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Lavish Tudor estate on the grounds of the Westchester Country Club seeks $8M

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August 28, 2019

Lavish Tudor estate on the grounds of the Westchester Country Club seeks $8M

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This 11,570-square-foot estate is set on two acres within the grounds of the Westchester Country Club, overlooking the Club’s South Golf Course. Built in 1929 in the Cotswold Tudor Revival style, the stately residence has a long list of features to match its $7.995 million asking price, including a stunning pool and pool house, a wine cellar and tasting room, a golf simulator (to perfect your chops before you hit the course), and more.
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Chelsea Market’s underground, grocery-focused Chelsea Local will expand with new vendors

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August 27, 2019

Chelsea Market’s underground, grocery-focused Chelsea Local will expand with new vendors

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New York City's OG food hall, Chelsea Market, is set to expand in September. The market's lower level, known as The Chelsea Local, will nearly double in size—from 13,000 square feet to 25,000 square feet—and add a range of new vendors, including Black Seed Bagels, Las Delicias Patisserie, and Pearl River Mart Foods, a new grocery from Asian emporium Pearl River Mart. The addition will bring the market's total size up to 135,000 square feet, easily making it the largest food hall in the city.
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This perfectly petite Chelsea one-bedroom has a huge backyard for $3.8K/month

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August 27, 2019

This perfectly petite Chelsea one-bedroom has a huge backyard for $3.8K/month

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This one-bedroom Chelsea rental at 229 West 16th Street—currently available for a 12-month lease at $3,795 a month—comes with a large private backyard that has almost as much square footage as the apartment itself. Inside, the newly renovated pad is petite but has a few clever space-saving ideas. Outside, you can really spread out and enjoy more than 360 square feet of furnished, landscaped outdoor space.
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De Blasio moves to restrict hotel development after receiving campaign contributions from industry union

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August 27, 2019

De Blasio moves to restrict hotel development after receiving campaign contributions from industry union

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After receiving an endorsement from the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council (HTC) for his long-shot presidential campaign in June, Mayor Bill de Blasio has asked the city's planning council to look into the process for implementing a city-wide special permit for hotel development, as Crain's first reported. If adopted, new hotel projects throughout the five boroughs would have to undergo the city's land-use review process, ULURP—something that the HTC has long advocated for.
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Nine mixed-income apartments available in the LES tower that replaced old Moscot HQ

Rendering of 118 Orchard Street by Gorlin Architects; View of former Moscot HQ via Google Street View

August 26, 2019

Nine mixed-income apartments available in the LES tower that replaced old Moscot HQ

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Rendering of 118 Orchard Street by Gorlin Architects; View of former Moscot HQ via Google Street View A lottery has opened for nine mixed-income units at the new residential building rising in the Lower East Side at the corner of Orchard and Delancey. The new construction at 118 Orchard Street replaced the iconic Moscot eyeglasses store that had been there for 77 years until it moved across the street. The 12-story building topped out earlier this summer and will comprise 24 apartments in total. Individuals and households earning 70 to 130 percent of the area median income are eligible to apply for the handful of one- and three-bedroom apartments, which range from $1,115 to $2,777/month.
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Trump Organization considers rebranding the Trump International Hotel and Tower

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August 26, 2019

Trump Organization considers rebranding the Trump International Hotel and Tower

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As part of a larger renovation of the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Columbus Circle, the Trump Organization is expected to reconsider its heavily-branded signage, the New York Times reports. The president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has proposed a compromise to appease building owners who say Trump's polarizing presidency is depreciating the value of their investments without losing the Trump branding entirely.
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Sales at contested 200 Amsterdam Avenue will launch soon, including two $40M penthouses

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August 23, 2019

Sales at contested 200 Amsterdam Avenue will launch soon, including two $40M penthouses

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Last week, construction of the residential floors at 200 Amsterdam Avenue topped out and now we’re getting a little peek at what the luxury, CetraRuddy-designed interiors will look like. There will be a total of 112 apartments in the controversial Upper West Side tower, including eight full-floor residences and two duplex penthouses. Sales are set to launch in September, with prices starting at $2.625 million for a one-bedroom and exceeding $40 million for the penthouses.
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DeKalb Market founder tapped to create new food hall in Midtown’s Citigroup building

Rendering of the Market Building from 2017 LPC presentation materials by Gensler

August 22, 2019

DeKalb Market founder tapped to create new food hall in Midtown’s Citigroup building

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The creator behind City Point's DeKalb Market Hall has signed a 15-year lease to open a 10,000-square-foot food hall at the retail annex of the landmarked Citigroup tower at 601 Lexington Avenue. As The Real Deal reported, Anna Castellani's company, Local Culture Management, opened the popular Downtown Brooklyn market in 2017 with 40 vendors. She's expected to bring a similar vibe to Midtown with her latest creation, which will be called "The Hugh" and is scheduled to open in just three to four months.
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East Williamsburg’s historic Moore Street Market is getting a $2.7M makeover

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August 22, 2019

East Williamsburg’s historic Moore Street Market is getting a $2.7M makeover

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City officials have announced that a major renovation is coming to East Williamsburg’s Moore Street Market, one of Brooklyn’s oldest public markets. $2.7 million will go toward improving the 15,000- square-foot facilities at 110 Moore Street. The market, which opened in 1941 and is also known as La Marqueta de Williamsburg, currently houses 15 vendors—fresh produce, seafood, groceries, specialty foods, and even a barbershop—and offers year-round events including cooking classes and small business seminars.
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Help plant 500,000 daffodils around NYC to remember 9/11

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August 21, 2019

Help plant 500,000 daffodils around NYC to remember 9/11

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The annual Daffodil Project--launched by New Yorkers for Parks and NYC Parks in 2001 as a living memorial to September 11th--is now open for bulb requests. Each year, the initiative gives out approximately 500,000 free daffodil bulbs to individuals and groups to plant throughout New York City's public spaces—in parks, schoolyards, community gardens, and street tree pits. More than 7.5 million bulbs have been planted since the project started. If you're interested in participating, all you have to do is submit a request before September 5.
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De Blasio vows to save legendary Di Fara Pizza after tax seizure

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August 21, 2019

De Blasio vows to save legendary Di Fara Pizza after tax seizure

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When news broke yesterday that legendary Midwood pizzeria Di Fara was seized by authorities for failure to pay $167,506 in state taxes, many New Yorkers lamented the loss of what is widely considered to be the city's best pizza—including Mayor Bill de Blasio. "Di Fara is THE best pizza place in New York City," de Blasio tweeted early this morning. "I'm ready to do anything I can to get them reopened—as are thousands of New York City pizza-lovers."
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Brooklyn Grange opens NYC’s largest rooftop farm in Sunset Park

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August 20, 2019

Brooklyn Grange opens NYC’s largest rooftop farm in Sunset Park

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Brooklyn Grange has opened its third rooftop farm at the Liberty View building along the Sunset Park waterfront. The new facility is the largest rooftop farm in New York City, encompassing 140,000 square feet. In addition to a 55,000-square-foot garden, the space also features a 5,000-square-foot greenhouse with microgreen and hydroponic growing areas and a 6,000-square-foot indoor space that will host a range of community events throughout the year.
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NYCHA residents and SNAP recipients can get a free Citi Bike membership this month

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August 19, 2019

NYCHA residents and SNAP recipients can get a free Citi Bike membership this month

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To celebrate the one-year anniversary of its Reduced Fare Bike Share program, Citi Bike is now offering a free month of membership to NYCHA residents and SNAP recipients, amNY reports. The reduced fare program aims to increase accessibility to the popular bike share—which received criticism for its initial rollout in more affluent NYC neighborhoods—by offering no-commitment $5 monthly memberships for any NYCHA residents and SNAP recipients. The program has 3,400 active riders, just a small fraction of Citi Bike’s 150,000 annual members.
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Developer who wants to raze abolitionist home in Brooklyn says he’ll build a museum in basement

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August 19, 2019

Developer who wants to raze abolitionist home in Brooklyn says he’ll build a museum in basement

