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Saturday, March 17th, 2012
 Posted by Leonard Steinberg on March 17th, 2012
At Monday night’s Community Board meeting, Friends of the High Linee released the initial design plans for the third and final section of the High Line Park at the Hudson Rail Yards. This third section will connect the West Village/Meatpacking District to West Chelsea and ultimately take you all the way to the Javits Center on Eleventh Avenue where the new subway station is being constructed. The renderings from architects James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro are available on the High Line’s website and they show the final section of the elevated park incorporating familiar elements, as well as several brand new features. The design will be closely integrated to the massive Hudson Yards development, as the park will wrap around the new buildings of the Hudson Yards, and construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2013!
The third section’s total cost will be about $90 million (which comes from donors, not the city’s pockets), and it will be open to the public by spring 2014. The impact of this section will be huge for New York real estate, acting as a connector to neighboring areas in the form of an elevated promenade that will link an entire ‘new city’ to the more established parts of the west side of Manhattan. Watch real estate values soar around this new section: while it is definitely new turf, its proximity to the #7 subway extension will be critical. Now lets hope that what they build around there doesn’t look like the generic vulgarity that is Dubai….
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
 If you are walking near West 26th Street and 10th Avenue, look up. You will notice a new addition to the High Line—the Viewing Spur is starting to take shape. Crews have hoisted the 22-by-11-foot painted steel frame into place, giving us a hint of what will soon be one of Section 2′s most dynamic design features. The Viewing Spur is meant to recall the billboards that were once attached to the structure of the High Line. This frame, though, will enhance views of the High Line and the city, rather than blocking them as the billboards once did. The Viewing Spur will be surrounded by shrubs and trees, such as Flameleaf sumacs (Rhus copallina), sassafras (Sassafras albidum), and Greenbay magnolias (Magnolia virginiana ‘Greenbay’). At the foot of the frame, a platform with wood benches will invite High Line visitors to sit and enjoy views of the neighborhood. Meanwhile, passers-by on the street will look up and see people in the place of advertisements. We think it will be one of the best places for people watching when Section 2 opens next spring.
“Only when the extension of the High Line Park opens next Spring, will we see the true value of it’s ability to connect neighborhoods,” says Leonard Steinberg, publisher of LUXURYLETTER and managing director of Prudenital Douglas Elliman. “This park will connect the sensational gallery district of West Chelsea to the vibrant Meatpacking District and Greenwich Village. What surrounds this park will be simply amazing, and already we can witness the creation of an entirely new quality of life for Manhattan living.”
Sunday, October 10th, 2010
 Yes, this door, a simple door located in THE CALEDONIA fronting onto The High Line Park, could very well be the most expensive door in the world….. Reliable sources have told us that negotiations between the building and the Parks department have broken down after the building was asked to pay an annual fee of $ 800,000.00 to the Parks department to operate this access point to the High Line Park.
Located in West Chelsea, steps from the Meat-Packing District, THE CALEDONIA is a condominium and rental building with a large Equinox Gym developed by RELATED, the company best known for its development of the Time Warner building at Columbus Circle and the Superior Ink building in Greenwich Village. The building that fronts the High Line Park has a door to access the old elevated railway turned hotspot park that runs from the Meatpacking District all the way north to the Hudson Yards in the 30′s.
“This is another example of a ridiculous City tax that simply won’t work,” says Matt Amico, a broker with Prudential Douglas Elliman and member of the LUXURYLOFT team. Matt, who lives in the Caledonia and is a resident broker expert in the building added: “The building always knew it would have to pay a fee to the Park’s Department for this access point: the building built and provided a bathroom and elevator that the City has an easement to access. But asking for $ 800,000.00 a year for the use of a door is excessive and out of touch with reality. It is this form of New York-style government abuse that causes people and companies to head out of state.”
Sunday, October 10th, 2010
 Does real estate with a racy image expose you to potential legal hazzards? Does it inspire bad behaviour? An Australian businessman acquitted of trying to rape a maid at The Standard is suing the Meatpacking District boutique hotel for $10 million, charging that its racy atmosphere contributed to the false charges filed against Matthew Moorhouse, 42, who allegedly attacked the maid when she went to clean his room on Nov. 9, 2009.
He claimed she lied after he caught her rifling through his bag. He was acquitted in July this year. The hotel’s floor-to-ceiling windows are well known for allowing nude guests to put on a show for passers-by in nearby High Line Park.
The suit was filed last week in Manhattan Supreme Court.
“It makes you think about real estate in general,” says Leonard Steinberg, managing director of Prudential Douglas Elliman and publisher of LUXURYLETTER. “What exactly will the new owners of the Guccione Mansion on the Upper East Side be inspired to do, and who will be sued if bad behavior ensues? Interestingly, Andre Balazs bought the Upstate New York mansion that used to belong to Bob Guccione several years ago….maybe this purchase inspired the antics at The Standard?”
Is everything, including real estate, leaning towards CONSERVATIVE this Fall?
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