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		<title>On the Market: Where Are All the Blockbuster Office Sales?; Grand Central&#8217;s Phantom Trolleys; Cheap Pizza Truce</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>With all the hype, the strangest video you'll watch this week about Greenpoint. <a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/09/05/is_this_video_about_greenpoint_all_wrong.php">[Curbed]</a><br />
Norma Kamali rents at Perry Street lofts, Beyonce sings for Hamptons manse. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/realestate/residential/glass_act_IOJVq69EiErLI0NTrfzkCI?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_content=Residential">[NY Post]</a><br />
Why is the office leasing market so sluggish? <a href="http://mycrains.crainsnewyork.com/blogs/greg-david-on-ny/2012/09/why-is-office-leasing-so-disappointing/">[Crain's]</a><br />
A look at some of the new Frank Lloyd Wright archives coming to NYC. <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AN_blog/~3/6p0neMf6Zb0/45462">[ArchPaper]</a><br />
Forget Flushing! Watch the U.S. open in a park in Downtown BK. <a href="http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/09/u-s-open-hits-big-screen-in-park-downtown/">[Brownstoner]</a><br />
Park Avenue penthouse in '80s apartment tower asking $21 M. <a href="http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/09/05/cashing-out-at-733-park/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+trdnews+%28The+Real+Deal+-+New+York+Real+Estate+News%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">[Real Deal]</a><br />
We still need to get all these long-haul buses off their curbside pickups. <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/09/05/nycs-new-curbside-bus-rules-are-no-long-term-fix/">[Streetsblog]</a><br />
Two warring cheap pizza places call a truce at $1 a slice. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/nyregion/two-manhattan-pizza-parlors-end-price-war.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">[NY Times]</a><br />
Lexington line to get still pretty new castoffs from the 7-train. <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/09/6536240/mta-upgrade-7-line-trading-old-cars-lexington-avenue">[CapitalNY]</a><br />
And inside the abandoned trolley station under Grand Central terminal. <a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/09/05/exploring_the_abandoned_subway_tunnels_under_grand_central.php">[Curbed]</a><br />
Business owners and residents worry over new pedestrian plaza in Astoria. <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/astoria-pedestrian-plaza-pits-merchants-residents-article-1.1152677?localLinksEnabled=false">[Daily News]</a><br />
And hating on bikes on the Brooklyn Heights promenade. <a href="http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/36/dtg_promenadebikes_2012_09_07_bk.html">[BK Paper]</a><br />
TF Cornernstone tops out 41-story luxury rentals. <a href="http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/09/05/tf-cornerstones-4545-center-boulevard-tops-out/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+trdnews+%28The+Real+Deal+-+New+York+Real+Estate+News%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">[Real Deal</a>, <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120905/long-island-city/luxury-long-island-city-waterfront-high-rise-nears-completion">DNAinfo]<br />
</a>Oysters will help clean up the Gowanus (but don't eat 'em). <a href="http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/09/new-clean-up-plan-for-gowanus-oysters/">[Brownstoner]</a><br />
Teenagers menace Prospect Heights playground. <a href="http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/36/dtg_totsvsteens_2012_09_07_bk.html">[BK Paper]</a><br />
No office tower has sold for $1 B., but 11 Madison hopes to fetch $1.5 B. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443571904577631773945505102.html">[Journal]</a><br />
But a Bryant Park office tower sold for $105 M. <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/trdnews/~3/SBTlYS4vTnI/">[Real Deal]</a><br />
Inside the artists' studios at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-army-terminal-mixes-affordable-artists-studios-manufacturers-article-1.1152930?localLinksEnabled=false">[Daily News]</a><br />
Model wrangler has apartment lovely as his lasses. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/realestate/residential/hot_lipps_O1LjHP8I6NCBDBe6tSVmNI?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_content=Residential">[NY Post]</a><br />
UWSers still complaining about homeless shelter. <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120905/upper-west-side-morningside-heights/opponents-sound-off-on-controversial-uws-homeless-shelters">[DNAinfo]</a><br />
Community board not fond of weird "Pope Hat" building. <a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/09/05/not_surprisingly_cb5_says_no_to_pope_hat_expansion.php">[Curbed]</a><br />
Locals want artists to help spruce up connex to Columbia Street Waterfront. <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120905/columbia-street-waterfront-district/brooklyn-waterfront-group-looking-update-neighborhoods-image">[DNAinfo]</a><br />
Soho street vendors sue city for getting tossed off the block. <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nydnrss/new-york/~3/LBjY76m50bw/story01.htm">[Daily News]</a><br />
Fancy Brooklyn rowhouses evacuated because of crummy excavation. <a href="http://queenscrap.blogspot.com/2012/09/excavation-causes-undermining-in.html">[Queens Crap]</a><br />
How to build an impromptu bunk bed for the kids. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/garden/building-a-loft-bed-at-warp-speed-the-pragmatist.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">[NY Times]</a><br />
