Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Streetscapes | Readers’ Questions: A Lord’s Garden, and Grand Plans at the Water’s Edge
Can you give me more information about the original house at 15 East 91st Street, owned at one time by Lord Joseph Duveen?
Can you give me more information about the original house at 15 East 91st Street, owned at one time by Lord Joseph Duveen?
After living upstate, Doug Menuez and Tereza Machado-Menuez found an apartment at 90 William Street that was bathed in sunlight.
The 14-room duplex at the Pierre Hotel owned by Lionel Pincus is back on the market, over the objections of his longtime companion, Princess Firyal of Jordan.
On the co-op and condo-lined streets of Manhattan real estate was on everyone’s mind, as always, last week, but the nature of the conversation had changed.
People are eager to buy in Manhattan, but are finding they must have near-perfect credit and much more cash on hand to satisfy lenders and co-op boards.
A review of closing co-op and condominium prices in July and August shows average Manhattan closing prices off 7 percent in the third quarter to date, and median prices off 6 percent.
After several false starts, Adam Cunningham, who was relocating to New York from California, found an apartment at 20 Exchange Place with a month’s free rent and the security deposit waived.
More apartment owners are missing mortgage payments and trying to sell their homes to avoid default. Some seem to have been caught by surprise at the mess they find themselves in.
It adds convenience, privacy and security. And the oversize door is handy for moving big objects in or out. One owner even turned his garage into a music room.
The diamond district seems so firmly a part of Manhattan that it is hard to imagine any other destination for shoppers seeking high-priced gems, but in fact there once was one.