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Saturday, March 24, 2012
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey: March 2012
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Master Planning: Ocean Beach Master Plan Seeking Major Moolah from the State
× 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. Friday, January 20, 2012, by Alex Bevk [All images via SPUR] 
Great Highway and Lincoln Way San Francisco, CA 94122
The long term planning of Ocean Beach could get a boost today, as the California Coastal Commission is considering a funding request for $400,000. SPUR has been leading a master planning effort for Ocean Beach over the past year and a half with funding from federal, state and local sources. The current draft of the plan includes, among many other things, closing the Great Highway south of Sloat Boulevard, rerouting traffic to Sloat and to Skyline Boulevard east of the San Francisco Zoo, plus narrowing the Great Highway to one lane in each direction.
That pretty chunk of change could be used for a traffic study on the impacts of closing down part of the Great Highway, plus the creation of agreements for various agencies to manage Ocean Beach under a single unified vision. It won't cover all the work, with the remaining funds coming from the National Park Service and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, who own the wastewater treatment plant near the zoo.
The Draft Ocean Beach Master Plan will be available for public review on on the SPUR website on January 31, 2012. The public will have until February 20 to provide comments and feedback on the draft plan. The Final Plan will be available on March 5.
· Ocean Beach: SPUR Takes a Long Look Into The Future [Curbed SF]
· SPUR Ocean Beach Master Plan Draft Recommendations [SPUR]
· California Coastal Conservancy staff report - Jan. 19, 2012 funding request for San Francisco Ocean Beach Master Plan [California Coastal Commmission]
· Ocean Beach Master Plan drafts big changes for Ocean Beach [Ocean Beach Bulletin]
Monday, December 26, 2011
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey: December 2011
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Monday, September 12, 2011
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Lamest “State of the Housing Market” Logic Ever
I saw this in The Real Deal and felt compelled to comment in their post because the rationale was so utterly ridiculous. This must have been a PR placement segment for the bank.
Yes mortgages are cheap and house prices are low so affordability is at record levels – but banks currently have the tightest mortgage underwriting requirements in decades. Consumers aren’t blind lemmings following the media off a cliff.
Here’s my comment on the blog post:
Seriously, this has to be the lamest reason ever given for a weak housing market. When you run out of reasons, the fall back is to blame the media. With low interest rates and lower housing prices, the crisis of confidence is all about bank underwriting standards. Keeping a 20% down policy has nothing to do with why consumers have low confidence. According to the Fed, residential credit has remained tight, if not tightened. Why? Because unemployment is stuck in the 9’s, Fannie/Freddie are in flux and now the financial markets are volatile. The “crisis of confidence” comes from banking’s about face on mortgage financing. Give the consumer some credit (pun intended) for having some intelligence. Good grief.
“Crisis of confidence” comes from a consumer not being able to get a mortgage or refinance to take advantage of low rates and low prices. Crisis of confidence comes from consumers watching the economic events unfold without any competent leadership, only containing high stakes political brinksmanship.
Let’s say we get past the age old “blame the media for everything” rationale?
Obviously its the blogosphere’s fault.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
That's Rather Hideous: Yuletide Cheer Comes Early (or Late?) in the Lone Star State
× 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, May 11, 2011, by Sarah Firshein
Ho, ho, ho, what have we here? Just a little ghost of Christmas 2010, a 10,364-square-foot Houston Georgian that came on the market some five months ago. Whether or not holiday festooning is the key to proper home staging, a glittery tree in a corner sure as heck won't distract anyone from the excessive use of florals or mounted animal heads. In truth, the place looks like it's got good bones and, to that effect, potential—a gracious formal entry, 20-foot ceilings, a spacious kitchen, a wood-paneled library, and his/hers baths. The cost of all this holiday cheer? $6.9M. If someone would only tell Santa to hang up his hat for the next six months or so the owners would probably be in business.
· 3870 Willowick Road, Houston [HAR]
Monday, May 23, 2011
Park Closures: Sad news from Sacramento today. State...
× 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. Friday, May 13, 2011, by Sally Kuchar
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Sunday, April 17, 2011
The Empire State Manufacturing Index: February 2011
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey consists of a series of diffusion indices distilled from a monthly survey of New York regional manufacturing executives and seeks to identify trends across 22 different current and future manufacturing related activities. Today’s report indicated expansion for current activity and slight slowing for future activity with the current business conditions index climbing to 15.43 while the future conditions index declined to 49.4.
Current new orders declined slightly to 11.8 while future new orders also declined slightly to 44.58.
Labels: economy, empire state manufacturing
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Dwelling: The Creepy, Decrepit State of the Abandoned Kirkbride Asylums
× 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, April 6, 2011, by Rob Bear
Back in the late 19th century, medical techniques for the treatment of mental illness were—how do we put this—not quite as advanced as they might be now. Psychiatric studies and literature of the era focused on the importance of architecture in the treatment of the insane, and some 100 massive mental health facilities were constructed in the United States, adherent to the principles of Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride. Arranged in winged, stepped plans, these structures were designed by some of the preeminent architects of their day, including Calvert Vaux, Frederick Law Olmsted, and H.H. Richardson. Despite the storied architectural pedigree, as the treatment of the insane in such buildings waned, so too did an interest in maintaining the sprawling structures. So today, many of these Victorian era behemoths sit unused and unwanted, thanks to the stigma of their "loony bin" pasts. We've collected five of the best examples, in all their run-down glory.
