Richard Daub
Greetings from West 133rd & Broadway! My name is Richard Daub, and I am a writer and real estate broker in Harlem, the new crown jewel of an island of which neighborhoods below 96th Street are starting to look like "dreary new Manhattan". A few wealthy celebs recently complained of the city having lost its grit, and while this may sound like an odd complaint coming from individuals who have become quite far-removed from anything resembling "grit", they are right—the personality of this city has changed—some say for the better, but many would disagree. Nowhere  is that more true than Harlem, which perhaps was the grittiest neighborhood in all of Manhattan but has now boomed into one of the trendiest areas in the city to live.
There's a lot of cool and controversial stuff happening in  our little corner of Harlem known as Manhattanville, home of Fairway and Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, and, of course, the Columbia University expansion. With the opening last year of Hudson River Café and the recent openings of Covo Trattoria and Talay down under the Viaduct on 12th Avenue, some have made the analogy of ViVa (Viaduct Valley) being the "Meatpacking District of Harlem". With the West Harlem Piers set to open in the very near future and quite a few old brick buildings that have the potential to be converted into restaurants and nightclubs, this once forgotten little section of Hudson waterfront has the potential to become the premier nightlife destination in all of Harlem.
Anyway, thanks for stopping by, and be sure to check out my current listings at Warburg Realty and my writing archive. And, if you are thinking of buying or selling an apartment in Harlem or anywhere else in New York City, be sure to drop me a line and I would be happy to help you with the process or just give you some free advice. Cheers! |
