Styrofoam
The Afternoon Wrap: Monday
- The bones of Brooklyn's Ikea have been erected, representing a long stride toward the borough's horrifying self-destruction. Doomsday is near, via inexpensive Swedish furniture. [Gowanus Lounge]
- Vanity Fair lovingly dubs The Bowery Hotel "funky." Why? Because the building "was literally built out of Styrofoam, with hideous aluminum windows." [VF, via Curbed]
- Apparently, Chinatown (an oasis of "whimsy, mystery, and grit") has singularly rebuffed the tide of NYC gentification. That means the area will never be as horrifying as West 27th Street's clubland [pictured above]. [NY Mag]
- The "sickest rental in Brooklyn right now" is a Park Slope brownstone. The owner won't sell, and won't break up the apartments either, and has generously opted to paint the whole house eggshell. [Brownstoner] - Max Abelson
The Round-Up: Wednesday
- Bedford-Stuyvesant building has 1,200 violations. [NY1]
- Moody's selling headquarters to Silverstein. [Crain's]
- Moinian buying 475 Fifth Avenue for $162 million. [NY Post]
- Best Buy coming to East River Plaza. [2nd item] [NY Post]
- Cartoon character selling Manhattan condo. [3rd item] [NY Post]
- 1745 Broadway selling for $509 million. [NY Post]
- Officials vow enforcement of construction safety rules. [NY Times]
- West Eighth Street waits for a savior. [NY Times]
- Panel to recommend closing six city hospitals. [NY Sun]
- Municipal Building on the selling block? [NY Sun]
- East Side co-op rages against subway roars. [NY Sun]
- Preservationists seeking changes to Landmarks Commission. [NY Sun]
- Buildings Department touts zoning violations crackdown. [Daily News]
- A new Brooklyn condo - made of Styrofoam? [Daily News]
- New Bronx high-tech courthouse to open next month. [Daily News]
Did we miss any New York City real estate news this morning? Please send along tips and links.
Witness an Episode of Clean Sweep
AIMEE: Toodle-oo Ikea pots and pans! Hello All-Clad! Goodbye mismatched tumblers, hello sassy martini glasses!
Disaster zone.
"This is soooo comfy," I call out to Brian. I'm submerged in a box the size of a small bathtub brimming with styrofoam packing peanuts. We've both run out of steam earlier than expected.
We've spent hours unpacking our wedding gifts and our apartment is a disaster area, COVERED with open boxes, mountains of china, stemware, kitchen appliances and millions of little pieces of styrofoam and sheets of bubble wrap.
Disaster zone.
Brian pulls me up and I stumble out, adjust the "hard at work in the home" bandana that's tied around my hair and return to the kitchen to continue tearing it apart. read more »
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