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 | 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 | Buying Properties, Location, Price, Real Estate
New York County as a whole covers a total area of 33.77 square miles (87.5 km2), of which 22.96 square miles (59.5 km2) are land and 10.81 square miles (28.0 km2) are water. A modern redrawing of the 1807 version of the Commissioner’s Grid plan for Manhattan, a...
by Clairehultin | May 27, 2014 | Buying Properties, Location, Price, Real Estate
On the topic of alignment, it should be noted that users can choose from the options of None, Left, Right, and Center. In addition, they also get the options of Thumbnail, Medium, Large & Fullsize. The image above happens to be centered. The rest of this paragraph...
by Clairehultin | May 27, 2014 | Buying Properties, Location, Real Estate
To the north, the Harlem River divides Manhattan Island from Bronx and the mainland United States. Several small islands are also part of the borough of Manhattan, including Randall’s Island, Wards Island, and Roosevelt Island in the East River, and Governors...