April 22, 2017

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

NBC News anchor Lester Holt lists classy Nomad apartment for $6.6M First look at Domino Sugar Factory’s 11-acre park and waterfront esplanade Mayor de Blasio christens New York’s first Citywide Ferry with a ride into Brooklyn Bridge Park First home designed by Philip Johnson seeks $1M and a preservation savior Affordable housing lottery for seniors […]

April 15, 2017

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

Hyperloop One plan would take travelers from NYC to D.C. in 20 minutes Why is New York City called the Big Apple? ‘Human Castell’ tower proposal turns the traditional skyscraper inside out ‘How I Met Your Mother’ actress Cobie Smulders lists Battery Park City condo for $4M There’s plenty of charm packed into this 330-square-foot […]

April 8, 2017

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

REVEALED: Inside the model residences of Zaha Hadid’s 520 West 28th Street First look at the iconic Hotel Chelsea’s glamorous interior renovation Massive high-rise complex with 900 apartments, retail, offices and schools coming to Downtown Brooklyn Sale of $79.5M Upper East Side mansion sets new record for Manhattan’s most expensive townhouse 11 New York-based firms […]

April 2, 2017

March’s 10 most-read stories and this week’s features

March’s 10 Most-Read Stories New rendering for the Sheepshead Bay condo that’s the tallest residential building in South Brooklyn The 10 best plants for apartment dwellers Exciting new details emerge for the TWA Terminal hotel Oiio’s ‘Big Bend’ proposal for Billionaires’ Row would be the world’s longest building The Urban Lens: Inside McSorley’s Old Ale […]

March 25, 2017

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

Swale floating park returns this spring with a new look Kushner Cos. vision for 666 Fifth Avenue has Zaha Hadid design and $12B ambitions Philip Johnson’s Rockefeller Guest House, a ‘secret’ modernist gem on Manhattan’s east side Artist who created Wall Street’s ‘Charging Bull’ angered by ‘Fearless Girl’ statue $5.5M ask for renovated Hamilton Heights […]

March 18, 2017

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

Rare East Coast Eichler home asking $490K shows off its unique modern design with new interior photos Marvelously mod prefab guest house was built in just two days time St. Patrick’s Cathedral’s new geothermal plant is up and running ‘Barefoot Contessa’ Ina Garten asks $2M for Parisian-style Upper East Side pied-a-terre Huge Whole Foods coming […]

March 11, 2017

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

New rendering for the Sheepshead Bay condo that’s the tallest residential building in South Brooklyn Lottery opens for historic brownstone-replacing apartments in Harlem, from $659/month Hidden underground tunnel will take you from Rockefeller Center to Times Square Herzog & de Meuron will turn Gowanus’ graffiti-covered ‘Batcave’ into an art production factory This striking $3.9M duplex […]

February 25, 2017

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

Jason Biggs and Jenny Mollen list uber-stylish Tribeca loft for $3M Jeanne Gang reveals sparkly new renderings of High Line-hugging Solar Carve Tower Astoria is NYC’s top ‘hood for millennials seeking roommates Oldest home in Brooklyn Heights is on the market for $6.65M Supreme branded Metrocards bring mayhem to NYC subway stations Richard Meier’s mixed-use […]

February 18, 2017

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

Hamptons home prices sag as luxury buyers head to hipper Hudson Valley Meg Ryan lists her impossibly chic Soho loft for $10.9 million 432 Park owner attempts to sell $20M apartment with iPhone photos 143 chances to live in Downtown Brooklyn from $897/month, lottery open at 33 Bond Street LOT-EK erects a stunning single-family mega-home […]

February 11, 2017

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

Concert pianist Inon Barnatan looks to unload his Harlem loft for $2.25 million NYC’s top 10 wealthiest ZIP codes will surprise you VIDEO: How a man lives and works in a 78-square-foot Hell’s Kitchen ‘studio’ Vince Clarke’s gorgeous Park Slope townhouse asks $6M after Roman and Williams haute-goth makeover A High Line-esque bridge and park […]

February 4, 2017

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

Karim Rashid’s East Harlem HAP Five gets its bright pink trim The mysterious origins of the famous New York Egg Cream In just a month, Second Avenue Subway eases congestion on the Lexington Avenue line by 11 percent Hidden tunnel connecting New Yorker Hotel to Penn Station unearthed Lendlease-Turner selected as design-build team for $1.5B […]

January 29, 2017

January’s 10 most-read stories and this week’s features

January’s 10 Most-Read Stories Cuomo announces 750-mile Empire State Trail, a continuous trail connecting NYC to Canada My 600sqft: Journalist Alexandra King turns a schlumpy Park Slope rental into a stunning boho-chic pad Lottery opens for 44 affordable senior apartments on Staten Island’s Stapleton waterfront Built in Poland and shipped in pieces, NYC’s biggest modular […]

