[Three Cents Worth #247 NY] Manhattan Unit Sizes No Small Change

Posted by Jonathan Miller - Friday, September 20, 2013, 3:52 PM

It’s time to share my Three Cents Worth (3CW) on Curbed NY, at the intersection of neighborhood and real estate in the capital of the world…and I’m here to take measurements.

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After last week’s rental market report release, I thought I’d take a look at the average size of a sale and a rental over the past 20 years. Sales (blue line) represent co-ops and condos that closed during each period. Rentals (pink line) represent rentals that closed during each period…

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My latest Three Cents Worth column on Curbed: Manhattan Unit Sizes No Small Change [Curbed]

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PriceChopper: Pacific Heights Mansion Wants Your Chump Change

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Tuesday, September 6, 2011, by Sally Kuchar Was: $9,500,000
Now: $8,600,000
You Save: $900,000

We first told you about 2209 Pacific in Pacific Heights back in July when it was listed for the mind-numbingly low and completely obtainable price of $9,500,000. As you may recall, the home was last sold in 2005 for $5,150,000. The current owner(s) wasted no time sinking tons of green into the property, and spent two years expanding the home and bringing "the property into the 21st century while maintaining its architectural heritage." The deets: it's a 3-bed, 7-bath, 5,900-square-foot Beaux-Arts mansion that was designed in 1915 by Arthur Brown Jr., who is best known for such San Francisco landmarks as City Hall, Coit Tower and the War Memorial Opera House. Property highlights include an elevator, renovated kitchen, private theater, au pair room and wine cellar. Readers, what'll it take for this manse to find a buyer?
· Pacific Heights Home Seeks Well-Heeled Buyer [Curbed SF]
· 2209 Pacific [Redfin]

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Name Change: Japanese Tea Garden's Tea House To Be Renamed

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Wednesday, August 24, 2011, by Sally Kuchar

The tea house in the Japanese Tea Garden will be renamed the Jack Hirose Tea House, reports the SF Examiner. The Rec and Park Commission approved the renaming of the tea house last week, and will install a commemorative plaque at the site. Jack Hirose was the Japanese Tea Garden concessionaire from 1959 to 1992, although he remained active in supporting the garden after he officially concluded his business. He passed away two years ago. "One of Jack Hirose's last acts of generosity was to support the proposal of Carol Murata in the 2008 [request for proposal] process to select a concessionaire for the Tea House and Gift Shop by pledging $500,000 for the refurbishments of those facilities," according to the Rec and Park Proposal to name the tea house after him.
· Japanese Tea Garden’s tea house named after Jack Hirose [SF Examiner]
[photo via Ernest Gaudreau]

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AM Linkage: Greening Our Streets; Berkeley Students Want Change on Telegraph; Become a Blue Man!; More!

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More Chump Change: About $12 million will pay for...

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Wednesday, March 16, 2011, by Philip Ferrato

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