Surprise! Living in a Historic District is desirable

From the New York Times September 2, 2007Views You Won’t LoseBy VIVIAN S. TOY NEW YORKERS will do anything for a great view. They will give up a second bathroom, squeeze into a tiny bedroom or willingly accept some other real estate deprivation. But with more than 100 high-rise buildings under construction across the city […]

Park Views = High Prices

It’s always been the case that proximity to parks is desireable for a multitude ot reasons. But this article draws some lines which are uncomfortable to say the least – how far is it from “located by Central Park” to “exclusive access to Central Park”?From the New York Sun City’s Parks Attract Exciting Residential DevelopmentBY […]

Condo Construction Complaints

From Aaron Brashear, Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Hts. , [email protected] http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2007/08/complaints_rise.php#comments http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/realestate/26cov.html If you did not see this piece over the weekend in the Real Estate section of the NY Times, you should definitely check it out (links above). Seems what many of us have been shouting (at the top of our lungs, it seems) […]

Growth in Eastern Queens Causes Concern

From the Queens ChronicleNew Homes A Burden On The Neighborhood, Residents Sayby Theresa Juva , Assistant Editor Ever since a cluster of two-family homes have replaced the wooded area at the former dead-end of 132nd Avenue in Springfield Gardens, there have been problems. Residents said cars speed down the street and the road bears long, […]