i heard a rumor that the tenant is not even paying rent... it's a barter deal for physical therapy for nagle since hes so stressed out from all his deals turning sour, and the renter is a physical therapist from manhattan..only a rumor..

Posted by: eman at October 20, 2008 7:47 PM in response to 45 Third Place Not Moving

a profile from the nydaily news of the fop who made this abortion possible...what a buffoon..
Austin Nagel, 25, compliments two high-design furniture stores in Chelsea with boutique residential developments in Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn. Nagel's Natrona Furniture stores, on W. 20th St. off Sixth Ave., sell sleek Italian and Brazilian brand furniture at affordable prices. His developments have apartments ranging in price from $850,000 to $1.3 million.

"I have no desire to be told what to do," says Nagel, who left his native Wyoming at 16 to pay his way through school in Paris. "It's not so much about money as it is doing exactly what I want."

Posted by: eman at October 20, 2008 7:43 PM in response to 45 Third Place Not Moving

the developer, austin nagle made a series of bad bets in the neighborhood... i guess he thought that he could flip garbage like this...surprise ( i also notice that he deleted his embarrassingly self serving profile from wikipedia...lol)

Posted by: eman at October 20, 2008 7:39 PM in response to 45 Third Place Not Moving

your landlord has the pressure on the boiler cranked up way too high...he probably has an incompetent plumber... not much you can do unless you buy the building...make sure that your radiator is pitched back to the steam supply valve, i.e put a shim under the side w/ the air vent, so the radiator is not loading up w/ condensate when it cols down

Posted by: eman at October 20, 2008 7:25 PM in response to Radiator Steam Valves - Recommendations?

beware..fucks up on all te details

Posted by: eman at September 28, 2008 11:48 PM in response to Richard Perry Architect

interesting lobbying for oliver house llc...

George Arzt Communications, Inc.

123 William Street, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10038
(212) 608-0333

George Arzt
Oliver House, LLC.
100 Ring Road West, Suite 101
Garden City, NY 11530
(516) 248-4920
Bob Liff
George Arzt
01/01/2008
12/31/2008

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Target: NYC Council Member Bill DeBlasio
Subject: Land use

Compensation Reimbursement
P1 $5,000.00 $0.00
P2
$10,000.00
$0.00
P3
$10,000.00
$0.00
P4
$10,000.00
$0.00
P5
$0.00
$0.00
P6
$0.00
$0.00
Total

$35,000.00
$0.00

Posted by: eman at September 28, 2008 11:21 AM in response to 360 Smith Hearing Leads to More Hearings

btw ..this is not the first time that this has happened on a project handled by the original architect on the job...here is the historic precedent
* 614 7th Avenue (2005-06) - this condominium project in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn drew community opposition to its proposed 70-foot height, which would have blocked a historic sight line between the Statue of Liberty and the statue of Minerva in Green-Wood Cemetery. Neighborhood residents successfully petitioned the city to rezone the neighborhood to prevent tall buildings. The developer, Chaim Nussencweig, argured that the building's foundations had been laid before the rezoning took effect, giving him the right to complete the structure, and offered to have Scarano "cut out" a portion of the building to preserve the line of sight.[31] The City disagreed; the Department of Buildings alleged zoning and building code violations,[32] and in September 2006 the New York City Board of Standards and Appeals ruled that the building had to comply with the new zoning.[33]

Posted by: eman at September 27, 2008 3:00 PM in response to 360 Smith Hearing Leads to More Hearings

try choking the flow rate by slightly closing the cold water supply valve.. should help

Posted by: eman at September 27, 2008 11:05 AM in response to Plumber with Tankless Water Heater experience

i hope that the developer has to go back to the drawing board and stick to the new 55 foot height limit...i could care less how much money the idiot stein loses...the project is way too big for the neighborhood...god bless CORD

Posted by: eman at September 27, 2008 9:49 AM in response to 360 Smith Hearing Leads to More Hearings

you need a heating professional to deal with this problem.. steam heat is a complex problem, and if you do it yourself, you will just fuck it up and make it worse.. this happens to be my specialty, but i charge $250 just to look at the job and give you a list of options...let me know if this is an option for you

Posted by: eman at September 21, 2008 9:51 PM in response to Heating Temperature Control

anyone know anything about the rumor that the developer is applying for section 8 housing status?...your neighbors will be mentally ill or junkies if that happens..like i said ..rumor..

