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CENTRAL PARK:
THE WORLD'S GREATEST REAL ESTATE ENGINE
In a recent 10-year stretch, 41 of the 50 most expensive residential
real-estate deals in the city were done on blocks surrounding Central
Park or one block away. The highest retail rents in the world, now up to
$2,000 per square foot, are along Fifth Ave. just south of the park.
Around 110th St. in Harlem, home values rose by more than 115% in
the last 10 years compared with 54% in all other areas of Manhattan.
That’s real-estate power. More specifically, a penthouse in Trump
World just sold for $33 million. The Time Warner Center defined “five-
star living” less than eight years ago and brought the city’s sagging
real-estate market back from the doldrums that followed Sept. 11. A
building counted by many as the most successful condo in history, 15
Central Park West, where some apartments sold for more than
$5,000 per square foot, is home to Denzel Washington, Sting and the
wealthiest bankers in the world. All those buildings are on the park.
Central Park is the biggest, most powerful draw in New York City. More
than any other request, people say, ‘I want to live or be close to the
park.’ In some cases, if they can’t be on the park, they absolutely will
not buy.
It hasn’t always been that way. For almost all of its first 120-plus years
of existence, Central Park was a dump. Twenty years after it was built
in 1858-74, Frederick Law Olmsted, who with Calvert Vaux designed
and built the 843-acre park with 6 miles of perimeter and 136 acres of
woodland, all accessible to the public, said it had “gone to the Devil”
and was plagued by the “impossibility of getting it taken care of.”
By 1974, it was known as the world’s biggest drug den. Weeks with
rapes, murders and violence were more numerous than weeks
without them. Buildings, like the Belvedere Castle, were left to decay.
Most New Yorkers were afraid to go in the park.
But none of the above is newsworthy. Almost anyone in the world
could tell you Central Park was a mess. How it was saved, and who
saved it, however — those are things most New Yorkers don’t know. It’
s high time they did.
The Central Park Conservancy was one of the first privately founded
and funded groups of its kind in the world to work with a city to protect,
preserve, manage and restore a park. Since its inception in 1980, the
Conservancy has rebuilt the park to its highest-ever levels of natural
beauty and public use. Around the world, it’s known as the go-to
organization for big-city park care. In short, it is the New York Yankees
of park management.
Best of all, it has also almost paid for itself. Aided by donations from
individual citizens and corporations, the Conservancy has invested
more than $530 million in the park, raising $412 million itself, with just
$118 million coming from the city. In other words, relatively few
taxpayer dollars go to the park for its care.
“People don’t even know the Conservancy exists, or they think we’re
part of the city,” says Douglas Blonsky, the Conservancy president and
Central Park administrator. “The city owns the park. Anyone can use it.
We just take care of it. This is the most democratic space in the world.
It generates more money for New York and the surrounding area than
anything else in the city.”
FOUR THINGS NOT TO FORGET ON MOVING DAY:
The excitement of a new home – a new life – a fresh start.
Interview a few moving companies and get quotes from all.
When the dreaded day comes....keep a pad handy and count all the
boxes moving out. Make sure all of your boxes are properly marked if
you are doing the packing or if the movers are doing the packing. Make
sure everything is loaded onto the van.
Before saying goodbye for the last time...do a thorough walk through of
the property. If you are having new owners moving in, make sure you
leave the kitchen clean, clean out the refrigerator, and leave your home
in broom clean condition.
THE WORLD'S GREATEST REAL ESTATE ENGINE
In a recent 10-year stretch, 41 of the 50 most expensive residential
real-estate deals in the city were done on blocks surrounding Central
Park or one block away. The highest retail rents in the world, now up to
$2,000 per square foot, are along Fifth Ave. just south of the park.
Around 110th St. in Harlem, home values rose by more than 115% in
the last 10 years compared with 54% in all other areas of Manhattan.
That’s real-estate power. More specifically, a penthouse in Trump
World just sold for $33 million. The Time Warner Center defined “five-
star living” less than eight years ago and brought the city’s sagging
real-estate market back from the doldrums that followed Sept. 11. A
building counted by many as the most successful condo in history, 15
Central Park West, where some apartments sold for more than
$5,000 per square foot, is home to Denzel Washington, Sting and the
wealthiest bankers in the world. All those buildings are on the park.
Central Park is the biggest, most powerful draw in New York City. More
than any other request, people say, ‘I want to live or be close to the
park.’ In some cases, if they can’t be on the park, they absolutely will
not buy.
It hasn’t always been that way. For almost all of its first 120-plus years
of existence, Central Park was a dump. Twenty years after it was built
in 1858-74, Frederick Law Olmsted, who with Calvert Vaux designed
and built the 843-acre park with 6 miles of perimeter and 136 acres of
woodland, all accessible to the public, said it had “gone to the Devil”
and was plagued by the “impossibility of getting it taken care of.”
By 1974, it was known as the world’s biggest drug den. Weeks with
rapes, murders and violence were more numerous than weeks
without them. Buildings, like the Belvedere Castle, were left to decay.
Most New Yorkers were afraid to go in the park.
But none of the above is newsworthy. Almost anyone in the world
could tell you Central Park was a mess. How it was saved, and who
saved it, however — those are things most New Yorkers don’t know. It’
s high time they did.
The Central Park Conservancy was one of the first privately founded
and funded groups of its kind in the world to work with a city to protect,
preserve, manage and restore a park. Since its inception in 1980, the
Conservancy has rebuilt the park to its highest-ever levels of natural
beauty and public use. Around the world, it’s known as the go-to
organization for big-city park care. In short, it is the New York Yankees
of park management.
Best of all, it has also almost paid for itself. Aided by donations from
individual citizens and corporations, the Conservancy has invested
more than $530 million in the park, raising $412 million itself, with just
$118 million coming from the city. In other words, relatively few
taxpayer dollars go to the park for its care.
“People don’t even know the Conservancy exists, or they think we’re
part of the city,” says Douglas Blonsky, the Conservancy president and
Central Park administrator. “The city owns the park. Anyone can use it.
We just take care of it. This is the most democratic space in the world.
It generates more money for New York and the surrounding area than
anything else in the city.”
FOUR THINGS NOT TO FORGET ON MOVING DAY:
The excitement of a new home – a new life – a fresh start.
Interview a few moving companies and get quotes from all.
When the dreaded day comes....keep a pad handy and count all the
boxes moving out. Make sure all of your boxes are properly marked if
you are doing the packing or if the movers are doing the packing. Make
sure everything is loaded onto the van.
Before saying goodbye for the last time...do a thorough walk through of
the property. If you are having new owners moving in, make sure you
leave the kitchen clean, clean out the refrigerator, and leave your home
in broom clean condition.
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| Rented |
| Sold |
15 Central Park West
Upper East Side
| Sold |
480 Park Avenue
12 Beekman Place
181 East 90th Street
| Sold |
| Sold |
433 East 51st Street
Sutton
Upper East Side
181 East 90th Street
100 U. N. Plaza
Carnegie Hill
United Nations Plaza
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181 East 90th Street
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| 100 U. N. Plaza |
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Beekman
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181 East 90th Street
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