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Update 8/19/19: The owner of 227 Duffield Street told Gothamist on Friday that he will build an African American museum in the basement of the property which has ties to the abolitionist movement. Samiel Hanasab, who applied for a demolition permit earlier this summer, told the website: "I have a high respect for African Americans. This project will be in the basement." The developer did not provide any additional details for the museum. Despite a series of last-minute preservation attempts after demolition plans for 227 Duffield Street were filed with the city’s Department of Buildings in June, the 19th-century Downtown Brooklyn house with abolitionist ties remains endangered. Gothamist reported that the owner, Samiel Hansab, has filed an application with the Department of Buildings to erect a 13-story mixed-use building in its place. The application is still under review and no permits have been issued, but as Gothamist noted, the best chance of saving the building would be an intervention by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
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Apple expands its search for new Manhattan office space

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August 15, 2019

Apple expands its search for new Manhattan office space

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Several of the world's biggest tech companies have been ramping up their Manhattan real estate search in recent months. The latest news comes from Apple, who is reportedly seeking up to 750,000 square feet of new office space, according to The Real Deal. In February, 6sqft reported that the California-based company was close to securing space at 55 Hudson Yards, but those plans have changed. Sources told The Real Deal that Apple is now considering leases at neighboring 50 Hudson Yards, the Farley Post Office, and One Madison Avenue, with brokers Martin "Mack" Horner and Peter Riguardi of JLL leading the search.
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Columbia’s Manhattanville campus will get a new food hall next year

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August 15, 2019

Columbia’s Manhattanville campus will get a new food hall next year

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Image © Frank Oudeman; courtesy of Columbia University A new food hall is slated to open at Columbia University’s Manhattanville campus next year. It doesn’t have a name yet but it will be helmed by chef Franklin Becker—known for his fast-casual lunch chain, Little Beet—and will service Columbia students as well as the general public. Food options may include everything from Southern cuisine to Sicilian-style pizza to Spanish tapas, according to early reports from the Wall Street Journal. Speaking to the Journal, Becker said that bringing in a range of independent vendors—versus national food chains—will raise the bar for campus food.
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Large stretches of 1, 2, and 3 service will be suspended over the next two weekends

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August 15, 2019

Large stretches of 1, 2, and 3 service will be suspended over the next two weekends

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Service changes will get a little more painful this weekend as the MTA continues to upgrade the 1, 2, and 3 track switches north of the 96 Street station. The ongoing work is entering its final phase this weekend and will bring serious service outages. All 1, 2, and 3 service between Harlem and downtown Brooklyn will be suspended this week and next, beginning late each Friday evening.
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The Queens County Fair will debut a three-acre corn maze inspired by the Unisphere

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August 14, 2019

The Queens County Fair will debut a three-acre corn maze inspired by the Unisphere

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The 37th Annual Queens County Fair taking place in September at the Queens County Farm Museum will include a three-acre corn maze inspired by the iconic Unisphere in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, as Patch first reported. Commissioned for the New York World’s fair of 1964-65 and designed by landscape architect Gilmore Clarke, the Unisphere is a steel rendition of the Earth and has become one of the Borough’s most enduring symbols. Sponsored by Con Edison, “The Amazing Maize Maze” is set to debut during the fair on September 21 and remain open through October 26. It will be the only corn maze in New York City.
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A first look at Walker House, Newark’s historic Bell Telephone Building conversion
August 14, 2019

A first look at Walker House, Newark’s historic Bell Telephone Building conversion

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The first images of the finished Walker House in Downtown Newark have been released, giving us a peek inside the restored Art Deco masterpiece at 540 Broad Street. Designed by renowned architect Ralph Walker in 1929 as the corporate headquarters for the Bell Telephone Company and entered into the National Historic Register in 2005, the 21-story building has been redeveloped into a mixed-use building comprised of 264 apartments (a mix of market-rate and affordable units), amenities, offices, and retail space, including a brewery, a coffee shop, and Newark's first climbing wall.
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Exclusive supper club for the ultra-wealthy will open at 35 Hudson Yards this fall

