Why the Plan to Toll Bridges Will Succeed; Is NYC Becoming a ‘Gated Community?’

By Diane Pham

February 18, 2015

Why the Plan to Toll Bridges Will Succeed; Is NYC Becoming a ‘Gated Community?’

Here’s why the new plan to toll NYC bridges—and other traffic pricing—will succeed. [Crain’s]
With housing costs rising with no end in sight, NYC is in danger of becoming a “gated community.” [TRD]
The rise of the “designer neighborhood” and a look at the developers turning the last of NYC’s undeveloped land into custom, mega-sized real estate projects. [NYDN]
The Lower East Side’s Essex Crossing development will use only union workers. [Crain’s]
Explore the Gowanus Canal from a less toxic environment—your home. [Curbed]

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$50M penthouse is the last residence available at the Upper East Side’s famed Surrey Hotel

By Aaron Ginsburg

Manhattan's famed Surrey Hotel is making a comeback. Following bankruptcy proceedings, new owners, and a renovation, the 100-year-old Art Deco landmark at 20 East 76th Street on the Upper East Side reopened last month as a condo hotel, with 100 hotel rooms and 14 condos, part of the Surrey Residences. Now, after a whisper sales campaign, just one remaining apartment is about to hit the market: a three-bedroom duplex penthouse asking $50,000,000. The sprawling residence, the building's most expensive, offers 5,195 square feet plus 2,346 square feet across three terraces and a private rooftop.
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