Hip to be Small
Security Products When people think of Manhattan, they usually envision soaring high rises equipped with white-gloved doormen or charming and luxurious prewar brownstones. Yet within the last year, the real estate market has seen a rise in a new and exciting breed of buildings — what many are dubbing “the boutiques.” A growing pocket of […]
Technology Takes the ‘Man’ Out of Doorman
am New York | By Andrew Lisa It’s the rise of the cyborg doorman. Colin Foster doesn’t envision a New York without doormen, he just pictures a new kind of concierge manning the lobbies of buildings that otherwise wouldn’t have one. The buildings he’s targeting are smaller structures with just a handful of units, and […]
It’s Carlton, Your Cyber Doorman
Bloomberg | By Catherine Holahan In Manhattan, the modern interpretation of “luxury building” probably just means there’s enough living space for a couch and a dining room table. This is not to be confused with a “modern luxury building” like the one being developed by the architects at Flank in the ultra-exclusive Sutton Place neighborhood. […]
This Start-Up Would Like You to Meet Your Virtual Doorman
New York Times | By Andrew Ross Sorkin The doorman occupies a complex spot in the New York City class system: the doorman is at once status-symbol, diplomat and taxi-hailer. And now, he may be virtual, if one start-up has its way. BusinessWeek notes that New York-based Virtual Service announced an upgrade to its “Virtual […]
Good Day New York
