New York Ditty: “Un Verano en Nueva York” by El Gran Combo

A picture’s worth a thousand words, but what about a song?

Each week, we’ll be sharing different music dedicated to NYC. Today’s song is a lively salsa tribute to summer in New York. That said, we’re ready for fall!

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I LINK NY: September 4, 2012

From Sex and the City to Friends to Seinfeld, the crazy floorplans of some of TV’s most unrealistic homes.

You were told common charges before you bought your condo, but now they’re higher. So what gives, and what can you do about it?

Interesting trend: Some creative businesses are opting for retail storefronts instead of normal office spaces. Can you guess why?

Here lives the bride. More and more NYC couples are getting married in their NYC apartment buildings.

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New York Ditty: “Manhattan” by Ella Fitzgerald

A picture’s worth a thousand words, but what about a song?

Each week, we’ll be sharing different music dedicated to NYC. Today’s song is about moving to New York with your love and living happily ever after. It romanticizes everything about the city – from the subway to baloney on a roll.

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I LINK NY: August 27, 2012

Let’s talk about some unique apartment buying situations in NYC. 1) The risks of buying into a condo or co-op conversion and 2) what to know before buying a pre-construction apartment.

Where there’s a door, there’s some storage. Here are 15 brilliant over-the-door storage options.

Good news: This NYC real estate expert says the market’s the best it’s been since 2007!

(Image via Downtown Life)

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I LINK NY: August 13, 2012

What’s next – the Chrysler Building? The top floors of the Woolworth Building are being turned into luxury apartments.

Manhattan rental vacancies are higher than normal right now. Why? Because so are the rents!

What one woman learned about buying in NYC…after viewing over 150 apartments.

Trust us, don’t do this! The biggest mistakes made by sellers and their brokers:

(Image via The New York Times)

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New York Ditty: “Crosstown Traffic” by Jimi Hendrix

A picture’s worth a thousand words, but what about a song?

Each week, we’ll be sharing different music dedicated to NYC. Today’s song compares an irritating, difficult person to crosstown traffic. Pretty apt, huh?

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New York Ditty: “The Sound of Silence” by Simon & Garfunkel

A picture’s worth a thousand words, but what about a song?

Each week, we’ll be sharing different music dedicated to NYC. Today’s song is set in the city in a very confusing time. It’s as relevant today as it was in 1964, or maybe more so.

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said “The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sound of silence”

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I LINK NY: August 6, 2012

What it’s like living right on the High Line, besides expensive.

Trying to talk down the price on an NYC apartment? Avoid these top 7 negotiating mistakes made by buyers and their brokers.

Everything you ever wanted to know about temporary walls, but were afraid to ask (outside of NYC).

The real estate version of a test drive: More NYC condo buyers are renting in their prospective building before deciding to buy.

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New York Ditty: “Back to Manhattan” by Norah Jones

A picture’s worth a thousand words, but what about a song?

Each week, we’ll be sharing different music dedicated to NYC. Today’s song is about a break-up that forces a woman to leave her love in Brooklyn and go back to Manhattan. Sigh. Inter-borough dating can be tough.

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I LINK NY: July 30, 2012

Calling all Woody Allen fans! What NYC looked like in Annie Hall vs. what it looks like today.

Want to really jazz up your place? Here are 10 unconventional ways to paint your walls.

We’ve heard back of micro-apartments coming to NYC in the future, but studios are already smaller than they used to be. The average studio in new NYC rental buildings is 400 square feet.

These 13 rejected building designs are the craziest NYC architecture you’ll never see.

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