upper west side: Get Out Your Groggers! Celebrate Purim 5770
- 02/27/10 03:57 AM
Purim begins tonight with costume parades, masquerade carnivals, singing, reading the Megillah and eating delicious doughy triangles filled with prunes called hamentaschen.
Hamentaschen are the special pastries for Purim known in Hebrew as "oznei Haman," literally "ears of Haman."
Purim is one of the most joyous and fun holidays on the Jewish calendar. It commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination. The story of Purim is told in the biblical book of Esther (the Megillah)
The heroes of the story are Esther, a beautiful young Jewish woman living in Persia, and … (4 comments)
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upper west side: Wordless Wednsday: West 86th Street Gilbert Townhouses
- 02/24/10 03:30 AM
A $25.1 million first mortgage secured by three adjacent buildings at 272-276 West 86th Street is on the market according to The Real Deal. The loan was used to refinance 272 West 86th Street and aquire 274 and 276 West 86th Street, as well as fund tenant buyouts and pre-development costs at the properties. The pre-war walk up buildings are each 5 stories and have a combinred 18,645 square feet spread out over 30 units. The lot allows for 61,290 buildable square feet.At the same time, community efforts are underway to Save the West 86th Street Townhouses. A petition … (11 comments)
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upper west side: Wordless Wednesday: Snow Day - Enjoy!
- 02/10/10 01:19 AM
Mayor Bloomberg announced NYC public schools will be closed Wednesday, February 10 due to the snowstorm. All after-school, PSAL and school-based activities are cancelled Wednesday. The status of schools for Thursday, February 11 is not available at this time. Alternate Side Parking regulations are suspended Wednesday, February 10 to facilitate snow removal. However, parking meters will remain in effect. Use mass transit.
Enjoy the Snow!
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upper west side: UWS Neighborhood Favorite Ollie's Closes - 5 Napkin Opens
- 02/03/10 11:02 AM
Chinese favorite Ollie's on 84th and Broadway has closed. For the past few months Olli'es was closed, there was a sign in the window "Closed for Renovations Re-Opening Soon". OK, I told myself "you can live without Cantonese Wonton Soup for another month". For a while it looked like it was gathering city notices not unusual during renovations.
They've had renovations before and then re-opened. Years ago they used to make the Dim Sum in the windows. Before that renovation Ducks were hanging in the window. I thought they were upgrading again. But I just noticed the new Awning … (6 comments)
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upper west side: Crowds at Open Houses on Upper West Side of Manhattan Today!
- 01/24/10 07:57 AM
Despite the rain, cold and dreary weather open houses were mobbed today on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Buyers are out and buyers are buying. One pre-war 2 bedroom condo priced at $1,399,000 must have had about 40 people when I arrived with my buyers just 15 minutes after it opened.
About 30 people were at the 2 bedroom 2 bath apartments on the third floor of a post-war full service luxury building. One 2 bedroom condo that came on the market the beginning of the week at $1,150,00 that I showed Wednesday evening is already in contract … (5 comments)
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upper west side: Wordless Wednesday: West-Park Church - A Landmark At Last!
- 01/13/10 01:49 AM
156 West 86th Street (at Amsterdam Avenue)
Leopold Eidlitz (original chapel), 1884
Henry F. Kilburn (church addition). 1890
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upper west side: Speechless Sunday: Let It Snow!
- 12/20/09 01:46 AM
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upper west side: The Quintessential (Upper West Side) Manhattan Apartment
- 10/26/09 09:31 AM
Contract Signed
The BOULEVARD
2373 BROADWAY
One Bedroom with Balcony
Price: $675,000
Maintenance: $1281
IT HAS EVERYTHING!
(Location, Views, Outdoor Space, Luxury Amenities)
Best of Both Worlds
Flexibility and Amenities of a Condo - Quality of Life and Tax Deduction of a Co-op
Sun drenched quiet One Bedroom apartment with south facing balcony overlooking landmark Church. Lovely views of historic Upper West Side. Apartment features over sized windows, marble bath, cherry wood herringbone floors, open kitchen and three closets.
The Boulevard is a grand post-modern full service condop located on Broadway between 86th … (5 comments)
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upper west side: Speechless Sunday, Leaking Water Tower
- 10/11/09 10:25 AM
In the 1800s, New York City required that all buildings higher than six stories be equipped with a rooftop water tower. This was necessary to prevent the need for excessively high pressures at lower elevations, which could burst pipes. Today the towers have become fashionable in some circles. As of 2006[update], the neighborhood of Tribeca requires water towers on all buildings, whether or not they are being used.
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upper west side: Wordless Wednesday: Fall Season ~ Back to Work!
- 09/09/09 12:15 AM
Law and Order begins filming new season on the Upper West Side of Manhattan
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upper west side: Speechless Sunday: Moon over Manhattan's Upper West Side
- 09/06/09 01:07 AM
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The moon is over 535 West End Avenue a new condo development on West End Avenue at 86th Street.
