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2011 

Hello Brooks Brothers. Goodbye Filenes Basement Activerain members and upper west side residents, homeowners and landlords that have been reading my blogs may remember my post from July 2007 titled Say No to Drugs Store Chains when I discovered that all the stores on my block were being forced to...
11/30/2011
Manhattan Townhouse Market Report Third Quarter 2011 Due to the low number of townhouse transactions each quarter, prices can be skewed easily. On the East Side, median price surged 37% to $8.3 million from a year ago due to transactions at $23 million, $36.5 million and $48 million. On the West...
11/28/2011
Over the years I have sold and rented many apartments where a guarantor was needed. I have also sold apartments where parents and/or trust funds bought the apartment outright for an adult child or beneficiary. In a condo it is very simple. A parent can buy for an adult child. A corporation and o...
11/28/2011
The Apthorp 390 West End Avenue - West 78th -West 79th at Broadway The elegant full-block apartment complex built by the Astor family for the New York elite. The History • Built in 1908 • The vision of William Waldorf Astor, executed by architects Clinton and Russell • Listed on the National Reg...
11/26/2011
The Dillion - Clinton/Hells Kitchen - New Condo Development The Dillon, a new development, 83-unit condominium at 425 West 53rd Street between Ninth and 10th avenues, had a broker party recently to debut its townhouse units and showcase its penthouses. Walls are angled to draw the eye out and thr...
11/26/2011
While the Thanksgiving Day Parade is the main event, the inflation of the balloons has become a beloved annual tradition on the Upper West Side The balloons have been blown up on West 77th and West 81st streets tonight. The balloons are inflated and resting ahead of tomorrow's Macy's Thanksgivin...
11/23/2011
  To all my ActiveRain friends and blogging buddies wishing you and yours a very Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving. Mitchell If you're on the Upper West Side for Thanksgiving check out The Macy's Thanksgiving day parade along Central Park West and visit the Galactic Spectacular on West 81st Street ...
11/23/2011
iPhone photo ©Mitchell Hall 2011  The American Museum of Natural History is located on Central Park West between 77th and 81st Streets.    iPhone photo ©Mitchell Hall 2011  The museum's Rose Center for Earth and Space at the Hayden Planetarium is a galactic spectacular at West 81st Street   iPho...
11/20/2011
Yesterday I saw two middle aged men (they may still be living at home with parents ;-) on the Upper West Side outside the 72nd Street subway station holding Occupy Wall Street Signs. Today they were gone. It's hard work holding signs. So they're movin on up to the east side. They're Movin on Up W...
11/19/2011
 The American Museum of Natural History is located on Central Park West between 77th and 81st Streets The museum's Rose Center for Earth and Space at the Hayden Planetarium is a galactic spectacular Bright green waves of laser light will ripple across the Hayden Sphere from 5 to 11 pm every even...
11/18/2011