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August 13, 2019

Exclusive supper club for the ultra-wealthy will open at 35 Hudson Yards this fall

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One of the city's most elite supper clubs is set to open this October at 35 Hudson Yards—and early reports say it's so exclusive that even residents of the luxury building (where apartments start at $5.1 million) won't be able to afford a membership. “It’s not for residents,” a source familiar with the project told the New York Post. “It’s for the developer’s super-rich buddies and CEO friends.” Details about the luxe club, which will be called WS New York,  are being kept on the down-low but its website boasts "unparalleled access to the finest wine and spirits, world-class dining, and one-of-a-kind cultural events" offering guests an "insider perspective on rarified worlds."
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Apple and the New Museum launch free augmented reality art walks in Central Park

John Giorno’s “Now at the Dawn of My Life”; all images courtesy of Apple and New Museum

August 12, 2019

Apple and the New Museum launch free augmented reality art walks in Central Park

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Ready to experience a new dimension of Central Park? Apple has partnered with the New Museum to launch free, guided walks of the Park highlighting a series of site-specific, augmented reality artworks. Artists Nick Cave, Nathalie Djurberg, Hans Berg, Cao Fei, John Giorno, Carsten Höller and Pipilotti Rist—most of whom are working in AR for the first time—were tapped to transform the park into a virtual, interactive gallery of sorts, as part of the experiential project called Apple [AR]T Walk, which kicks off from the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue.
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Keith Haring’s iconic ‘Crack is Wack’ mural in East Harlem is getting restored

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August 12, 2019

Keith Haring’s iconic ‘Crack is Wack’ mural in East Harlem is getting restored

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It's been 33 years since Keith Haring painted his "Crack is Wack" mural on a handball court near the Harlem River Drive in East Harlem, and now the iconic work is getting a much-needed restoration, as amNY reported. Inspired by his studio assistant Benny—who was struggling with addiction but later recovered—Haring painted the 16-foot by 26-foot mural on June 27, 1986, at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic and intended the piece to function as a warning to young users. Celebrated as one of Haring's most important works, the mural has been shielded by protective coverings in recent years during reconstruction work on the Harlem River Drive.
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Live on top of the American Copper Buildings’ eye-catching sky bridge for $12K/month
August 9, 2019

Live on top of the American Copper Buildings’ eye-catching sky bridge for $12K/month

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One of the city’s most architecturally significant projects to rise in recent years are the two copper-clad towers at 626 First Avenue in Murray Hill known as the American Copper Buildings. Designed by SHoP Architects and developed by JDS, the twisted towers boast a rare and distinctive feature: an amenity-filled sky bridge linking the two buildings more than 300 feet in the air. According to JDS, the three-story steel truss structure is Manhattan’s first new sky bridge in 80 years. There are only a handful of residences that boast private outdoor space right on the eye-catching sky bridge—and one of them is now on the rental market seeking $12,000 per month.
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Everything you need to know about Sunday’s Dominican Day Parade

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August 9, 2019

Everything you need to know about Sunday’s Dominican Day Parade

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The 37th annual Dominican Day Parade is set to hit Midtown this Sunday, August 11. Described as a "joyful celebration of all things Dominican" on the event website, the tradition started in 1982 as a small event series in Washington Heights but has since become a full-fledged citywide affair, with turnout reaching as high as half of a million people. The event takes place on the second Sunday of August every year, to commemorate the start of the Dominican Restoration War, or La Guerra de la Restauración, which began in 1863 and ended in 1865 with their victory over Spain.
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Facebook in talks to lease up to 1.8 million square feet at Hudson Yards

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August 8, 2019

Facebook in talks to lease up to 1.8 million square feet at Hudson Yards

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In June, reports surfaced that Facebook was considering a lease for one million square feet of office space at 50 Hudson Yards, but the latest news from sources close to the deal indicate that the social media company will scoop up an even bigger footprint. As Crain's most recently reported, Facebook is negotiating a lease for 1.5 million square feet across several Hudson Yards properties, with some sources saying that number could expand up to 1.8 million square feet.
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