What's selling on East End Avenue: Living on the Upper East Side's most tranquil avenue
Due to its somewhat remote location, the elegant and staid East End Avenue spent years being overlooked among Upper East Side buyers. However, that has started to change. The street shot to prominence in 2018, when former President Barack Obama was rumored to be moving to the prestigious 10 Graci... Thursday, April 25, 2024
Russian-backed skyscraper at 262 Fifth Avenue disrupts Empire State Building views; Cladding underway
On the southwest corner of 29th Street, 262 Fifth Avenue spent a few years sitting fallow, including at the height of the pandemic. However, the site is anything but quiet now: The concrete structure is fully up, cladding is on the rise, and both professional and armchair architecture critics the... Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Price Cuts: No mansion tax on these newly reduced homes; Flatiron House penthouse slashed by $1.95M
July 2024 will mark five years since New York's mansion tax was passed in the wake of a wave of super-luxe apartment listings with equally jaw-dropping prices. New York City buyers had already had to pay a 1% luxury tax on all home purchases of $1 million or more, but this added a series of progr... Wednesday, April 24, 2024