Historic stable turned into lovely school. <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120905/upper-west-side-morningside-heights/school-unveils-40m-renovation-of-historic-stable">[DNAinfo]</a></p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With all the hype, the strangest video you'll watch this week about Greenpoint. <a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/09/05/is_this_video_about_greenpoint_all_wrong.php">[Curbed]</a><br />
Norma Kamali rents at Perry Street lofts, Beyonce sings for Hamptons manse. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/realestate/residential/glass_act_IOJVq69EiErLI0NTrfzkCI?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_content=Residential">[NY Post]</a><br />
Why is the office leasing market so sluggish? <a href="http://mycrains.crainsnewyork.com/blogs/greg-david-on-ny/2012/09/why-is-office-leasing-so-disappointing/">[Crain's]</a><br />
A look at some of the new Frank Lloyd Wright archives coming to NYC. <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AN_blog/~3/6p0neMf6Zb0/45462">[ArchPaper]</a><br />
Forget Flushing! Watch the U.S. open in a park in Downtown BK. <a href="http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/09/u-s-open-hits-big-screen-in-park-downtown/">[Brownstoner]</a><br />
Park Avenue penthouse in '80s apartment tower asking $21 M. <a href="http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/09/05/cashing-out-at-733-park/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+trdnews+%28The+Real+Deal+-+New+York+Real+Estate+News%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">[Real Deal]</a><br />
We still need to get all these long-haul buses off their curbside pickups. <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/09/05/nycs-new-curbside-bus-rules-are-no-long-term-fix/">[Streetsblog]</a><br />
Two warring cheap pizza places call a truce at $1 a slice. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/nyregion/two-manhattan-pizza-parlors-end-price-war.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">[NY Times]</a><br />
Lexington line to get still pretty new castoffs from the 7-train. <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/09/6536240/mta-upgrade-7-line-trading-old-cars-lexington-avenue">[CapitalNY]</a><br />
And inside the abandoned trolley station under Grand Central terminal. <a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/09/05/exploring_the_abandoned_subway_tunnels_under_grand_central.php">[Curbed]</a><br />
Business owners and residents worry over new pedestrian plaza in Astoria. <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/astoria-pedestrian-plaza-pits-merchants-residents-article-1.1152677?localLinksEnabled=false">[Daily News]</a><br />
And hating on bikes on the Brooklyn Heights promenade. <a href="http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/36/dtg_promenadebikes_2012_09_07_bk.html">[BK Paper]</a><br />
TF Cornernstone tops out 41-story luxury rentals. <a href="http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/09/05/tf-cornerstones-4545-center-boulevard-tops-out/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+trdnews+%28The+Real+Deal+-+New+York+Real+Estate+News%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">[Real Deal</a>, <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120905/long-island-city/luxury-long-island-city-waterfront-high-rise-nears-completion">DNAinfo]<br />
</a>Oysters will help clean up the Gowanus (but don't eat 'em). <a href="http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/09/new-clean-up-plan-for-gowanus-oysters/">[Brownstoner]</a><br />
Teenagers menace Prospect Heights playground. <a href="http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/36/dtg_totsvsteens_2012_09_07_bk.html">[BK Paper]</a><br />
No office tower has sold for $1 B., but 11 Madison hopes to fetch $1.5 B. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443571904577631773945505102.html">[Journal]</a><br />
But a Bryant Park office tower sold for $105 M. <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/trdnews/~3/SBTlYS4vTnI/">[Real Deal]</a><br />
Inside the artists' studios at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-army-terminal-mixes-affordable-artists-studios-manufacturers-article-1.1152930?localLinksEnabled=false">[Daily News]</a><br />
Model wrangler has apartment lovely as his lasses. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/realestate/residential/hot_lipps_O1LjHP8I6NCBDBe6tSVmNI?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_content=Residential">[NY Post]</a><br />
UWSers still complaining about homeless shelter. <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120905/upper-west-side-morningside-heights/opponents-sound-off-on-controversial-uws-homeless-shelters">[DNAinfo]</a><br />
Community board not fond of weird "Pope Hat" building. <a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/09/05/not_surprisingly_cb5_says_no_to_pope_hat_expansion.php">[Curbed]</a><br />
Locals want artists to help spruce up connex to Columbia Street Waterfront. <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120905/columbia-street-waterfront-district/brooklyn-waterfront-group-looking-update-neighborhoods-image">[DNAinfo]</a><br />
Soho street vendors sue city for getting tossed off the block. <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nydnrss/new-york/~3/LBjY76m50bw/story01.htm">[Daily News]</a><br />
Fancy Brooklyn rowhouses evacuated because of crummy excavation. <a href="http://queenscrap.blogspot.com/2012/09/excavation-causes-undermining-in.html">[Queens Crap]</a><br />
How to build an impromptu bunk bed for the kids. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/garden/building-a-loft-bed-at-warp-speed-the-pragmatist.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">[NY Times]</a><br />
Historic stable turned into lovely school. <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120905/upper-west-side-morningside-heights/school-unveils-40m-renovation-of-historic-stable">[DNAinfo]</a></p>
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