Posted by Leonard Steinberg on August 14th, 2013 This is what the ceilings of the subway station on Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street look like….not very chic I would say! What is more shocking are the thousands of New Yorkers who pass under this every single day and never look up to see whats lurking above… [Read More]
WATER MAIN BURSTS AT MADISON SQUARE PARK: GLOBAL WARMING?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on February 1st, 2013 A Water main has burst at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway in front of EATALY and Madison Square Park. There is no N, R, or Q subway service at this time between Whitehall Street station and 57th Street station, at Seventh Avenue. The 36 inch… [Read More]
MADONNA’S SUPER BOWL NOUVELLE 50 REAL ESTATE MESSAGE?
Posted on February 4th, 2012 by Leonard Steinberg. In a desperate attempt to find a lighter topic for a newsworthy real estate post, to-day I am trying to find meaning in the story of the weekend….SUPER BOWL. Yes, even I know its Super Bowl this weekend, although my attention is mostly focused on the half-time… [Read More]
BIGGEST NEW YORK BIDDING WAR OF 2010
The MANHATTAN BIDDING WAR has returned: Carlos Slim, reportedly the wealthiest man in the world, just won a bidding war on the Duke Semans Mansion at 1009 Fifth Avenue in New York City. His winning bid of $44 million outbid a Russian bidder whose bid was around $37 million. This is the largest multiple bid sale of 2010, and an… [Read More]
RUSH LIMBAUGH SELLS NEW YORK APARTMENT
A year after railing about the high tax burden on wealthy New Yorkers, Rush Limbaugh, the super-rich conservative radio talk-show host has sold his Liberace-meets-Ivana-Trump-meets-Donatella Versace Fifth Avenue penthouse to an undisclosed buyer. Mr. Limbaugh’s 10-room condominium, which features a 30-foot-wide living room with fireplace and four terraces overlooking Central Park at East 86th Street,… [Read More]