New York City Residential Rental Specialist
(JAD Realty Group, LLC.)
Pablo Jendretzki sure lucked out when he met a couple with a 6,000-square-foot loft on Sixth Avenue in Soho. Not only did the couple, who work in film and entertain often, befriend the Argentinean-born architect—they hired him to do a major renovation. In 2010, Jendretzki embarked on an overhaul of the space. While the massive living area, which takes up two-thirds of the apartment, is still open-plan, Jendretzki rewired everything "like crazy" so that 12 projectors hang from the beamed ceiling, ready to air movies or video installations on screens that descend from hidden pockets.But beyond cinematic capabilities, the couple wanted something more: "something in the space that guests wouldn't forget." Forget traditional walls. After experimenting with different kinds of "volumes" that c...
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
Exploring Central Park In New York City During The Spring Time Who doesn't love New York City during the Spring Time?! I'll admit, usually I am in a mad dash to get out  of NYC after a consultation or event, but when Spring comes around and the temperature is at a perfect 75, trees are blooming and NYC has a peaceful atmosphere, I am more then happy to kick around. After the Feng Shui Tour I provided, I wondered into Central park. I had no agenda but to just relax and enjoy. I treated myself to some mild rock climbing on the "Big Rock." Some of the local children found a new way to get down the rock by riding it like a slide, ouch!For free, I was able to watch a men and women softball league go head to head. There were home-runs, great hits, amazing diving catches as well. This game was...
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
Feng Shui Tour of Manhattan Architecture with Laura Cerrano During our tour of Feng Shui Hidden Architecture within Manhattan, I had about 10 people participate yesterday morning into the early afternoon for the Jane's Walkers NYC Tours. We walked from Times Square to the Mandarin Hotel and Trump Intentional Hotel and Tower.  It was a great tour with wonderful flexibility in exploring and sharing. Each person on the tour had heard various view points of Feng Shui and by the end of the tour they were enriched with new insights and new found awareness with the practice of Feng Shui. One attendee lived in NYC for over 30 years and had no idea Feng Shui was so prominent in Manhattan's architecture. I have to say, even I learned new things. For one, I never visited the Mandarin Hotel. As we ...
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By Mitchell J Hall, Lic Associate RE Broker - Manhattan & Brooklyn
50 West 86th StreetSome of you may remember a blog I wrote several years ago The Good Luck Mansion about my first Manhattan apartment, a studio with a sleeping loft complete with brick wall and huge windows on the parlor floor of a limestone mansion on the Upper West Side built in the early 1900's for the Gimbel family from the famed Gimbel's department store. I lived there from 1981-1989.You may recall my upstairs neighbor was an unknown actor named Tom Cruise and a few years later Robert Downey Jr and his girlfriend Sarah Jessica Parker moved in to the penthouse apartment.I also wrote about the apartment below mine that had a swimming pool. It was also once the home of the ledgendary Jazz great King Curtis. He bought the building in 1971 just after he got off a tour with Aretha Frankl...
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By Laura Cerrano, Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
(Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island)
Hidden Feng Shui Designs within New York City Architecture Jane’s Walks are walking conversations about people and cities. Anyone can lead a walk because everyone is an expert on the places they live, work and play.  Laura Cerrano of Feng Shui Manhattan will be leading a FREE walking tour on May 3rd, 2015 starting at 9:30am About the Tour:Walk the streets of NYC with Certified Feng Shui Expert Laura Cerrano and develop your Feng Shui eyes to see hidden Feng Shui architectural designs. This walk covers two Feng Shui design inspired sites, Times Square and the Trump International Hotel and Towers. These two locations offer perfect real life examples of everyday Yin and Yang energy that flows through the city streets of New York. This is a great opportunity for you to use all your senses i...
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By Jeffrey Ditri, New York City Residential Rental Specialist
(JAD Realty Group, LLC.)
As a photographic chronicler of New York City—not to mention America at large—Lewis Hine falls somewhere between Jacob Riis and Walker Evans. Chronologically, to be sure, but also because of his street-side portraits, seemingly un-posed documentary style, and desire to use his images to fight for social justice. Among other subjects, Hine shot immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the cramped masses stuffed into Lower East Side tenements, unfit labor conditions, newsies, and other child workers—but his photos of the Empire State Building's construction more than 80 years ago are perhaps the most compelling for us architecture nerds.Men hang suspended on wires, perched on beams, and clutching ropes, far above the metropolis whose landscape they were revolutionizing. (At 1,250 feet, the ES...
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By Joanna Cohlan, Designing, Decorating & Staging Westchester Homes
(Fresh Eyes For Your Home)
I've been MIA from the Rain during the last two weeks because there has been lots of activity at my Harlem brownstone project.  For those of you who remember my posts Interior Design is Like a Game of Chess and The Knight and the Bishop Shake Hands, there were lots of challenges when I commenced this enormous renovation.  But thankfully, everyone is playing nicely together and things are running very smoothly.The modern high gloss kitchen cabinetry was actually installed this week.  Templating for the quartz countertops took place today and from Harlem I took the subway down to Soho to select a stunning sconce as accent lighting for a living room wall.  I'm delighted to share some photos that document my progress: Before      DemolitionBeginning TransformationNotice that the refrigerato...
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By Lottie Kendall, Helping make your real estate dreams a reality
(Compass)
What do San Francisco, Seattle and New York City have in common? Two of the cities are on the Pacific Ocean; one is not -- nope, that's not it Two of the cities have temperate climates; one does not -- nope, that can't be Only one of the cities (and you know who you are) has over 54 million visitors a year - so that's not it Wait -- I've got it ----All 3 cities are now served by Munchery.com  Munchery is a company founded in San Francisco in 2010 whose mission is to answer the question, "What's for dinner?"They soon expanded to serve surrounding counties, and in 2014 added a branch in Seattle. Now they serve New York City and nearby areas as well.Munchery's chefs come from some of the finest restaurants in the area and create delicious meals using the best ingredients. Their prices are ...
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By Mitchell J Hall, Lic Associate RE Broker - Manhattan & Brooklyn
The Gateway Tower photo courtesy © Mitchell J Hall A beautiful day in So Ha South Harlem an old nyc neighborhood with a new style. Harlem was established in 1658 by the Dutch and named Nieuw Harlem after the Dutch city of Harlem. The SoHa nick name was originally used for a bar, SoHa, which opened in October 1997 on Amsterdam Avenue near 108th. The Gateway Tower 2098 Frederick Douglass Boulevard
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