The best view of New York City might just be in a near-windowless conference room on the 12th floor of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
Splayed across 10 folding tables, a map pieced together with paper, tape and sticky notes details every block and parcel — 27,649 properties — in Manhattan below 96th Street on the East Side and 110th Street on the West Side.
The map is the work of Bob Knakal, who created it by walking every avenue and street during the desolate early months of the pandemic.
Updated regularly, the lots are color-coded with highlighters and sticky notes to show which are for sale (green sticky notes), were recently sold (red sticky notes), are owned by the city (pink highlights) or are under construction (green highlights).
Orange highlights means a lot is underutilized — and there is a possible deal to be made.
Persons:
Bob Knakal
Locations:
New York City, Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan