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Streetscapes | Fifth Avenue
The 1902 Knox Hat Building, Fifth Avenue and 40th, as it appeared in 1928. John Hemenway Duncan designed the building, which has been carefully restored.

A Building Befitting the Hat’s Heyday

By CHRISTOPHER GRAY

The Knox Hat Building designed by John Hemenway Duncan at Fifth Avenue and 40th Street has been carefully restored.

Posting

Apartment Complex Fully Loaded for Mercedes Fans

By C. J. HUGHES

Mercedes House, an 850-unit apartment complex at 53rd Street and 11th Avenue in Clinton, will have a Mercedes showroom and service center on the bottom floors.

Mortgages

Fallout From a Poor Credit Score

By MARYANN HAGGERTY

Missed mortgage payments, serious loan delinquencies, loan modifications, short sales, foreclosures and bankruptcies all drag down scores.

In the Region | Long Island
Two years after a failed attempt to revitalize Hempstead Village’s downtown, the 4,000-foot swath along Main Street is still lined with boarded-up buildings, empty parking lots, storefront churches, bodegas and a laundromat.

Developers Scale Back Ambitions

By MARCELLE S. FISCHLER

Some developers are finding that small and medium-scale projects are easier to advance through the approval process.

In the Region | New Jersey
Studebaker Lofts will have 68 rental units when completed.

Turning Car Showrooms and Inspection Station Into Housing

By ANTOINETTE MARTIN

Two buildings that once housed motor cars will soon open as homes — quirky condominium lofts in one case, high-ceilinged rental apartments in the other.

In the Region | Westchester
PACKING UP Nina and Neil deLuca in the Cortlandt Manor house that they plan to rent out. “In this market it's not even worth trying to sell,” Ms. deLuca says. “We know we won't get our investment back.”

In a Slow Economy, Rentals Zoom

By ELSA BRENNER

With the housing market so iffy, rentals are on the upswing in Westchester and nearby counties.

Q & A

By JAY ROMANO

Shareholders’ rights for amending bylaws; adding a spouse to a proprietary lease; paying for a terrace that’s off-limits.

Square Feet | The 30-Minute Interview
Jodi Pulice

Jodi Pulice

By VIVIAN MARINO

Ms. Pulice is the founder and president of the JRT Realty Group, a commercial real estate company that is certified as a minority and women-owned business enterprise.

ProCro, SoBro, FiDi, BoCoCa: A Lawmaker Says, ‘Enough’

By CARA BUCKLEY

A state assemblyman is writing legislation that would punish real estate agents for inventing neighborhood names in New York City and for falsely stretching their boundaries.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to sell the three buildings on Madison Avenue from 44th to 45th Street.

M.T.A. Is Planning to Sell Its Midtown Headquarters

By CHARLES V. BAGLI

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is hoping that a developer will pay as much as $150 million for its three Midtown buildings.

U.S. Home Sales Top Forecasts in March

By REUTERS

The National Association of Realtors said existing-home sales rose 3.7 percent in March, raising cautious optimism about the housing market.

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Homes for $170,000

A Craftsman-style house in Birmingham, Ala.; a silo-like house in the Catskills; and a loft in Minneapolis.

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On the Market in the Region

A colonial in South Orange and a tudor in Hicksville.

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On the Market in New York City

A South Slope town house, an Upper West Side co-op and an Upper East Side condo.

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Residential Sales Around the Region
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Manhattan Market Data

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1st Quarter, 2011 by Zip

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Swirls and scrolls are a signature of Sam Ostroff, whose steel pieces include his staircase.
Nancy Palmieri for The New York Times

Swirls and scrolls are a signature of Sam Ostroff, whose steel pieces include his staircase.

Q&A;

Sam Ostroff on Making Steel Sculptures for the Home

By JOYCE WADLER

The sculptor and designer of custom steel gates, doors and staircases with an Art Nouveau flavor.

Walls

Abbott Miller’s New Wallpaper Line, Inspired by an Ink Drop

By ELAINE LOUIE

All three patterns in a new line of wallpaper by Abbott Miller of Pentagram began with a drop of India ink on white paper.

Events

Diller Scofidio & Renfro and Droog Team Up for a One-Day Event

By TIM McKEOUGH

On Saturday, the architecture firm and the Dutch design group are holding Open House, an event that explores ways of bringing home-based businesses to the suburbs.

Goods

A Floating Coat Rack

By TIM McKEOUGH

Most coat stands sit on the floor, but the Pox coat rack by Laz Ojalde, a Miami product designer, hangs from the ceiling.

Deals

Sales on Tables, Rugs and Glassware

By RIMA SUQI

Discounts at CounterEvolution, Sethi & Sethi, Riedel, Woodward Weave and Fred Flare.

In the Garden

Stink Bugs: It Could Be Worse

By ANNE RAVER

The pest is on the move, hitching rides on cars and trucks on I-95 and eating its way through several states.

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