Posted by Leonard Steinberg on February 7th, 2014 Have you noticed the effect that eponymous cafe SARABETH’S is having on certain neighborhoods? It all started on the Upper West Side in 1981, the bastion of ‘family-living’……a cafe/bakery that presented the home cooked and baked experience. The store started out as a bakery and jam shop, where… [Read More]
FROM INSTAGRAM TO INSTA-ART?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on February 2nd, 2014 February’s REAL DEAL reports on our INSTAGRAM event where we printed and framed 49 Instagram shots from our account ‘luxury_loft_team’ as “INSTA-ART” to stage an apartment (a New York first?): Social media meets society? http://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/social-media-becomes-the-latest-staging-tool/
MAYOR DE BLUNDER? JANUS SNOWSTORM CLEANUP DISAPPOINTING
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 22nd, 2014 I have received far too many calls today about New Yorkers angry at the City, and especially Mayor De Blasio, for the dreadful post-storm clean-up: why is it that the streets of Manhattan were so poorly ploughed? A visiting Chicago resident said ‘this would never happen in Chicago’…..TODAY SHOW Al… [Read More]
PEDESTRIAN ACCOUNTABILITY CRISIS
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 20th, 2014 Is it just me or has accountability and personal responsibility evaporated from our society? Many are decrying the number of pedestrian deaths on our streets and it is rather horrific how many pedestrians die or are seriously injured in New York, often at the hands of careless, irresponsible… [Read More]
WELCOME BACK TO CHELSEA’S EMPIRE DINER
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 8th, 2014 Chelsea’s Empire Diner is back in business! The West Chelsea classic located at 22nd Street and 10th Avnue has re-opened. Located at 210 10th Avenue it will serve ‘modernised diner food’……yay!
TALE OF TWO CITIES CONTINUES, ALTERED?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 4th 2014 Did you notice during the snowstorm how poorly the streets in Manhattan had been plowed? Mayor de Blasio proudly exclaimed in a press conference that Queens and Brooklyn and the outer boroughs were the focus of City snow plows: is the TALE OF TWO CITIES that he so vehemently… [Read More]
MAYOR-ELECT DE BLASIO AND TAXES: THE REALITY?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on November 6th, 2013 Its official: Bill de Blasio is the mayor-elect of New York City. Getting elected was relatively easy, but now its down to work. He is smart enough to know that botching Bloomberg’s successes will almost certainly lead to a fiscal mess and prevent the very things that… [Read More]
LUXOFLATION HITS HONG KONG: LUXURY REAL ESTATE PRICES ESTIMATED TO DROP 25%
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on October 28th, 2013 Hong Kong is seeing signs of the effects of what I call LUXOFLATION…..the inflated inflation of pricing on the very high end of the real estate market. The frenzy to buy real estate in Hong Kong is significantly more crazy than Manhattan’s recent flurry of activity: A new… [Read More]
NEW YORK’S AIR CLEANEST IN 50 YEARS
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on September 27th, 2013 Mayor Bloomberg’s concerted efforts to make New York a healthier environment for all has paid off: New York’s air is cleaner now than in 50 years, and ranks 4th for clean air in a large City in the USA. Much of this is credited to the termination… [Read More]
IS MONACO REAL ESTATE CHEAP FOR THE SUPER-RICH?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on September 5th, 2013 I recently visited Monte Carlo, the wealthiest country/principality in the world with ZERO unemployment and per capita income of around $183,150.00, to tour TOUR ODEON the brand new ultra-luxurious, amenity and services laden 49-storey residential tower being built at the border of Monaco and France. My initial impression… [Read More]