MORE DETAILS REVEALED ON PLAN TO BUILD PRIVATE TOWERS INSIDE DOUGLASS HOUSES PROJECT
The New York City Housing Authority is considering a plan to build private apartment towers on land inside public housing projects. Some of the new developments are slated for the Douglass Houses, a project made up of 18 buildings housing … Read the rest of this entry >>
CITY NOW LETS CONSTRUCTION CONTINUE ALL DAY AND NIGHT, PLUS WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS
With the economy improving and financing becoming more available, developers are once again building high-rises on the Upper West Side. The city is clearly excited about this, and has given contractors wide latitude: the Department of Buildings has been allowing … Read the rest of this entry >>
CITY WANTS TO BUILD LUXURY APARTMENT BUILDING INSIDE FREDERICK DOUGLASS HOUSING PROJECT
The city has been working on a plan to lease land to private developers so they can build market-rate apartments on public space within housing projects. The plan, revealed last we … Read the rest of this entry >>
HOMELESS SHELTER SEEKING POSSIBLE 9-YEAR CONTRACT; OPPOSITION EFFORT TARGETS LIU’S VOTE
The operator of a controversial temporary homeless shelter on West 95th Street is seeking a new five-year contract worth $47 million, according to a copy of the contract we obtained. But the shelter could be around for much longer than th … Read the rest of this entry >>
NEW TD BANK’S BIG GLOWING SIGNS LITERALLY KEEP PEOPLE UP AT NIGHT
Upper West Siders complain a lot about banks, because frankly we have a ton of them here. People say the banks strip character from the neighborhood, and their well-lit but empty spaces are dead at night, leaving holes in the … Read the rest of this entry >>
AFTER BIG PURCHASES, LANDLORDS COULD TURN UWS RENTALS INTO CONDOS
With the high demand for pre-war condo and co-op apartments on the Upper West Side, real estate companies are always trying to buy rental properties that can be turned into co-op or condo apartments and sold at a nice premium. Owners of the Apthorp … Read the rest of this entry >>
DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT MASSIVE TOWER RISING ON 61ST STREET: PRIVATE WINE BAR, HOT TUB, DOG GROOMING
As we first reported a couple of weeks ago, the first building in the massive Riverside Center development on Riverside Boulevard has broken ground. Now the developer has released a slew of details about the property on 61st Street, whose … Read the rest of this entry >>
RENTS AT DOORMAN BUILDINGS ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE DECLINE
Rents listed for buildings with doormen on the Upper West Side actually dipped in November on a month-over-month basis, according to MNS, which tracks rental rates in the city. This certainly does not mean those apartments are cheap! But you … Read the rest of this entry >>
MORE DISTURBING DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT 95TH STREET HOMELESS SHELTER; BAD MEMORIES RESURFACE
Residents at a new homeless shelter on 95th Street between West End and Riverside say apartments are infested with bed bugs, roaches and mice, and that the lack of cooking facilities forces them to eat out all the time. They … Read the rest of this entry >>
SHOCKER: UPPER WEST SIDE RENTS ARE FALLING
For well over a year, Upper West Siders have been facing an onslaught of rent increases. Month after month, prices kept rising. But in September, prices actually fell for most … Read the rest of this entry >>