Designed in by Pennsylvania architect Samuel Sloan—famous for his still-unfinished Longwood mansion in Natchez, Miss.—the State Lunatic Asylum at Morris Plains (above) was built to address overcrowding at New Jersey's Trenton Asylum. More commonly known as Greystone, the building opened in 1877 and first welcomed 342 patients. By 1954, the patient population had grown to an astonishing 7,674, before the deinstitutionalization movement of the 1970s came along. In 2000, after a decades of scandal, the site was ordered closed by the Governor of New Jersey and was sold to Morris County for $1.
? Designed by architectural royalty, the Buffalo State Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y. must have seemed destined for permanence when it was finally completed in 1895. After all, it had taken 24 years to finish the Richardson-designed colossus and the surrounding gardens by Olmstead and Vaux. By then, overcrowding was such an issue in other hospitals that Richardson curved the walls of the structure so that the placement of beds in public rooms would be difficult and inefficient. Still, even this forward thinking approach wasn't enough to save the buildings. Today, while maintained in a most basic sense by the state, the hospital has fallen into shambles. There is talk of converting the structure into an architecture museum for the city of Buffalo.
? There's another neglected New York asylum in Poughkeepsie, along the banks of the Hudson River. The Hudson River State Hospital opened in 1871 on land once owned by the Roosevelt family. Today, it is an odd amalgam of abandoned and inhabited spaces, with plans in place to redevelop the existing structure. Those plans had a setback thanks to a devastating 2007 fire in the south wing, with the downturn in the property market, we'd be surprised if the project resumed as planned.
? The asylum in Worcester, Mass.—the Worcester State Hospital—cost nearly a million dollars to construct in 1877. Designed by George Dutton Rand, it was an imposing, fortress-like stone structure and, according to historians, was contrary to the wishes of the hospital superintendent, who had hoped to build smaller houses arranged like a village. In 1991, a massive fire swept through the facility, rendering large portions uninhabitable. After a series of demolitions and the building of a more modern facility, only the clock tower and circular hall remain standing.
? Demolition isn't the only option for these impressive Victorian buildings, as the Danvers State Hospital can attest. Even after falling into disrepair and developing a reputation as a supernatural site so notorious it spawned a horror flick, the hospital was redeveloped into a residential project by mega-developer Avalon. Who were the victims in this scary movie? Why, none other than an asbestos remediation crew sent to clean up the mess. That must have been a stressful project. Check out the product, below.
· Kirkbride Buildings [official site]
· History [Preserve Graystone]
· Buffalo State Hospital [Kirkbride Buildings]
· Hudson River State Hospital [Kirkbride Buildings]
· Worcester State Hospital [Kirkbride Buildings]
· Danvers State Insane Asylum [fan site]
· Session 9 [IMDb]
· Avalon Danvers [official site]
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Better Homes and Gardens <b>Real Estate</b> Expands in New York State <b>...</b>
RISMEDIA, February 22, 2011—Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC announced that TechValley Homes Real Estate LLC, which serves the greater Albany, N.Y. region, has joined its fast-growing franchise network. The brokerage will operate as Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Tech Valley under broker/owner Miguel Berger, adding two offices and 30 agents to the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate network.
“By focusing on the importance of lifestyle marketing, leveraging the power and efficiencies of technology and possessing the unrelenting desire to be the best, Miguel and his team have built a brokerage that mirrors the mission and overall vision of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate,” said Sherry Chris, president and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate. “We are confident that this affiliation will help Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Tech Valley thrive as the New York State Capital Region undergoes an exciting transformation.”
Established in 2001, TechValley Homes Real Estate serves Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady, Rensselaer and Northern Columbia Counties in New York State, a region vitalized by industry growth in technology, facilities and research and development, as well as a growing, diverse community of home buyers. Berger, a 27-year real estate industry veteran, is a long-time and active member of various industry organizations in the Albany area, including Secretary – Treasurer of the Greater Capital Association of REALTORS®, NYS Regional Vice President – Capital Region and Chair of the Emerging Issues Committee for the NYS Association of REALTORS®.
“The technology and tools that Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate has developed provide significant advantages for our agents, who cater to a diverse community of tech-savvy residents,” said Berger. “We see this transition as an exciting step forward for TechValley Homes and the Albany region as a whole, and we are thrilled to join the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate family.”
For more information, visit www.BHGRealEstate.com.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
The Empire State Manufacturing Index: January 2011
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey consists of a series of diffusion indices distilled from a monthly survey of New York regional manufacturing executives and seeks to identify trends across 22 different current and future manufacturing related activities. Today’s report indicated expansion for current activity and future activity with the current business conditions index climbing to 11.92 while the future conditions index increased to 58.95.
Current new orders increased to 12.39 while future new orders edged up slightly to 53.68.
Labels: economy, empire state manufacturing
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Celebrity Real Estate: Snooki and JWOWW Will (Maybe?) Hop the Border to Empire State
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. Monday, December 27, 2010, by Sarah
Recently news broke that raven-haired Jersey Shore castmates Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jenni "JWOWW" Farley made an appointment to tour a house in East Setauket, N.Y., on Long Island's North Shore. Or, well, at least according to listing agent Linda Hickey, who claims the girls were scheduled to view a $1.595M pad with a 20-by-44-foot saltwater pool, five presumably smush-worthy bedrooms, and a 750-gallon indoor fish tank. (Aquariums! How trendy, ladies!) While JWOWW has denied allegations of house hunting via Twitter, we took the liberty of investigating said potential new party house; the 1999 Colonial is located within a three-mile radius of five elementary schools and within a 15-mile radius of more than a few of the region's famed wineries. A word of advice to the residents of East Setauket: batten down the hatches, hide your children.
· Snooki and JWOWW house-hunting in East Setauket? [Real LI]
· Listing [Realtor.com]
· A Little Mish Mash for Mundee [The Real Estalker]
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