6SQFT’S TOP STORIES OF 2018!
As we wrap up 2018, 6sqft is taking a look back at the top stories of the past 12 months in topics like apartment tours, new developments, real estate trends, and history. From a behind-the-scenes tour of Williamsburg’s abandoned oil tanks to a sneak peek at Amazon’s new Long Island City home to a look back at how Native American ironworkers built the NYC skyline, these are the stories that readers couldn’t get enough of.
Photo via Smithsonian Institute
History
- Men of steel: How Brooklyn’s Native American ironworkers built New York
- This 1946 map shows how Native American trails became the streets of Brooklyn
- Six things you didn’t know about Arthur Avenue and Bronx Little Italy
- 720,000 New York City tax photos from 1940 are now digitized so you can find your building online
- The backstory on backhouses: How NYC’s hidden rear residences came to be
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Photo courtesy of The Sill
NYC Guides
- The 10 best plant shops in NYC
- 2018’s best NYC neighborhoods for Halloween trick-or-treating
- NYC’s best alternative holiday markets and coolest pop-up shops of 2018
- Where to find fall foliage in Central Park
- The 7 best hikes near New York City
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Photo © James and Karla Murray
Behind the scenes
- See this year’s completely outrageous Dyker Heights Christmas lights
- William Wegman’s famous dog murals cheer up the newly reopened 23rd Street F, M station
- Behind the scenes at Williamsburg’s abandoned Bayside Oil Depot, set to be NYC’s next public park
- Behind the scenes at the Loew’s Jersey City: How a 1929 Wonder Theatre was brought back to life
- Take a walk down West 69th Street, the most over-the-top Halloween block in NYC
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Photo © James and Karla Murray
Mysqft House Tours
- My 750sqft: Instagram’s ‘Apartment Botanist’ grows nearly 200 plants on the Upper West Side
- Our 1,000sqft: Creative couple Amy and Brian show off their newly renovated Prospect Park South co-op
- Our 2,500sqft: New homeowners Mark and Lauren take us inside their relaxed Bed-Stuy brownstone
- My 480sqft: Real estate publicist Kelly Kreth lives in a red, black, and white wonderland in Yorkville
- Our 2,200sqft: The founders of Ample Hills ice cream give the scoop on their sweet Boerum Hill home
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Photo via Airbnb
Cool Listings
- 10 glorious glamping sites near New York City
- This 68-square-foot Upper West Side ‘apartment’ is $950/month
- Live at Waterline Square for $1,041/month, lottery launches for 250+ affordable units
- Jackie Gleason’s circular “mothership” mansion in Westchester is on the market for $12M
- George and Amal Clooney’s supposed illegal Soho rental hits the market for $16M
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Rendering courtesy of WXY architecture + urban design
New Developments
- See the waterfront site in Long Island City where Amazon will bring its new mixed-use campus
- Coney Island’s ‘Miami-inspired’ Ocean Dreams rental project tops out
- REVEALED: New renderings of Domino Sugar Factory’s waterfront park and esplanade
- See dizzying new renderings of 30 Hudson Yards’ outdoor observation deck, the highest in NYC
- Industry City’s 20,000-square-foot Japanese food hall opens this weekend
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Photo via CityRealty
Real Estate & Trends
- Why middle-income New Yorkers are turning down affordable housing
- The real value of $100 in New York is just $86.51
- Nearly 250,000 NYC rental apartments sit vacant
- The city will issue new Section 8 vouchers for the first time in two years
- A salary of $58,450 or less annually is now considered low income in the New York Metro Area
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Photo courtesy of Lord & Taylor
News
- FAO Schwarz will reopen this November in Rockefeller Center
- Lord & Taylor will end its 104-year run with a massive sale and just two holiday windows
- The L-train will not run between Brooklyn and Manhattan for 15 weekends
- Jersey City takes back the Hudson with massive July 4th fireworks display and a Snoop Dogg concert
- Sign up for early tickets to climb Hudson Yards’ Vessel next spring
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