Photo by Lynn Austin.
This week, newspapers covered the strange economics of New York real estate, disruptions and victories at local schools, and more.
The New Yorker mentioned the West Side Rag in a story about the Canadian development called “Upper West Side” that we wrote about a few weeks ago. The New Yorker piece looks at the Canadian buildings as well as the history of development on the (real) Upper West Side. (New Yorker)
Meanwhile, the New York Times covered the debate over whether rent-regulated tenants should get access to amenities their market-rate neighbors receive. But while they mentioned the “so-called poor door” they didn’t acknowledge who coined the term. Us! (NY Times)
How one couple chose a small one-bedroom in the West 70’s with an enclosed garden for $2900 a month. (NY Times)
The Joan of Arc public school building on West 93rd street faces years of disruptive construction. (DNAinfo)
Students from Success Academy Upper West Side won a chess tournament in Texas. (Daily News)
ABC News renamed its UWS headquarters after Barbara Walters. (ABC)
Lawyer Stephen Hertz jumped 22 floors from his Central Park West apartment to his death, police said. (NY Post)
The owners of The Ansonia went to great lengths to push a rent-stabilized tenant out. “In a classic case of a landlord using every tactic available to take back a rent-regulated apartment, the owners have employed high-powered lawyers, undercover detectives and reams of personal documents, including tax returns and credit card statements, to try to force Ms. Unwin out.” (NY Times)
Ever wonder what it’s like sitting on the board of an Upper West Side co-op and seeing how much your neighbors make? (Brick Underground)
One of the sad, unfortunate things about living on the UWS, or for that matter it seems anywhere in NYC, is the over-development and the unmitigated greed of the buyers of buildings.
Landlord will try any trick in the book to get your apt. away from you including lying about emergency repairs such as faulty wiring that require you immediately vacate your apt. to offering another apt. on another floor with alleged better amenities.
It’s all a hoax. They just want to get rid of as many rent regulated tenants as possible.
Beware. There is no such thing as a benevolent landlord. Remember the story of the turtle and the scorpion — the nice guy/gal always get stabbed in the end. Don’t agree to anything without the assistance of a really, good lawyer.