The Urban Edge Apartment Living Blog
Musings on living in NYC... oh, and real estate too
Whoa. Just: whoa. First of all, Houston Hall, owned by Jon Bloostein of Heartland Brewery and just opened on the borderlands between the West Village, Soho, and Hudson Square, is freaking enormous. As in, one of the largest single rooms you’re likely to enter this year, with 5,000 square feet of open space made [...]
What’s that you say? You’ve never heard of Hudson Square in Manhattan? Take solace in the fact that you’re not alone. Hudson Square does exist, and it’s not a new made-up nabe… it’s been around for quite some time. It’s bounded by Houston Street (and the West Village) to the north, Sixth Avenue–some would argue [...]
For decades Manhattan turned its back on the Hudson River: access was limited and, frankly, mostly decrepit; development was minimal (with a few notable exceptions, especially downtown, and especially Battery Park City) with real estate barons preferring to grow their goods towards the center of our island.
Is your apartment (or budget) too small for a home office? Maybe it’s time to try coworking. With rents at record highs in some neighborhoods, and space ALWAYS tough to come by in this town, one of the first “luxury” sacrifices you might have to make when looking for a NYC rental apartment is the [...]
