The Closing: Top Fireworks Spots; 484 Kent’s Nine Lives; Construction Deal
By Jhanasobserver July 1, 2011 4:21 pm
reprintsNeed a break from the New York noise? You can get it right here in Manhattan. [NY Times]
Not in our backyard! New Yorkers complain of too many park regulations. [Gotham Gazette]
Someone’s a little big-headed. Yotel New York thinks its rooms are so awesome that people will want to take home mini-models. [HotelChatter]
If you aren’t one of the lucky ones who have Hamptons estates they can escape to for Fourth of July weekend, check out the top five fireworks-watching spots in the city. [Curbed NY]
The sketchy-looking 484 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg is getting a residential conversion. [Brownstoner]
Judge gives the go-ahead for charter school that wants to move into an Upper West Side high school building. [DNAinfo]
Metal rolldown security gates banned from NYC on the grounds of being too ugly (and not transparent enough). [NY Daily News]
The 9/11 memorial is still about $3 million away from being completed. [NY1]
After a major price hike, the Blue Moon Hotel sets its sights a little lower again. [Curbed NY]
Unionized contractors renegotiate, averting a strike that could have stalled construction projects. [Crain’s]
The practice of buying apartments that don’t actually exist yet is creeping into the real estate market once more. [NY Times]
Housekeeping note: We will be posting only sporadically on Monday. Happy Fourth!