Posted by: eman at September 20, 2008 7:30 PM in response to Development Watch: 340 Bond Street

i tell you..any day now they will be housing mental patients..same as 1987...they have to pay off their loans, or worse abandom the building entirely..

Posted by: eman at September 20, 2008 7:21 PM in response to Inside Be@Schermerhorn

i tell you..any day now they will be housing mental paients..same as 1987...they have to pay off their loans, or worse abandom the building entirely..

Posted by: eman at September 20, 2008 7:19 PM in response to Inside Be@Schermerhorn

thank god if this puts an end to the incredibly ugly and cheesy condos on fourth avenue like the novo and crest...who in their right mind was buying this stuff?

Posted by: eman at September 19, 2008 11:27 PM in response to SELL vs RENT?

for a high gloss spray finish you need a high end cabinet maker with a pristine spray booth.. there is no way you can get this done cheaply..just because you want it does not mean that you can get it on the cheap...every defect will show up in an incompetent job...if you cant afford the work, go to a semigloss finish, you will not be able to see all the imperfections in the work, and it is way cheaper...any way that glossy white cabinetry is such a cliche at this point, why do you want it anyway?

Posted by: eman at September 19, 2008 11:12 PM in response to Need kitchen cabinet DOOR with white high gloss finish!

call 311.. they needed a letter of permission to touch the tree...consider suing them as well

Posted by: eman at September 19, 2008 9:44 AM in response to Whose Tree Is It, Anyway?

i find trader joes as a kind of mediocre purveyor of shitty food...anyone been to the one on 14thst...pure crapola

Posted by: eman at September 18, 2008 9:36 PM in response to Closing Bell: We Heart Trader Joe's

what tiny, ugly little rooms...with wall street falling, how soon before these things become section 8 housing

Posted by: eman at September 18, 2008 10:05 AM in response to Inside Be@Schermerhorn

hideous design...typical cornball wanna be loft design that is soooooo tired and dated

Posted by: eman at September 15, 2008 4:07 PM in response to Interiors: Boerum Hill Townhouse in Shades of Red & Gray

you are screwed...you will need an engineer to submit drawings , and a plumber to sign off on the job...you are looking at $15,000 on a good day...if it seemed too cheap ,there is a reason..

Posted by: eman at September 4, 2008 10:21 PM in response to license plumber to sign of on new boiler

btw nichiolo machiavelli is obviously austin nagel

Posted by: eman at August 10, 2008 9:10 PM in response to CG's Generous FAR Loophole Yielding More Additions

was the building on henry the one where the nephew threw out his aunts after having lived there for 50 years and needed a quick sale?.. austin is such a caring guy..lol..

Posted by: eman at August 10, 2008 9:06 PM in response to CG's Generous FAR Loophole Yielding More Additions

autin powers nagel should be the poster boy for limiting development.. every project he has touched in carroll gardens has turned to shit.. the atocity on 45 3rd place that was built as if by dogs.. the downzoning is the best thing to keep money grubbing swine like him out of the neighborhood.. why cater to a philistine like him?.. he obviously has no tste and too much money..(look at his cheesy furniture store http://natrona.com/ the stuff he peddles is at best embarrassing)... god has decided to reduce the latter
btw what is the henry st loser that he bought on spec...it must be other peoples money.. this guy sounds like a real player.. also his bio sounds slightly fictitious... any comments?

Posted by: eman at August 10, 2008 8:14 PM in response to CG's Generous FAR Loophole Yielding More Additions

apparently the same retarded developer bought a building on the next block hoping to repeat the same scheme...guess what..the block has been downzoned and a stop work issued...that makes at least 2 worthless buildings.. he better sell a lot of that cheesy furniture in chelsea and overpriced shoes on amity and smith to cover these mortgages as well as his costs on his loft in chelsea across from the projects on 10th avenue...looks like bankruptcy coming soon for austin powers nagel

Posted by: eman at August 10, 2008 7:10 PM in response to Carroll Gardens Atrocity For Rent

a profile from the nydaily news of the fop who made this abotion possible...what a buffoon
Austin Nagel, 25, compliments two high-design furniture stores in Chelsea with boutique residential developments in Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn. Nagel's Natrona Furniture stores, on W. 20th St. off Sixth Ave., sell sleek Italian and Brazilian brand furniture at affordable prices. His developments have apartments ranging in price from $850,000 to $1.3 million.