January 21, 2017

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

CNN’s Don Lemon sells Harlem condo for small profit 128 tall buildings were constructed in 2016, a world record Tennis great Novak Djokovic buys two units in Renzo Piano’s 565 Broome SoHo Mapping NYC subway stops according to their most popular Instagram hashtags This renovated historic townhouse in Mott Haven is only $800,000 Whole Foods […]

January 14, 2017

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

Cuomo announces 750-mile Empire State Trail, a continuous trail connecting NYC to Canada Live in ODA’s new Crown Heights rental from $845/month, lottery opening for 24 units Built in Poland and shipped in pieces, NYC’s biggest modular hotel project is 55 percent complete Eli Manning buys $8M beachfront mansion in the Hamptons Mike Myers relists […]

December 10, 2016

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

Iconic JFK Terminal begins its life as the ‘TWA Hotel’ with new signage There’s an ‘exotic’ Christmas tree selling for $1,000 in the Village One Vanderbilt confirms 1,020-foot observation deck West Chelsea mansion reboot with gym, pool, elevator, theatre and wine room ready for its $36.8M close-up NYU reveals design for $1B 23-story building at […]

December 3, 2016

November’s 10 most-read stories and this week’s features

November’s 10 Most-Read Stories Live in SHoP’s Domino Sugar Refinery tower for $596/month, lottery open for 104 units My 4000sqft: Tour the 113-year-old Ditmas Park home of an architectural preservationist Apply for 195 affordable units in Long Island City’s glitzy new rental tower The Hayden, from $913/month Lottery opens for two affordable units in prime […]

November 19, 2016

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

Trump hopes to spend weekends in NYC at Trump Tower during presidency A penthouse off Central Park on the Upper East Side for $190K? Believe it! See new photos inside the world’s tallest modular tower; leasing kicks off at 461 Dean Richard Meier, Rafael Viñoly, and KPF release designs for Upper West Side waterfront development […]

November 12, 2016

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

Subway Therapy let thousands of New Yorkers leave their election grief on Post-it notes Proposed Penn Station-topping free-fall ride gets new video, details $3.95M Yonkers castle with more than 20 rooms is out of this world Photographer Danica O. Kus provides new interior views of Bjarke Ingels’ Via 57 West Trump Tower residents are sick […]

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November 5, 2016

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

Lottery opens for two affordable units in prime Greenpoint, starting at $904/Month Daredevil climber scales Robert A.M. Stern’s 220 Central Park South to capture these insane shots This $7.5M West Village townhouse was once home to Derek Jeter and A-Rod Apply for 63 newly-built affordable units off the Rockaway Beach waterfront, from $494 MAP: What […]

October 22, 2016

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

Lottery opens for new Crotona Park East affordable development, units from $788/month SL Green breaks ground on One Vanderbilt, NYC’s second tallest tower – see new renderings Bethenny Frankel checks out Robert DeNiro’s former $20M West Village penthouse Amid declining bookings, new Trump hotel brand drops his name Listings go live for Extell’s amenity-filled Hudson […]

October 15, 2016

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

Saddam Hussein had a secret torture chamber across from Mayor Bloomberg’s UES mansion Live in Brooklyn’s tallest tower for $833/month, lottery launching for 150 units at 333 Schermerhorn Emily Blunt and John Krasinski drop $6M on a historic Park Slope townhouse George and Amal Clooney snag high-floor condo in Norman Foster’s Midtown tower Bethenny Frankel […]

October 8, 2016

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

Affordable housing applicants with low credit scores and legal history now protected from discriminaton Live in a massive $8M West Village loft for just $1 a month Madonna says in court papers that UWS co-op rules shouldn’t apply to her because she’s famous New York Wheel’s four 500-ton legs arrive in New York harbor today […]

October 1, 2016

September’s 10 most-read stories and this week’s features

September’s 10 Most-Read Stories Everything You Need to Know About Affordable Housing: Applying, Getting In, and Staying Put One month after anti-Trump sale, Keith Olbermann’s former Trump Palace condo returns for $3.9M The ‘empty mansions’ of Huguette Clark: Luxury and mystery of an era past The 10 Best Plants for Apartment Dwellers Live in SOM’s […]

September 24, 2016

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

Video: Visit designer Kate Spade in her art-filled, unfussy Upper East Side home Stay in NYC’s first shipping container home in Williamsburg for $96/night The Bronx’s Lambert Houses may be replaced with 1,665 affordable housing units Adele might be saying ‘Hello’ to swanky Gramercy duplex PHOTOS: Check out NYPL’s new $2.6M ‘Book Train’ conveyor system […]

September 17, 2016

Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff

REVEALED: Thomas Heatherwick’s $150M climbable Hudson Yards sculpture ‘The Vessel’ PHOTOS: After two-year renovation, NYPL’s historic Rose Main Reading Room will reopen October 5th AECOM wants to turn Red Hook into a 45,000-unit mega-development with new subway connection Judge orders Sean Lennon to remove tree that’s damaging Marisa Tomei’s parents’ house Ex-Fox News chair Roger […]

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