On the Market in New York City
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
A Lincoln Square co-op, an Upper West Side co-op and a Kensington co-op.
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Big DealIn the South of Market area of San Francisco, a new generation of tech dreamers is moving into housing previously unseen: high-rise condos.
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Changes are under way in Brooklyn Heights, where half a dozen luxury housing projects are moving through the pipeline.
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What I LoveSusanne Bartsch, the Swiss party hostess, is partial to the Chinese beds in her home at the Chelsea Hotel.
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The HuntKristina Frantz and Pierre Alexandre went house-hunting for a two-family in Brooklyn.
Exclusive | 55 Central Park West
Coveted by Many, Lived In by Few
By ROBIN FINN
A duplex penthouse, once owned by Calvin Klein and Marsha Mason, among others, is available again, this time for $35 million.
City Room
Big Ticket | Sold for $10,640,712.50
By ROBIN FINN
A three-bedroom co-op was one of only a few units available for sale at the Mark Hotel, which retreated from plans to convert the upper floors to 42 co-op apartments.
Living In | The Nyacks, N.Y.
Bridge-Building, Like It or Not
By ELSA BRENNER
The big challenge facing the area — projected to last until at least 2018 — is the construction of the twin bridges that will ultimately supplant the 57-year-old Tappan Zee.
Mortgages
End Is Nigh for Certain Tax Exemptions
By LISA PREVOST
Mortgage debt forgiven by a lender in a short sale, loan modification or foreclosure is exempt from federal taxation. But come Jan. 1 that exemption expires.
Streetscapes | Readers’ Questions
The Fred Goat Building and a Vanderbilt Neighbor
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY
A Brooklyn building worthy of a civil greeting, and a vanished building on Fifth Avenue.
Q & A
By JAY ROMANO
Installing safety bars in a bathroom; pricing co-op common space; co-op unit loses parking space.
In and Around Lower Manhattan, Population Growth Since 9/11
By SAM ROBERTS
The downtown area has undergone a renaissance with two new studies showing that it has become a magnet as a place to live and work.
Anxious Brooklyn Parents See Proposed Redrawn School Boundaries
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
Zones for some of Brooklyn’s most-sought-after elementary schools, including Public School 321 in Park Slope are changing in a new plan.
On Location
The Rules of Subtraction
By JOYCE WADLER
A tiny, old apartment had room for two, as long as one came nearly empty-handed.
What You Get for ... $1.4 Million
By VIRGINIA C. McGUIRE
An 18th-century house in Pennsylvania and a condo in Utah and a Frank Lloyd Wright house in Washington.
House Hunting in ... England
By NINA ROBERTS
The housing market in England varies widely, but has recently picked up in Somerset County, the site of this house.
U.S. Housing Starts Are Up 15% in September
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Builders started construction on homes in September at the fastest rate since July 2008 and made plans to build even more homes in the coming months.
Market Ready
By TIM McKEOUGH
Would turning my unfinished basement into a proper room increase my home’s sales appeal?
Gritty Koreatown Block Turns Hot With a Taste of Home
By PETER SLATIN
Competition for space on West 32nd Street between Broadway and Fifth has been so fierce that ground-floor retail rents can easily be more than twice what they are on nearby side streets.
Las Vegas Project Survives a Case of Bad Timing
By ALISON GREGOR
The $8.5 billion CityCenter opened with much fanfare in the depths of the recession, but is only now benefiting from increasing numbers of visitors to the area.
The 30-Minute Interview
Michael Namer
By VIVIAN MARINO
A founder of Alfa Development/Management comes from a Cuban-American family that has been involved in the real estate business since the 1970s.
The Appraisal
As Prices Soar to Buy a Luxury Address, the Tax Bills Don’t
By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS
Because of an old law, the owners of many of New York’s highest-end apartments pay a far smaller percentage of the sales value than other condo and co-op owners do.
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On the Market in New York City
A Lincoln Square co-op, an Upper West Side co-op and a Kensington co-op.
On the Market in the Region
A four-bedroom 1920 stucco home in Scarsdale, N.Y., and a four-bedroom contemporary in Greenwich, Conn.
What I Love | Susanne Bartsch
Susanne Bartsch’s home is an apartment at the Chelsea Hotel, long noted for being shabby-cool and overrun with artists, writers and rockers.
Residential Sales Around the Region
Information on recent sales in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Manhattan Market Data
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News, Data and Conversation About Schools in New York City
Share your school memories; sketches of the chancellor and his cabinet; a teacher’s diary and more.
Multimedia
In Design Awards, Age Is a Plus
By PENELOPE GREEN
Robert Wright for The New York Times
The gala designer David Stark wanted the room to look as if you’d wandered into a piece by Sol LeWitt.
The designer Richard Saul Wurman is one of several honorees at the 2012 National Design Awards Gala.
In the Garden
The Seeds They Carried
By MICHAEL TORTORELLO
East New York has become a biodiverse botanic garden filled with plants that feed its Caribbean immigrants.
In a Tiny Kitchen, Lots of Idea Room
By STEVEN KURUTZ
Creative thinkers come up with three widely varied budgets.
Booming
The Breakup Bed
By JOYCE WADLER
When a relationship goes south, and you’re in your 60s, you may find yourself searching for a new bed, one with dignity.
Shopping With Mourad Lahlou
Spice Containers
By RIMA SUQI
The chef Mourad Lahlou looks for a place to store his spices.
Q&A;
The Vignellis, Benevolent Dictators of Design
By STEVEN KURUTZ
A new documentary traces the couple’s influential partnership.
Shows
An Extended Celebration of a Lively Career
By RIMA SUQI
Four solo exhibits pay tribute to the furniture designer Wendell Castle’s older and more contemporary works.
Goods
Franco Doodle Dandy
By RIMA SUQI
The collection for Astier de Villatte includes ceramic platters, vases, boxes and a piggy bank.
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