373 Park Avenue South and Joshua Abram
Shared co-working space provider NeueHouse is opening its first global headquarters near Madison Square Park.
The firm signed a 10-year lease for more than 8,700 square feet at ATCO Properties & Management’s 373 Park Avenue South, located between East 26th and 27th streets. NeueHouse will occupy the entire fifth floor of the 12-story, 102,552-square-foot building. (more…)
Protofit interace (inset: David Eisenberg)
UPDATED: Sep. 28, 10:26 A.M.: Floored, the startup best known for its interactive 3D models of office space, is launching a new product that lets landlords draw their own commercial test fits, hoping to offer a cheaper alternative to architecture firms. (more…)
Chelsea Market and the High Line are big draws to the chic neighborh
From Luxury Listings NYC: Hudson Guild is a place that at first glance, may get little attention from its well-heeled neighbors. The settlement house assists low income residents who happen to live in one of the most expensive and trendiest neighborhoods in Manhattan. [more]
Yarn artist London Kaye and her mural at 56 Wyckoff Street
It seems like a typical day in Bushwick when an artist installs a 15-foot crochet mural based on a Wes Anderson film. But the piece titled “Moonshine Kingdom” by artist London Kaye – depicting Sam Shakusky from Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom” holding hands with Delbert Grady’s daughters from “The Shining” – is also stirring up a debate about gentrification. (more…)
From left: Norah Jones and 172 Pacific Street in Cobble Hill
“Come away with me,” sang Norah Jones a decade ago. At some point, presumably, she came back. Now she’s making her home in Brooklyn, in a house made famous in the film “Eat, Pray, Love.”
The pianist and singer, daughter of Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar, is the mystery buyer behind the $6 million purchase of 172 Pacific Street in Cobble Hill last May. (more…)
Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan
From Luxury Listings NYC: Jonathan Adler, famed home furnishings designer who got his start selling ceramics at craft fairs, is saddened by most people’s bad design choices. He wishes they’d would put more effort into decorating. [more]
Greg Blatt and renderings of 150 Charles Street in the West Village
Greg Blatt found love in the West Village. But not with his paramour — with a four bedroom, five-bathroom condo overlooking the Hudson River and Hudson River Park. (more…)
Times Square pedestrian plaza (credit: Steven Pisano/Flickr) and the Rev. Peter Colapietro
One veteran of Times Square is looking for a power higher than City Hall to fix Times Square, and he doesn’t mean Albany. (more…)
