Perched on the East River waterfront and offering up stunning views of the Statue of Liberty, the Manhattan skyline and the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights is the borough’s most expensive neighborhood and attracts tourists by the busl…
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The storied seaside resort is chock full of celebrities, socialites and billionaires summering in eye-popping estates, and there’s also the communal seaplanes, hipster charities, polo matches and luxury boutiques, but you’ll also find t…
Williamsburg suffers from multiple personality disorder. Just one subway stop away from Manhattan in the Brooklyn neighborhood, you’ll find a large Hasidic Jewish community, a glut of ethnic enclaves, including Polish, Puerto-Rican, Dom…
In New York City, urban high-rises with sidewalk frontage and outer-borough HOAs with walking paths, parking lots, and service roads are reliant on their paved surfaces and therefore need to regularly inspect and maintain their concrete…
It’s no secret these days that co-op and condo operating costs are going through the roof, so to speak, and boards and managers are all looking for effective ways to generate cost savings. Building management looks at fuel and energy u…
With its plethora of major cultural and educational institutions like Lincoln Center, the Museum of Natural History, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Grant’s Tomb, Barnard College, Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University…
Today’s Harlem has a celebrity chef whipping up gourmet cornbread for President Barack Obama, a new Starwood Hotel featuring loft-style rooms geared toward an urban tech-savvy clientele, a newly opened 174,000-square-foot Target big-box…
Citizens over the age of 65 comprise nearly 13 percent of the U.S. population—just under 40 million seniors. By 2030, it is estimated that 72 million Americans will be over the age of 65, nearly doubling those numbers. Where this volume…
Today’s SoHo is synonymous with world class dining, prestigious art galleries, chic clothing stores, luxury boutique hotels, trendy lounges, picturesque cobble stone streets and stunning cast iron architecture. The Lower Manha…