1. Russian tycoons are looking for real estate in Manhattan and elsewhere [NYT]
2. Unfinished homes are for sale in Connecticut [NYT]
3. Gov. Paterson and Rep. Charles Rangel aren’t the only prominent people with rent-stabilized apartments at the Lennox in Harlem [Post]
4. Assembly leader Sheldon Silver said he could support a property tax cap
if Gov. Paterson guarantees that schools will get enough funding [Post] and [Sun]
5. Thieves in brownstone Brooklyn are stealing metal gates, possibly to sell as scrap [NYT]
6. Circumstances might have changed, but America’s debt culture is nothing new [NYT]
7. The credit crisis has widened the gap between elites and regular borrowers [NYT]
8. Answers to questions on rent stabilization from Joel E. Abramson, a longtime housing lawyer [NYT]
9. Starbucks plans to close 11 stores in New York City, including six in
Midtown and one on Staten Island, while 14 will close on Long Island
[NYT] and [NYDN] and [NYT] and [Newsday]
10. The Brooklyn Brewery is struggling to find a place to expand [NYT]
11. Amityville has a collection of Victorians, colonials, Capes and small ranch homes [NYT]
12. The City Bank-Farmers Trust Building might be only 59 stories, but it
was planned to be the second-tallest skyscraper in the world, after the
Empire State Building. [NYT]
13. Insurent, a new company, offers to insure the rent on an apartment,
making it easier for new college grads and newcomers to rent in New
York City [NYT]
14. A Web site called transmaterial.net has become a clearinghouse of architectural innovations [NYT]
15. While Rep. Charles Rangel’s four rent-stabilized apartments made
headlines, lawyers say the practice of renting multiple stabilized
apartments isn’t unheard of [NYT]
16. It’s been one year since Countrywide’s downfall and the mortgage meltdown began [Post]
17. Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Paterson have called on the Port Authority to
make the memorial at Ground Zero its top priority at the World Trade
Center site [Post]
18. A look at West 104th Street, between West End and Broadway [Metro]
19. Coney Island watchers are sad to see rides packing up already [Metro]