535 West End Avenue features luxurious Pre-war details: choice of rosewood or oak flooring, traditional moldings, well-proportioned rooms and a formal library. All homes feature custom Smallbone of Devizes kitchens with attached family room. The kitchens offer La Cornue, Miele and Subzero appliances. Bathrooms are available in 2 different color palettes, and outfitted with Waterworks fixtures, double sink, mahogany or white cabinetry and a selection of mosaic tiled … (11 comments)
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upper west side: The Boulevard - Upper Broadway - Upper West Side - Manhattan
- 07/23/09 06:18 AM
2373 Broadway - The Boulevard
The Boulevard condop is a full service post-modern grand building with simplex, duplex and penthouse apartments. Many residences have glass-enclosed "greenhouse" rooms, walls of windows, herringbone floors, high ceilings, terraces, balconies and other details not found in most modern buildings. A gracious residence that recaptures pre-war urban traditions with a variety of layouts that combine light and space with modern convenience, comfort and flexibility.Building amenities include a two level health club with 75' pool, squash and racketball courts, steam room and sauna. Building features include, attended garage, two landscaped sundecks, a roof top solarium, duplex … (5 comments)
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upper west side: Open House NYC: Price Fix: The Lofted 2 Bedroom
- 07/03/09 02:20 AM
Since many of you have enjoyed the videos with Barbara Corcoran here is another episode of Open House NYC - Price Fix: The Lofted Two Bedroom.
Barbara Corcoran and Halstead Property broker Brian Lewis have faced off on Price Fix before, but this time the subject of their estimates is Brian's own Upper West Side apartment! He paid $425,000 for it six years ago and has since added about $110,000 worth of renovations. So how much is the real estate savvy resident's apartment worth? Barbara Corcoran has the answer -- but will Brian agree? What do you think?
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upper west side: Wordless Wednesday - Colorstones
- 03/25/09 03:03 AM
Upper West Side Townhouses
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upper west side: Wordless Wednesday: "Birds in the sky are your only neighbors" NY Times 1930
- 02/25/09 01:26 AM
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upper west side: Wordless Wednesday - It's Cold and Wet!
- 02/04/09 12:33 AM
Columbus Avenue at West 77th Street, Upper West Side, Manhattan - February 3, 2009 5:45 pm
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upper west side: Happy Chanukah: The Festival of Lights
- 12/21/08 02:51 AM
Chanukah begins tonight Sunday December 21st at sundown. The celebration of Chanukah is about rededication, commemorating the Jewish people’s fight to worship as they choose. It’s about religious freedom.
The story of Chanukah takes place 2000 years ago. The Syrian-Greeks ruled the Jewish homeland and sent their army to the cities and villages and ordered the Jews to pray to the Greek gods, placing a statue of Zeus in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and burning Jewish holy books.
One day an old Jewish priest refused to pray to the Greek Gods as ordered by the soldiers and gathered supporters to … (7 comments)
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upper west side: Manhattan real estate in history/ today: Apthorp Apartments
- 12/06/08 09:48 AM
Apthorp Apatments
With it's iron gates, its monumental tunnel like entrances, and its impressive interior courtyard, the Apthorp is one of Manhattan's most dramatic and most frequently photographed apartment buildings. The Apthorp has many famous former and current residents some still in rent-regulated apartments.The elegant full-block apartment complex built by the Astor family for the New York elite has converting its 163 apartments to condominiums. The landmark 1908 Upper West Side building has two addresses 390 West End Avenue and 2207 Broadway between west 79th and west 78th streets.The total asking price for all apartments, including apartments of 88 tenants … (6 comments)
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upper west side: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
- 11/27/08 02:37 AM
Happy Thanksgiving From the Beautiful Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Wishing all my friends and colleagues in the rain
and all my clients, customers and readers
A Very Happy Thanksgiving!
Below are some pictures from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Macy's parade balloon on Central Park West, The Beresford Apartments
Kermit the Frog in front of The Beresford at Central Park West at 81st Street
Uncle Sam, heading down CPW, The Beresford.
Have a great Thanksgiving Day!
Courtesy of: Mitchell J Hall, Associate Broker, The Corcoran Group ©Mitchell Hall 2006-2008
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upper west side: Green Skating at The Polar Rink
- 11/22/08 09:11 AM
A new state-of-the-art skating rink, The Polar Rink opened today at The American Museum of Natural History. Located on the Arthur Ross Terrace on the Museum's north side, The Polar Rink offers magnificent views of the glowing Rose Center for Earth and Space and is surrounded by Theodore Roosevelt Park. Skaters will glide around a 17-foot-tall polar bear festooned with pine boughs and twinkling lights.
Non-skaters can enjoy the splendor of The Polar Rink from surrounding benches on the Terrace under trees adorned with lights, or from the glassed-in North Galleria adjacent to the rink, where hot cocoa and snacks … (5 comments)
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Purim begins tonight with costume parades, masquerade carnivals, singing, reading the Megillah and eating delicious doughy triangles filled with prunes called hamentaschen.
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