by Linecity January 29, 2020
Apartments We Love

A Private Park Atop Your Own Penthouse – 49 Murray Street

This Murray Street tri-level penthouse in the middle of Tribeca checks all the boxes.  In the opening sentence of the broker’s description, the words “unprecedented,” “spectacular,” and “exceptional” are used to describe this one-of-a-kind showplace.  Our personal opinion is that the broker was underselling it. Perched atop a mid-19th century Italianate loft building, this 4,600 square foot condo residence offers commanding space both inside and out.  Renovated in a streamlined contemporary ...

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by Linecity January 24, 2020
Buildings We Love

The Zipper Building – 5-33 48th Ave. LIC

Hard to imagine today the grit of Long Island City past. Walking the streets of LIC you might wonder if anything even existed before this endless wave of new development.  Amazon or bust, cranes are aplenty. So we decided to look at this burgeoning neighborhood and find a building that we could LOVE.  We tossed the supertalls aside and fancied a building more human in scale. We wanted a ...

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by Linecity January 21, 2020
Apartments We Love

Space is the Thing in Brooklyn Heights – 19 Grace Court, Apt 2-A

Sometimes you love an apartment for its raw bones and the fantastic opportunity presented by the four walls before you.  Apartment 2-A at 19 Grace Court in Brooklyn Heights is just that type of space, offering the future occupant eight rooms to create something magical. 19 Grace Court is a small art-deco prewar with just 33 apartments spread over six floors.  It is situated on a charming Brooklyn Heights cul-de-sac with ...

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by Linecity January 20, 2020
Price Chops

This Week’s Price Chop – Hotel des Artistes, Apt 401/402

The Hotel des Artistes is one of those New York buildings that synonymously carries a certain level of intrigue along with the mere mention of its name.  Its prime Upper West Side location, just off Central Park at 67th Street, gives it a cache that has attracted the rich, the famous and the eclectic over the years. Paint with the likes of Leroy Neiman and Norman Rockwell, talk politics with Mayor ...

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by Linecity January 17, 2020
Living in NYC

Featured Neighborhood – Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge is an old-world neighborhood neatly tucked into the southwest corner of Brooklyn within the shadows of the Verrazano Bridge. The neighborhood is encircled by the Belt Parkway along the shore line and the Gowanus Expressway inland. For many years, Bay Ridge and its waterside location, would attract the affluent. But most of the mansions that once lined Shore Road are long gone and have been replaced by six-story ...

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