Category: Community Living

Real Estate Trends Moderating Along with the Market
2008 April Moderating Along with the Market

As the housing market boomed in the early parts of the last decade, apartments in New York City seemed to be snapped up mere days (sometimes mere hours) after being put on the market. As the trend continued, thousands of people set out t…

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Real Estate Trends A Look Back at an Active Year
2008 April A Look Back at an Active Year

As 2007 came to a close, it seemed that the real estate market in nearly every part of the country had cooled. But in New York City, although movement had slowed, the market did not take a downturn as many had expected. Co-ops and condos…

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Organizations Keeping History Alive
2008 March Keeping History Alive

The Dakota. The San Remo. The Ansonia. Greenwich Village. Gramercy Park. DUMBO. New York City and its five boroughs are home to buildings and neighborhoods that are celebrities in their own right, and preserving the historic character an…

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Neighborhoods From Urban Renewal to Urban Luxury
2008 March From Urban Renewal to Urban Luxury

Affordable apartments with fresh air, good light, and attractively landscaped grounds for middle-income people—those were the goods Park West Village was created to deliver in the late 1950s and early 1960s as part of a government-s…

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Organizations CAI Long Island
2008 Feb CAI Long Island

Condominiums can provide all of the advantages of traditional homes, as well as affording other benefits such as recreational facilities, group activities and close proximity to shopping and other destination points. But the quasi-municipal…

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Neighborhoods Cross-Roads Village to a Modern Suburbia
2008 Feb Cross-Roads Village to a Modern Suburbia

Back in 1900, a little village sprouted up on Long Island called "Comac" along the Huntington/Smithtown town line. Located in the little hollow created by the gently rolling hills that surrounded the intersection of Jericho Turnpike and the…

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Real Estate Trends Industry Pros' Hopes for 2008
2008 Jan Industry Pros' Hopes for 2008

As one year ends and a new one begins, talk turns to New Years' resolutions—everybody has a wish or a plan for how they'd most like 2008 to unfold. For some, a happy New Year includes the fortitude to stick to a sensible diet (finally!).…

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Neighborhoods The Largest Cooperative in Queens
2008 Jan The Largest Cooperative in Queens

In 1939, when the WPA Guide to New York Citywas first published, South Queens, and particularly the area around what would become Rochdale Village, had little to recommend the visitor. "Springfield, Laurelton and Rosedale, at the so…

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Buildings New York City's "Grand Old Co-ops"
2008 Jan New York City's "Grand Old Co-ops"

The idea of cooperative living was hatched in the early 1900s in New York City as a way for people to either have a say in who they had as neighbors, or as a way for building tenants to band together and exert some control over their qua…

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