"I have no desire to be told what to do," says Nagel, who left his native Wyoming at 16 to pay his way through school in Paris. "It's not so much about money as it is doing exactly what I want."

Posted by: eman at August 10, 2008 12:58 PM in response to Carroll Gardens Atrocity For Rent

Your system is not distributing heat evenly. Most often this can be corrected with proper radiator venting.
The warmer areas should be vented more slowly and the warmer areas more quickly.
The problem may also be a result of a single main vent (usually mounted on a horizontal piping in the cellar) gone bad.

I agree that this is usually a problem best left to a trained professional.

Even installing sensors and an outdoor reset system will not mask poorly-vented steam heat.

Posted by: Master Plvmber at September 22, 2008 1:24 PM in response to Heating Temperature Control

like dropping "h" from the word "the."

Posted by: Putnamdenizen at September 29, 2008 12:00 PM in response to Richard Perry Architect

There is Canadian Manufactuer that I have access to. They are a semi-custom frameless cabinet. I am a kitchen designer. The Canadians can finish cabinets like the Europeans. I'd be selling the boxes also, not the doors. If you send me a layout I'll price it up. My website is www.akwks.com

Posted by: mwt at October 3, 2008 8:50 PM in response to Need kitchen cabinet DOOR with white high gloss finish!

Try George Architect - (917) 414 1511

Posted by: silverstar at October 6, 2008 1:00 PM in response to Richard Perry Architect

I agree, there is a larger problem here.

Steam rises up thru the pipes and then condenses back to liquid in the radiator. The radiator is pitched ( tilted ) so this water drains back down thru the pipe that connects to the radiator.

you can buy some shims at the hardware store and tilt the side of the radiator with the vent valve. it just has to tilt slightly.

there is something larger wrong here if you are getting that much water out the vent valve.

thx, handydmaneric.com

Posted by: HandymanEric at October 21, 2008 9:27 AM in response to Radiator Steam Valves - Recommendations?

What on/off knob? For single pipe, high pressure steam?

Posted by: SenatorStreet at October 21, 2008 10:00 AM in response to Radiator Steam Valves - Recommendations?

There is no high pressure steam in a Brooklyn residence. That's the stuff in the street that Con Ed makes.

The problem isn't necessarily pressure related. There are also things like clogged return lines that cause this.

Posted by: Master Plvmber at October 21, 2008 10:35 AM in response to Radiator Steam Valves - Recommendations?

Thanks, all. Keep the comments coming, please.

I will try the shim idea. Failures happen at random, but all-too-brief intervals. Once a valve fails, it stays failed. So there is some triggering event.

Leaks have been drop by drop, but a whole day of drops can make quite a puddle. I've resorted to keeping a two-liter soda bottle with the top cut off wedged under one of them. The other is too close to the wall to get to. Third, so far, has held up.

(By on/off valve, I mean the valve that shuts off the radiator altogether. This, as I indicated, is not the problem.)

Posted by: jcoifman at October 21, 2008 11:29 AM in response to Radiator Steam Valves - Recommendations?

I don't get some landlords - do they want to burn money? To me getting the heating system operating efficiently and at exactly the right temperature is a no brainer for saving a good 25 - 30% on the fuel bill. I guess they're all pennywise and pound foolish.

Posted by: bohuma at October 21, 2008 12:53 PM in response to Radiator Steam Valves - Recommendations?

How big is the building that you live in ?
Can you talk to the landlord and help him troubleshoot the problem?

The problem is definitely not in the valve.
It is most likely due to a clogged / incorrectly "pitched" water return line.

Steam turns to water as it cools and is supposed to return to the boiler via a relatively thin pipe that usually branches off the main "riser" somewhere in the basement.
The "riser" is the vertical pipe that your radiator is connected to.
Find where that return pipe is.
Knock on it lightly with something metal (like a key) to check if there is water in it. There should not be any water in there once the steam pipes are no longer too hot to touch.
Find the place where the water is accumulating (the ringing noise from the knocking on the pipe will be very different where there is water in the line). Most likely there is either a clog somewhere between there and the boiler or the pipe is slanted (pitched) away from the boiler some place past there.

Posted by: Gosha at October 21, 2008 3:47 PM in response to Radiator Steam Valves - Recommendations?