by Clairehultin | Sep 8, 2017 | Buying Properties, Location, Price, Real Estate
***Advanced search widget on the right A modern redrawing of the 1807 version of the Commissioner’s Grid plan for Manhattan, a few years before it was adopted in 1811. Central Park is absent. One neighborhood of New York County is contiguous with The Bronx....
by Clairehultin | Mar 4, 2016 | Buying Properties, Location, Price, Real Estate
In contrast with New York City’s urban atmosphere, the vast majority of the state is dominated by farms, forests, rivers, mountains, and lakes. New York’s Adirondack Park is the largest state park in the United States. It is larger than the Yellowstone,...
by Clairehultin | Mar 4, 2016 | Buying Properties, Location, Other, Price, Real Estate
In Manhattan, uptown means north (more precisely north-northeast, which is the direction the island and its street grid system is oriented) and downtown means south (south-southwest). This usage differs from that of most American cities, where downtown refers to the...
by Clairehultin | May 28, 2014 | Buying Properties, Location, Price, Real Estate
There are cracks in the foundation. Nothing structural. Nothing that’s going to threaten the stability of the home, but they’re there. Nooks, crannies and holes through which seeps an invisible threat. Colorless, odorless and undetectable by your average human, it is...
by Clairehultin | May 27, 2014 | Location, Real Estate
In Manhattan, uptown means north (more precisely north-northeast, which is the direction the island and its street grid system is oriented) and downtown means south (south-southwest). This usage differs from that of most American cities, where downtown refers to the...
by Clairehultin | May 27, 2014 | Location, Real Estate
In contrast with New York City’s urban atmosphere, the vast majority of the state is dominated by farms, forests, rivers, mountains, and lakes. New York’s Adirondack Park is the largest state park in the United States. It is larger than the Yellowstone,...
