real estate

Recession: When Models and Bottles become Model and Bottle

November 5, 2008 in Professional

Just saw this unconventional “Recession Index” on NY Magazine’s Intelligencer. Some of the more interesting YOY figures:

# of people spending $2k+ per night @ Marquee: -50% (bottle sales down 10%)
Average daily late-night subway ridership, midnight to 6 am: +4% (people still fighting for black car vouchers?)
Average rent for studio apartment in Murray Hill doorman building: -7% (anyone remember [...]
My Building Featured on The Consumerist

March 3, 2008 in Personal

Gotta love Excelsior & Grand!
Trader Joe’s Will Remove All Single-Ingredient Food From China From Their Stores By April 1
Photo by Payton Chung
Updated: iPhone / iPod Touch: The Most Comprehensive RSS Feed Ever!

November 4, 2007 in Personal, Technology and the Web

Everything iPhone / iPod Touch, from 40+ sources and BS-filtered!
*Updated, now cloned 20+ times and way too complicated to fit in a screenshot*

Yahoo Pipes page
RSS feed
Housecleaning: IB Layoffs

October 29, 2007 in Professional

First Dow Kim, head of GMI, now Stan O’Neal, CEO, Merrill Lynch is dismissing its top execs left and right. I’ve been a big fan of both, especially O’Neal, being the first non-caucasian CEO of a bulge-bracket and his drastic changes when he took the lead at Merrill in 2002. He was one of the [...]
Marketing: Wal-Mart Retail Space Larger than Manhattan

October 11, 2007 in Professional

My Building Featured on The Consumerist