Wednesday: Confirmed: Brooklyn is Popular
The Real Estate Board of New York released the first Brooklyn housing market report , which reports that the average price per square foot for apartments has increased each consecutive quarter since 2004. (The Real Deal)
The City Planning Commission voted to change zoning regulations in northern Tribeca, making way for Jack Parker Corporation's plan for a residential building. (The New York Post)
Puff away on cigarettes with brandy in hand at these Manhattan bars that have bypassed the ban. (NewYorkology)
Governor Pataki promises that the women's museum will go up--just not this decade. (The Tribeca Trib)
Barnard's new Nexus building in Morningside Heights, scheduled for completion in 2009, is big, modern and ugly. (Gothamist)
The Related Companies seem to have a close relationship with the city. Perhaps with their new Second Avenue project, The Veneto, East Siders will finally get a long-awaited subway line. (Curbed)
Is the new Federal Reserve Board chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, having a bad day because of Goldman, Sachs & Company's economist Jan Hatzius? Hatzius predicts that "softness in housing will be such a drag on the economy that the Federal Reserve, which has been steadily cranking short-term interest rates higher, is going to have to turn around and start cutting them to keep the economy from tanking." (Business Week)
Million dollar penthouse with a view for sale--in Long Island City. (OuterB)
Environmentalists take on property rights proponents in a Supreme Court battle over a wetland-cum-shopping center. (Inman News)
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