Developers’ latest tactic to woo buyers? History lessons
Developers are turning to history to attract buyers to their condominium conversions, asking architectural historians to help give more...
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This month in RE history: The Met moves into a new home, David Rockefeller gets OK for One Chase Manhattan Plaza … & more
From the March issue: 1880: The Met’s biggest donation to date — its first building The Metropolitan Museum of Art moved into its current home on...
This month in real estate history: World War II price control program kicks off rent control in NYC, RE owners try to block WTC construction … & more
1911: Landowners demand lower taxes if new subway tunnel isn’t opened A group of landowners in Queens demanded that the city either reduce their...
This month in real estate history: New York City’s first official subway opens, the Hotel Majestic is demolished … & more
From the October issue: 1904: New York City’s first official subway line opens The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) opened New York City’s first official subway...
This month in real estate history: Manhattan is devastated by a suspicious fire, demolition plans for a UES mansion pave way for landmarks preservation law … & more
This month in real estate history: New York City’s oldest land records disappear, landlords vow a tax protest … & more
From the August issue: 1910: Oldest NYC land records go missing Nearly two dozen of the “oldest and most valuable real estate records of old...
This month in real estate history: Sale of beachfront hospital nixed, Marriott Marquis faces uncertain fate … & more
From the July issue: The owner of a five-foot-wide “spite house”— built in the midst of a vendetta between neighbors — secured a permit...
This month in real estate history: St. Moritz gets new owners, historic sculptures razed to make way for Trump Tower … & more
From the June issue: An unnamed tenant signed a lease to pay a whopping $9,000 per year for 440 square feet of prime Times Square...
This month in real estate history: A toxic Bronx canal sees its demise, the Empire State Building opens … & more
From the May issue: A New York State Supreme Court judge tossed out an effort to stop the city’s acquisition of the Mott Haven...
This month in RE history: Governor Lehman acts to prevent mortgage crisis, a Broadway tower is born … & more
From the April issue: Newly elected Gov. Herbert Henry Lehman, whose father, Mayer Lehman, co-founded Lehman Brothers, moved to protect thousands of small investors in...