http://www.whyyourmanhattanhomedidntsell.com Resources on The Manhattan Real Estate Market Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:25:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ON THE AVENUE Gramatan Avenue is part of a shopping enclave, along with Broad and Grand Streets, that has a grocery store along with a variety of shops, small businesses and restaurants. IN many ways, the Fleetwood area of Mount Vernon, in southern Westchester County, is a home buyer’s dream, with ... http://www.whyyourmanhattanhomedidntsell.com/current-market/in-a-city-with-challenges-much-to-offer/ GRAMERCY PARK, a lush two-acre rectangle at the end of Lexington Avenue, is famously private. And the rules about who can enter its locked gates seem strict enough to keep it that way for a long time. Skip to next paragraph Archpartners A TWOFER A rendering of the new condo on Irving Place ... http://www.whyyourmanhattanhomedidntsell.com/current-market/keys-to-a-condo-and-gramercy-park/ ONCE Matt Mager abandoned the instability of an actor’s life and landed a steady job, he knew it was time to upgrade his living situation. Skip to next paragraph More Hunt Columns Enlarge This Image Tina Fineberg for The New York Times Matt Mager settles into his new place, with plenty of space. Mr. Mager, ... http://www.whyyourmanhattanhomedidntsell.com/current-market/growing-into-a-nicer-place/   SUZANNE HARVEY lives just two blocks from the center of the center of the universe. From her stoop on West 44th Street, between Ninth and 10th Avenues, she can hear all the celebrations in Times Square, from the New Year’s Eve hoopla to the MTV awards to the rock and ... http://www.whyyourmanhattanhomedidntsell.com/current-market/rooted-in-times-square%e2%80%99s-backyard/ Q There is a handsome orange brick building at the northeast corner at Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street that looks like the son of Carnegie Hall. Who was the architect? What was its original purpose? Is it a landmark? ... James Duncan, Manhattan Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Clockwise from ... http://www.whyyourmanhattanhomedidntsell.com/current-market/echoes-of-carnegie-hall-on-fifth-avenue/   OWNERS of one-bedroom apartments in Manhattan may be surprised if they put their homes up for sale anytime soon. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times April Hartstein was able to persuade the developer of the Jacksonia in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to add a second larger closet to ... http://www.whyyourmanhattanhomedidntsell.com/current-market/a-glut-of-one-bedroom-apartments/ THE HAGUE — In a rambling letter released by the war crimes tribunal on Friday, Radovan Karadzic raised what he called “serious irregularities” in his treatment and said that an international “media witch hunt” had jeopardized his chances for a fair trial. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Agence France-Presse -- ... http://www.whyyourmanhattanhomedidntsell.com/global-economy/karadzic-accuses-his-accusers/ CARACAS, Venezuela — The central bank sought on Friday to calm fears of faltering banks a day after President Hugo Chávez unexpectedly announced the nationalization of a large Spanish-owned bank, his latest effort to intensify state control over the economy through takeovers of private companies. The nationalization of the bank would ... http://www.whyyourmanhattanhomedidntsell.com/global-economy/bank-tries-to-allay-fears-of-instability-in-venezuela/     A monk at the Abu Fana Monastery wore a neck brace this week after a violent clash at the monastery in May. More Photos CAIRO — A monastery was ransacked in January. In May, monks there were kidnapped, whipped and beaten and ordered to spit on the cross. Christian-owned jewelry ... http://www.whyyourmanhattanhomedidntsell.com/global-economy/as-tensions-rise-for-egypt%e2%80%99s-christians-officials-call-clashes-secular/ WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is increasing pressure on Pakistan’s fledgling civilian government to bring the country’s spy service under civilian control, according to American and Pakistani officials. During meetings in Washington this week with Pakistan’s prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, senior Bush administration officials pressed their Pakistani counterparts to assert ... http://www.whyyourmanhattanhomedidntsell.com/global-economy/us-presses-pakistan-on-control-of-its-spy-agency/