- May 28, 2001
- Super Power
The only force powerful enough to deny a Master of the Universe a co-op? The super, man.
- May 21, 2001
- Chelsea Battles
West Chelsea is the city's hippest 'hood. But will its factory vibe survive being colonized by developers?
- May 14, 2001
- Movie Stars Strike?
Has the threat of strikes by Hollywood's Prada-clad proletariat put Manhattan real estate in turnaround?
- May 7, 2001
- Apartment Hunting: The Novel
With her new novel, ex-Corcoran broker Jennifer Belle makes a play to be the poet laureate of the Manhattan apartment hunt.
- April 30, 2001
- The Fall of the Loft
With downtown developers struggling to fill the vast emptiness of their loft conversions, the days of "white box space" are over.
- April 23, 2001
- Contractors: Returning Your Calls At Last?
During the real-estate boom, contractors were as cocky as dot-com execs. Are they going to be returning your calls at last?
- April 16, 2001
- Bears in the Hamptons
Summer rentals are already down. But will the bears save the Hamptons from being paved over with insta-mansions?
- April 9, 2001
- The Penn South co-ops
Penn South was subsidized workers' housing decades before Chelsea became fabulous. Will its duffel-coat-clad residents vote to join the party?
- April 2, 2001
- The Art of the Steal
One little market crash, and the scavengers are circling. But sellers won't let them get something for nothing.
- March 26, 2001
- An Anti-Car Conspiracy in Chelsea?
The city's a thicket of construction cranes, and new buildings are crowding out the delicate parking-lot ecosystem. Where do the cars go now?