American inventor and manufacturer Peter Cooper (1791-1883) was considered New York City's "first citizen" because of his philanthropy and civic activities. He was a self-made millionaire, and his ide...
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Best remembered as a philanthropist, Peter Cooper was a prolific inventive genius and a highly successful manufacturer. Cooper was born in New York City, the son a Revolutionary army soldier who was a...
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snafu.
Wow, that was fast - literally, one month to the October day that owner MetLife agreed to sell the apartment complexes to an investment group led by Tishman Speyer.
The new owner's offi...
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Does Snoopy see rough seas ahead?
MetLife may sell its Peter Cooper Village/Stuyvesant Town development, whose 11,200 units makes it Manhattan's biggest apartment complex. Met's real estate guru...
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In the sweaty days of midsummer, labor union representatives were shuttling from Brooklyn to Manhattan to Washington, D.C., trying to put together a last-minute deal to buy Starrett City, the large...
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Shiny happy 7 WTC
We've been stirred from our week-long beauty sleep with the news that the 110 apartment buildings of Stuy Town and Peter Cooper Village are on the block for $5 billion. The Tim...
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The futuristic Plaza! [NY Post]
What will be the posh apartment amenities in our horrifying future? PDA-controlled security systems in SoHo, thumbprint entry in Midtown, and computerized metal s...
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The New York Times will be sold for $525 million – triple what the New York Times Company sold it for three years ago.
Africa Israel, a company owned by the Uzbeki-born Israeli billionaire ...
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So, as we all know by now, Lev Leviev’s Africa Israel will buy the longtime headquarters of The New York Times at 229 West 43rd Street for $525 million.
We’re all talking about Mr. Lev...
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Gary Barnett’s Extell Development has pulled out of the East Village. The development giant, which purchased 17 buildings in the East Village last year, has quietly sold them all to the eli...
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Peter Cooper
Peter Cooper
Stuy Town, Cooper Village Sale Closes
