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April 12, 1999 Issue
Real Estate Mania
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| FEATURES Look -- Up in the Sky! BY ALEX WILLIAMS It's real-estate prices. With new condos marching across the horizon, fear of a bust is building, too. How solid is the foundation? Indecent Proposal What will $1 million buy these days? On the Upper East Side, a poky three-bedroom facing a brick wall. In Brooklyn, Spike Lee's townhouse. Born Again Brooklyn Hordes of retailers, from national chains to East Village–y boutiques, are storming the bridges, bringing a second boom to the brownstone borough. Tall Orders It was only a matter of time before name-brand apartments hit the market, courtesy of master builders Michael Graves and Robert A. M. Stern. The Back Fence GOTHAM DEPARTMENTS Why Rudy's "one city, one standard" policy doesn't fit all Media Insider wannabe: the New York Press's Russ "Mugger" Smith | The Bottom Line BY JAMES SUROWIECKI Bank on it: Financial institutions are rewriting the rules themselves The Underground Gourmet Vegetarian Indian on Amsterdam; Japanese in the Village MARKETPLACE Bag to the future; combo ponchos Smart City Horticultural secrets from the best urban gardeners in town Sales & Bargains Cheap and sweaty: Inexpensive alternatives to the gym THE ARTS An intimate look at friendship in the charming Dreamlife of Angels Books East of the Mountains, a civic-minded sequel for the NPR set | Theater BY JOHN SIMON Raising the bar: The Weir is all talk and no play Art Sigmar Polke's dotty, Dadaish works on paper Classical Music Leonard Slatkin continues to program the unexpected Jazz Downtown loves klezmer; why doesn't uptown follow suit? CUE Intelligencer Classifieds |