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Governor Hochul Announces New York State Historic Preservation Awards for 2022
Governor Kathy Hochul now announced that 9 tasks and one particular person are currently being identified with 2022 New York State Historic Preservation Awards. Assignments highlighted with this year’s awards incorporate a group-led institution of a historic district in Chautauqua County, transformational design of historic backyard house in Westchester County, and the finished restoration of a historic pier in New York City. “Preserving notable landmarks throughout New York will allow us to celebrate our shared history and honor our collective past,” Governor Hochul said. “I congratulate this year’s recipients on their attempts to capitalize on our historic and cultural assets to create a brighter long run for our state.” Developed…
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He Runs a New York Real Estate Empire. Did He Steal It?
Over the past dozen years, Sanford Solny has built a New York real estate empire, snatching up small residential buildings across the city that churn out hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent. His portfolio would be enviable but for one thing — much of it, prosecutors and homeowners contend, was stolen. In criminal charges and lawsuits, they have accused him of fraud: offering to help homeowners facing foreclosure by arranging to pay off their mortgages, while actually tricking them into signing over their buildings at bargain-basement prices. In nearly every case, the mortgage was never paid, leaving the homeowner with no property but a pile of debt. The practice…
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Inside a Celebrity Stylist’s Country Retreat in Westchester, New York | Architectural Digest
When Leslie Fremar walked into her 18th-century Katonah, New York, farmhouse for the first time, “I just knew that it was meant to be mine,” she says. Fremar is a powerhouse fashion stylist who counts Charlize Theron, Julianne Moore, Jennifer Connelly, Nicola Peltz, and more A-listers among her clients. Fittingly, this home was in desperate need of a makeover. “It was kind of a disaster, but I fell in love with it. It just had good vibes.” After asking Moore—a design aficionado whose own self-decorated New York City town house graced the November 2017 cover of AD—to help her determine the direction for her Tribeca loft, Fremar decided to go…
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The Quarter Is Marked By A Slowdown For New York Real Estate
As the third quarter unfolds, New York City’s real estate experts should get a better sense of where … [+] our market is headed. getty For the New York real estate market, the first quarter of 2022 delivered the same high volume of sales and competitive bidding situations as the latter months of 2021. However, towards the end of March a breath of slowdown crept in. Throughout the second quarter that slowdown has accelerated: fewer signed contracts, fewer bidding wars, more price reductions, and a gradual increase in available inventory. The host of factors bedeviling our national economy have come home to roost. Aggressive, if belated, interest rate increases as…
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Shopping for Pot Racks – The New York Times
Whether you’re short on cabinet space, or you like the look of a professional chef’s kitchen or you just want to show off your cookware collection, pot racks and rails are the answer: They not only keep your skillets and saucepans handy, but they also double as decoration for the kitchen. “They’re really practical, because a lot of serious cooks enjoy the convenience of reaching up and grabbing the pot they need instead of bending down and digging through a cabinet,” said Suzanne McGrath, who runs McGrath II, an interior design firm based in Greenwich, Conn., with her daughter, Lauren McGrath. They also make for “a pretty impactful statement,” she…
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Step Inside the Tour de Force New York Home of a Carnival Cruise Scion | Architectural Digest
Despite its enviable position just north of Tribeca, SoHo’s far west side has always felt like a bit of an afterthought. Gritty and industrial—a warren of warehouses and manufacturing facilities—the area now known as Hudson Square has little of the heavy foot traffic or fancy retail crowding of other nearby areas. But for Cassie Arison, the Miami-born, Tel Aviv–raised, creatively-inclined publisher and philanthropist, Hudson Square’s sheer authenticity has always held personal appeal. “I lived in a loft on far west Broome Street when I first moved to New York a decade ago,” Arison says. His grandfather, Ted Arison, established Carnival Cruise Line in 1972. “I loved being able to sit…
