This is a continuation blog from my previous blog “The Modern New York City Town House”. I am continuing my photo tour of the Modern New York Town House I completed this weekend based on The New York Times article. I just finished checking out 385 West 12th Street and I made my way to 400 West 12th Street, which is the official address to Superior Ink. This is a condo/town house building that flanks the end of Bethune and West 12th Street.

The building faces the Hudson River and the …

After reading this weekend in The New York Times Real Estate section about the emergence of the modern town house, I can’t help to recall my last post on 40 Bond Street. It seems that modern builders and architects are taking the idea of the classic New York town house and bringing it to the 21st Century. These new and improved town houses have the same concierge services and amenities as the condos located in the same building. It is a life style with the independence of a old school …

Have you ever heard of the area in New York called Hudson Square? It seems weird that this small Manhattan neighborhood goes unnoticed after being surrounded by popular neighborhoods like the West Village, Soho, and Tribeca. I like to call it the long lost Manhattan Neighborhood.
According to NYC.com, Hudson Square owes it’s development to the Trinity Church that was established as early as 1697. Queen Anne of England gave this land to the church, which eventually developed into Hudson Square over the years. A couple centuries later to 2010, the …

It has been years with discussions and rumors about the expansion of the Whitney Museum. As I am sure you all know the new Downtown Whitney Museum will be located as a anchor to the already exciting High Line. New York Magazine reports that the new space will be home to a scheduled sculpture garden, research library, roof deck, auditorium, cafe and much more. The museum designed by architect Renzo Piano will be another classic New York hub in the art world. Just picture living in close proximity to works …

We got our hands on an exclusive listing at the Windsor Park Condominiums on West 58th Street. Currently priced at $1.25 million, this two bedroom, two bathroom home is well appointed with a spacious foyer, oversized living and dining area, and good sized kitchen. Located in a spectacularly renoved prewar 1928 Rosario Candela building, this home is just a stone’s throw from Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, museums, galleries, the theater district, and of course, Central Park.

This sun-drenched unit offers prewar detailing, hardwood floors throughout, oversized  and updated windows, a …

As we’ve discussed before, Bravo, being the king of reality television, didn’t dare let HGTV steal the real estate reality show spotlight from them. Tonight, they reveal their weapon, entitled 9 by Design. 9 By Design follows the beautiful and charmed life of couple Bob and Cortney Novogratz, who, sans any formal training, created the interior design firm Sixx Design. The couple has six children together; as the series opens, they’re on their seventh. They’ve built their legacy by taking derelict homes in downtown Manhattan and turning them into stunning …

Even in a recession, New York City always manages to stand up straight, both literally and figuratively. While other cities have pretty much halted their new construction, New York is chugging along. New properties hit the market all the time – and we’ve compiled the places that we predict will be the best buildings of 2010.
10. 100 11th Avenue
Developer: Cape Advisors, Inc.
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Marketing: Corcoran Sunshine
Price Range: Starting at $3.6 million
A new development in Western Chelsea, 100 Eleventh Avenue is an eco-friendly building offering one to four bedroom residences with …

The almost sold out Gansevoort located in the West Village has shot up its Penthouse for sale.  Headlined on the New York Condo Blog today, The Closest Penthouse to the Meatpacking District – 4Sale,  this trophy property is currently on the market for $4.95M.
“In terms of location, 325 West 13th Street cannot be surpassed,” said Josh Najjar, who along with business partner Michael Petrillo, developed the property. “Since the Meatpacking District in not zoned for residential buildings, this is the closest penthouse on the market to the sough-after neighborhood. Just …

Back in 2008, actress Brooke Shields bought a four-apartment townhouse on West 10th Street in the West Village at the recommendation of her Lipstick Jungle costar Lindsay Price, who also lives in the neighborhood. Price reportedly told Shields that the neighborhood was quaint and quiet, and this appealed to Shields. Apparently, however, Shields doesn’t exactly know what quiet means, because she’s been working on converting the four-apartment townhouse to a single family mansion for two years now, and her neighbors are getting quite fed up. They claim the construction starts …

We don’t know about you, but when we grow up, we dream of owning a townhouse in New York’s West Village. In the interim, however, we’ve fallen in love with the Upper West Side. The land of bagels and lox also offers many an upscale restaurant, as well as spectacular public transportation, and of course, Central Park. There’s something about the Upper West Side that feels almost European. It’s cleaner and quieter than downtown, and isn’t nearly as stuffy as the Upper East Side.
One of our favorite properties on the …

We’re not sure about you, but these past few bone chilling months have really ignited in us the dream for a full scale, working fireplace. You know, the kind we had growing up in our small town – the kind where you’d gather wood from the backyard, stuff the fireplace with crumpled newspapers and logs, light a match, and voila – and God said, “Let there be light!” Sadly for most New Yorkers, working fireplaces are hard to come by. There’s always the chance of a quaint, non-working fireplace in …