400 Square Feet of Luxury?

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:00:58 -0400

Bloggers are getting exhausted with the overuse of the "luxury" label. (Curbed)

Speaking of small luxuries, P. Diddy's former apartment at 813 Park Avenue is being redeveloped as three seperate residences. (Curbed)

Neighborhood activists and preservationists are not happy--again--about a new residential development set to take up four blocks in the northern end of Tribeca. (Downtown Express)

Housing starts for multi-family buildings have risen, but so have their vacancy rates. (Business Week)

De Niro's new hotel is all wrapped up.(a test of will via Curbed)

The Cranberry Street townhouse where the movie Moonstruck was filmed has hit the market in Brooklyn Heights--not much info yet, but expect an operatic marketing campaign.(Brownstoner)

Nothing says 'I love you' like a jet, except a flawless diamond from Tiffany's or the Ritz's Royal Suite with a butler. Why not just blow $850,000 on your Valentine? (NewYorkology)

If that seems a little breathless, consider this: Bushwick asthma rates are four times higher than the city average, thanks to vermin infestations. (New York Daily News)

When paperwork is digital and password protected, how do families deal with the assets of their dearly departed? (Forbes)

A bid to make Peck Slip next for development, although many buildings are protected with landmark status. (New York Post)

In another neighborhood, developers ask, why wait? So, they don't. (New York Daily News)

While zoning laws can limit the size of buildings, developers are ignoring noise issues and building codes in their rush to develop. A councilmember hopes to push legislation that would change all that. (City Limits)

Yes, there is such a thing as garage specialists, and they encourage a "pristine" storage room where cars are not permitted. (The Wall Street Journal)

Finally, the Smithsonian Institution has chosen a respectable space for its National Museum of African-American History and Culture. (The New York Times)

Sculptor and Band-Aid heir Seward Johnson has sold his townhouse on Perry Street for $5.9 million to Billy Joel, who owns homes in the Hamptons, Centre Island and Miami Beach, and is selling his TriBeCa property with wife Katie Lee. (New York Post)

-- Riva Froymovich

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