Manhattan Loft Guy

New York, New York

on matters of interest to Manhattan coop or condo loft apartment dwellers, buyers, sellers, and others, especially about New York City real estate

Favorite Links

• Manhattan Users Guide (be sure to search the archives)

• The Gotham Center for NYC History

• Matrix the Real Estate Economy

• Hopstop (door-to-door subway instructions)

• MTA subway site, including maps + schedules

• NYC Dept of Education site

• NY State Assn of Independent Schools (find private schools)

• cul-cha!

• the local TriBeCa newspaper

• "the weekly newspaper of lower Manhattan"

• Brooklyn, but a great blog

RealTown Blogs

Blogs Homepage

Featured Entries

Site Feed

RSS Feed

Manhattan Loft Guy

718 Broadway in the news again / #10C is back, beefier

Jan. 30, 2008

Categorized in: loft neighborhoods / NoHo

Tagged with: broadway, longandnarrow, minimalist, parking lot, renovotion

Manhattan loft 718 Broadway #10C showed up as a new listing yesterday, asking $1.295mm ... for “1,400 sq ft” of “real NoHo loft with sunlight, dramatic city views, and 12 foot ceilings”. This unit and this building both have some history. In fact,

Permanent Link | Comments (6) | Write a Comment | Send Link

minimal drop at minimal beauty / 8 West 13 Street drips

Jan. 28, 2008

Categorized in: lofts in 'other' neighborhoods

Tagged with: combination, minimalist, price drop, renovation, schaible, union square, west 13

I hit the Manhattan loft #2F at 8 West 13 Street when it was new at $1.5mm for “1,100 sq ft” of “museum quality” ... and again when the price dropped a second time.... On the market for 7 months now, the seller has the painful choice to sit tight

Permanent Link | Comments (3) | Write a Comment | Send Link

not buying the minimalism (yet) / 8 W 13 drops

Dec. 17, 2007

Categorized in: lofts in 'other' neighborhoods

Tagged with: combination, minimalist, price drop, renovation, schaible, union square, west 13

Manhattan loft #2F at 8 West 13 Street is a beauty that The Market has yet to appreciate enough to buy (or, that the seller has yet to appreciate that The Market is not as fond of this minimalist masterpiece as he is). They dropped the price a month ago t

Permanent Link | Comments (0) | Write a Comment | Send Link

a mistake, perhaps, as 718 Broadway is for sale again (not bloody likely)

Nov. 9, 2007

Categorized in: loft neighborhoods / NoHo

Tagged with: broadway, comps, history, minimalist

A Manhattan loft at 718 Broadway is newly for sale and is a museum quality minimalist treasure.

Permanent Link | Comments (5) | Write a Comment | Send Link

loft contracts galore this week / Tribeca bonus edition

Jul. 26, 2007

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: contract, minimalist, orenstein

As I said yesterday, many Manhattan lofts came through the inter-firm data-base as In Contract this week; here is one more from Tribeca, hot off today’s presses: 100 Greene St 2nd floor h... [Read More]

Permanent Link | Comments (0) | Write a Comment | Send Link

min to the (small) max / new at 8 W 13

Jul. 9, 2007

Categorized in: On The Market

Tagged with: 8 w 13, minimalist, staff, west 13

minimalist glory? Sometimes I find myself rooting for a loft listing for one reason or another. #2F at 8 West 13 Street hit the web Sunday with such promise of being wonderful space (“mu... [Read More]

Permanent Link | Comments (2) | Write a Comment | Send Link

minimally FLAUNTED loft at 233 W 26 in contract, quickly

Jun. 18, 2007

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / Chelsea

Tagged with: 233 w 26, flaunt, minimalist, shannon, vaamonde

#4W offered under $1,000/ft It took a month for #4W at 233 W 26 St to go into contract today – not a long period in this market, I think. Jeff Shannon and Lisa Vaamonde of BHS (late of CBHK,... [Read More]

Permanent Link | Comments (3) | Write a Comment | Send Link

new at 100 Greene St / uber chic for uber bucks

Mar. 13, 2007

Categorized in: Loft neighborhoods / SoHo

Tagged with: glass walls, greene, longandnarrow, minimalist, orenstein

no verbal overkill Looks as though Richard Orenstein at Halstead commits no BrokerSpeak Crime in labeling his new Manhattan loft listing at 100 Greene St 2d fl as "uber chic". This... [Read More]

Permanent Link | Comments (0) | Write a Comment | Send Link