In class we talked about Long Island City and it’s potential to be the next up-and-coming area. As I mentioned, one of my friends live in one of the luxury apartment in the area. The view is amazing, the building is new, modern, spaceful and all for a decent price. What I love about is that it is quite, but with spurt of restaurants on the main streets. I really believe that more and more residents are going to find that it is a great option, and it will become a small -“Williamsburg.” I found a great article on the daily news- real estate section that I wanted to share. It goes in depth aboutthe price of real estate, the types of new stores and restaurants that are going to be built and the parks. Enjoy!
After 80 years of the same roller-coasters in Coney Island, this amusement park season opened with a few more to add to the roster. The last roller-coaster that opened was in 1927, and that was the New York City Landmark, The Cyclone. I grew up in Brighton Beach, which gave me the chance to be a boardwalk trip away from visiting the park during the summer. It’s interesting to see how much effort is being put into the area in order to revive it, especially after the revitalization plan was passed back in 2009. According to city officials, Coney Island had an extremely busy summer in 2010 compared to recent years. We’ll have to wait and see what this fast approaching summer has in store.
The link below is the evolution of the “Soarin’ Eagle”, one of the new rides:
I attended my friend’s house warming party last week. He rented a studio in midtown area for almost $2000, half of his salary. I am not surprised that people pay top dollar to live Manhattan. What surprises me is that some people are willing to live in extremely small apartments, known as mini-apartments. I found a few Youtube video clips on mini apartments.
Hi all. I hope you are enjoying your spring break. We are going to make a slight change to the schedule. On Wednesday, we will talk about the city and the future. Our discussion on “Just Kids” by Patti Smith will begin Monday, May 2.
Here are some links to the reading for Wednesday’s class:
A New York magazine real estate article from a few years back, “New York in 2016.” There are 11 sections.
http://nymag.com/realestate/features/2016/17143/
A Bloomberg administration document laying out its plan for New York City in 2030
I was researching for my finaly project on Public art and came across this amazing website- Street Art Utopia. It a culmination of breathtaking artwork all around the world. I just wanted to share this little bit of inspiration.
The very first lines of this article held me captive. I personally love giving people my view point as to what to do in NYC, where to go, what to eat. I enjoy this so much so, that I have a document on my desktop, “NYC,” that I add on to whenever I find something new myself, keeping it updated and ready for that unsuspecting visitor. National Geographic had written an article full of interviews from New Yorkers and their experience and opinions of the Big Apple which can be found here:
Built in the late 19th Century, this was the Germania Bank (after numerous mergers and acquisitions, it is now better known as J.P. Morgan) Building. The six-story, 72-room bank was bought by artist Jay Maisel in 1966 for $102,000, who remains its current owner. Estimates of the buildings worth run from a conservative $30 million to a whopping $70 million.
Albert is a young artist who lives in NY since 2003. He works full time for Jeff Koons Studio and manages to find time to do his own work. He deals in hyper realism, history, and identity.
His speech is extremely paced so the video is longer than 3 minutes.
