Posted by Leonard Steinberg on October 5th, 2012 New York is poised for one of the greatest building booms of all time in 2013, fueled by the awakening sleeping giant of residential new construction. There are literally hundreds of buildings where already the roar of machinery and activity are firing up. This is what I… [Read More]
IS HIGH SECURITY THE NEXT BIG BUILDING AMENITY?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on October 30th, 2011 With “the 1%’” under attack by “the 99%” and OCCUPY WALL STREET spreading around country and the world, I think the next really important feature to any high end building will be high security and discretion. So while the first 10 years of the new millenium for… [Read More]
THE NEXT MANHATTAN? SUB ZERO LIVING: FROM AMENITY TO….?
Could this be the next Manhattan, a take on Manhattan’s quintessential status symbol the SUB ZERO? A piece of ice four times the size of Manhattan island has broken away from an ice shelf in Greenland, according to scientists in the U.S. The 260 square-kilometer (100 square miles) ice island separated from the Petermann Glacier in… [Read More]
WATCH OUR SUB-ZERO: HERE’S THE NEXT CHIC APPLIANCE!
First it was granite counters, then stainless professional appliances, ESPECIALLY a Sub Zero fridge, then Crestron sound system, and so on and so on….: Could the latest-greatest amenity for you home be the car charger? What about this ultra-sleek-apple-chic charger from GE? Designed by Yves Behar, we think it looks great. With Tesla a publicly… [Read More]