The Afternoon Wrap: Friday

Made-up Manhattan Neighborhood of the Week: First came LoHo, now here’s South Village Historic District. But what will the abbreviation be? The New York Observer proudly proposes the SoVil–or maybe SoVilHisDis. Or SoHis? [The Villager, via Real Deal]

Ominous Declaration of the Month: “You either work for or against the Real Estate Industrial Complex.” – Jonathan Miller. [The Matrix]

Floorplan Rendering of the Decade: The $16 million triplex penthouse at the American Thread Building. The boring two dimensions of an average floorplan have been abandoned here for an all-color, tech-savvy, pop-art, name-dropping Internet experience. Ogling at triplex penthouses will never be the same. [Curbed]

Bold 2007 Prediction of the Week: CNN names Mexico and Turkey and France among “up-and-coming destinations.” [CNN/Money]

– Max Abelson

The Afternoon Wrap: Friday

Made-up Manhattan Neighborhood of the Week: First came LoHo, now here’s South Village Historic District. But what will the abbreviation

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