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As the temperature drops and New Yorkers pile on the layers, the dream of cozying up next to a fireplace becomes all the more enticing. And for apartment-dwelling families with young children, there’s another pressing matter: How will Santa bring our presents without a chimney? Fear not — the sel...
Iconic NYC Holiday Locations
By CityRealty Staff   |   From In The Details Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Driving into the city the highways are ringed with necklaces of light on the balconies of many high-rise apartment buildings. Some museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the East Side and the American Museum of Natural History on the West Side have spectacular Christmas trees adornin...
Manhattan Sales: For the week ending December 20, 2024, $544,132,912 worth of transactions across 264 condo, condop, and cooperative deals were recorded 120 condo sales came to an aggregate price of $358,429,392 12 condop sales came to an aggregate price of $14,745,951 132 co-op sales came ...
 
Typically as it gets closer to the holidays, the real estate market experiences a seasonal slowdown. But the third week of December 2024 was an especially robust one for luxury contracts, with extremely high-priced deals taking place at both preeminent cooperatives and new development condominium...
According to the forecast for New York, those dreaming of a white Christmas may be disappointed with no snow in the forecast. But the first day of winter falls on December 21, and it is set to offer appropriately cold temperatures with lows in the teens all weekend and into the next week.
In the wake of a grueling workout, or on a chilly day like those in the forecast for New York this weekend, the euphoria of sinking into a bubbling hot tub is immediately evident. However, hot tubs are proven to offer several health benefits beyond simple pleasure. The heat of the water increases...
Manhattan's Upper West Side comprises four distinct areas — Central Park West, Lincoln Center/Square, Riverside Drive/West End Avenue, and Manhattan Valley — with their own history and community. While Morningside Heights is north of Central Park, many nevertheless consider it, and Columbia Unive...
From high-tech sports simulators to hammams to IMAX screening rooms, the amenity race in New York City condos shows no sign of slowing down. It has extended to the youngest residents, with children’s playrooms in new development condos signing acclaimed designers and illustrators to create larger...
The major December holidays fall next week, and data suggests that people are ready for it: According to Adobe Analytics, consumers spent $77.4 billion online from November 1-24, and Black Friday sales broke a record as consumers spent $10.8 billion online on that day. Both figures show an increa...
At a time of year when "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (also known as "The Night Before Christmas") is on everyone's lips, it is worth noting that its writer, Clement Clarke Moore, was instrumental in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood as we know it. Mr. Moore was a grandson of Major Thomas Clarke, the...
Ask an average New Yorker to name the city’s most famous hotel and they would likely point either to The Plaza on Fifth Avenue and 59th Street or to the Waldorf Astoria on Park Avenue and 50th Street. Fewer, however, may know that since 1897, the original Waldorf-Astoria (or 1893 of counting the ...

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