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Welcome New York Times readers. Thank you to Jake Mooney for the mention in his article from the Sunday edition of The New York Times, on January 21, 2007.
If you are interested in the furniture stores mentioned in the article, you can see more on the posts on BoConcepts, ModernTots, or Tivoli Home here on DumboNYC.com.
Or get a snapshot of Dumbo from my 2006 Top Ten in Dumbo, which includes some real estate info from September 2006 and November 2006. If you like some historic photos of Dumbo, see the Then and Now series. Please contact me if you have any questions or comments.
{Chairs With Airs: On Arty Streets, a Cluster of Hip Furniture Stores, Jake Mooney, NYTimes, 1/21/07}
Nice article, but perhaps the Wonk manager was mis-quoted at the end of the article? The land that J Condo sits on was a parking lot prior to construction. Perhaps Mr. Siewert was speaking about his own building (68 Jay) where there are currently tons of artist studio’s… even though that building has not gone condo (yet).
Nice article, but perhaps the Wonk manager was mis-quoted at the end of the article? The land that J Condo sits on was a parking lot prior to construction. Perhaps Mr. Siewert was speaking about his own building (68 Jay) where there are currently tons of artist studio’s… even though that building has not gone condo (yet).
I was confused about that quote too. Maybe the land where J Condo sits now had artists studios before the parking lot.
I was confused about that quote too. Maybe the land where J Condo sits now had artists studios before the parking lot.
Wonk is in 68 Jay where Guttman is renovating the building floor by floor and raising the rents to the point where the artists can’t afford it anymore. I think by “this building” he is definitely referring to 68 Jay and when he talks about people buying million dollar apts. he means J Condo.
Wonk is in 68 Jay where Guttman is renovating the building floor by floor and raising the rents to the point where the artists can’t afford it anymore. I think by “this building” he is definitely referring to 68 Jay and when he talks about people buying million dollar apts. he means J Condo.
I got word from the writer who said that Mr. Sievert was talking about the building that Wonk is in, not the J Condo site. He’s going to try to issue a correction. Thanks DOT and L.E. for the clarification.
I got word from the writer who said that Mr. Sievert was talking about the building that Wonk is in, not the J Condo site. He’s going to try to issue a correction. Thanks DOT and L.E. for the clarification.
I was confused about that quote too. Maybe the land where J Condo sits now had artists studios before the parking lot.
I was confused about that quote too. Maybe the land where J Condo sits now had artists studios before the parking lot.
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