EMPIRE State

Shady Billionaires maintain long tradition of parking ill-gotten gains in MANHATTAN | 

NYTimes | Only 10 floors have been completed in what is intended to be the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere — a slender, 84-story tower on Park Avenue at 56th Street in Manhattan. But the top penthouse is already under contract for $95 million.

Other buyers have snapped up apartments on lower floors for prices that are almost as breathtaking. While their identities are not known, it is likely that many are the rootless superrich: Russian metals barons, Latin American tycoons, Arab sheiks and Asian billionaires.

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PHOTO of the day | May 15, 2013 | Brooklyn Bridge

PHOTO of the day | May 13, 2013 | One World Trade Center

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PHOTO of the day | May 9, 2013 | Golden City

PHOTO of the day | May 8, 2013 | Yellow Taxi, Brooklyn Bridge

Work continues on High Line Headquarters and the future location of the Whitney Museum of American Art as lush spring foliage pops up along the southern end of the High Line. Crews are busy installing the interior finishes to High Line Headquarters, a four-story building located next to the new downtown location of the Whitney Museum of American Art, which is also under construction.

Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop in collaboration with Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, High Line Headquarters will serve as a critical gathering space for visitors, with a new elevator, public restrooms, and a public meeting room when it opens later this year. The building will also help keep the High Line’s landscape thriving, by giving gardeners, custodians, and maintenance technicians direct access between storage facilities and the park. This will streamline the transfer of materials, vehicles, and equipment — one of the current challenges of maintaining a park elevated 30 feet above the street.

Lower Manhattan at Dusk

karmabummin | #Office with a view. Sure beats a cubicle. #nyc #wallstreet #newyorkcity (at 87AM)

PHOTO of the day | May 1, 2013 | Bright Lights | Big City

MANHATTAN | 42nd and Fifth

PHOTO of the day | April 27, 2013 | Columbus Circle

PHOTO of the day | April 25, 2013 | FLATIRON building