Mr. Bloomberg Builds His Dream Townhouse

Isn't it obvious that the numerous comments about the editing of this article are designed to change the subject and crowd out the comments on the actual topic? Jen, just delete all that and let's get back to talking about how the Bloomberg empire expands as the NYC economy contracts. And for those who say everyone's jealous, no, I don't want a townhouse, and imagine not everyone wants a private jet and a place in London, Bermuda and Colorado either. Some of us are just happy with our little apartments in NYC and would like to afford to keep them. We just didn't have the benefit of a 8-figure payout from a now-defunct i-bank to start our businesses.

DUDE, Someone got acess to my account!!!! wtF????

jen chung, please read your postings aloud slowly before posting them. doing this will clear some things up and make it easier and more enjoyable for the readers.

The guy is rich, and people have always been rich while others starve. You guys expect him to sink all his personal money into helping the city?

Add to that, he refused to accept a city salary (I think he makes $1.00/a yr.) But the man's amassed a fortune and bad economy or not, it's his money and investment. should we expect him to live like a "pauper" for lack of a more appropriate word. He's entitled to do what he wants with his own money. The focus should be on his policies.

Where did you get that sartorially-challenged picture?

Bloomberg looks like he was part of the casting call for the latest Broadway version of HAIR.

The picture was photoshopped over an old picture of former mayor Giuliani.

Geez, where did you get that sartorially-challenged picture?

Bloomberg looks like he was part of the casting call for the latest Broadway version of HAIR.

Let this be a lesson to all of you. Stay in school and study hard and you too will be able to afford an Escalade.

And all we do is continue spreading more cheese over this Townhouse Cracker.

Bloomberg is no Mother Teresa or even more realistically a Warren Buffet, but the fact that he intends to give most of his billions away one day is decent enough for me. How many billionaires out there are total greedy assholes?

That said, none of this means he is or is not fit to be mayor, but I can see why this sends out the wrong message, future philanthropist or not.

Also, lets just admit we're all jealous. Whether you reside in Manhattan or Staten Island, lets all just get it out there that it's everyone's dream to own a Manhattan brownstone.

Please withhold the "I'm better than that" or "you're just a social climber" or "rich people in Manhattan are soulless losers that don't understand culture" comments simply because I wish I had a Manhattan brownstone. If you were a billionaire, you'd want one too.

PS totally torn on whether or not I'm voting for him, but it's certainly not a lock

Uhh not my dream. If I were a billionaire I would not live in this god forsaken shithole of a city. I would not look to expand my real estate empire like this little fucking toad. He's rich we get that-he outbid everyone else to become mayor. Good for him. He can take each brick of his brownstone and systematically shove them up his ass.

mabey sourpanties got laid off and is about to lose her free wifi connection because she has to move to brooklyn now. So since she has nothing to do is going around yaking about inconsequential things. Down with bloomie.

Is all this class envy because he's mayor? Yoko Ono owns half the Dakota but nobody's reporting on her aerobics room.

Yeah but Yoko isn't the mayor of NYC which is facing one hell of a hard time (partly) due to her fiscal and city planning policies of the past 7+ years.

As someone pointed out, for him to go ahead and expand his mansion while thousands of working families are homeless or being evicted or losing their jobs...well looks pretty bad.

I understand your point but I've never thought Bloomberg was interested in running the city. He ran for mayor to stroke his ego. He's certainly not trying to get in for a third term because he's concerned about NYC. He's just trying to "one up" Ed Koch.

Bloomberg has done enormous things for the City Of New York. Bloomberg deals with loads of people and has a huge social network and its more convenient and more efficient and safer for him to do more at his townhome. Its an expense that makes sense for him and us. Bloomberg didn't take away anything from anyone. The neighbor who sold him the property also highly respected him as well. This was a mutual agreement over space swapping and nothing more.

Yes, I agree. Bloomberg has done enormous things for NY'ers. He has enormously raised property taxes by over 50% in his first year in office for many homeowners. He has also tried shutting Manhattan down to outer borough residents by trying to implement East River tolls. Bloomberg was against temporarily suspending term limits for Giuliani after 9/11 but has had a miraculous change of opinion since. Glad he has the funds to expand his mansion as NY'ers are fighting to keep their homes. Enormously inane.

sorry spoke too soon,

he's only rude, uncaring, unsympathetic and disrespectful

if you're poor.

if you're rich, he'll take care of you, no questions asked.

Folks, if you want to see poor editing pick a copy of the amNY. Everyday, there are about 2-3 articles with significant incorrect statements, which are far worse than grammatical oversights.

So don't get your Xanadu panties in a bunch when you read this site, which is (presumably) intended to be informative and fun.

I don't care about ms. chungs errors,

I do care about this mayor who is rude, uncaring and disrespectful

who also passes this trait on to his staff.

from his upper level to lower, they all have his rudeness.

As a frequent critic of Gothamist spelling grammar -- but hopefully not too rude -- I do have to say that it is an ongoing problem here. This site has a lot to offer, but I don't understand why you can't take the time to proofread before posting.

Suggestion: Print the text and proofread before posting. I learned early on in my career that computer screens can make everything look fine -- but the ugly errors really pop-out on paper.

Thanks—we are trying to be better about proofreading, but the fixes aren't as easy (there's some coding that need to be done, not to mention time/resources).

For the rest of the comments, let's please put the focus back on Mayor Bloomberg's aerobics room. As for any further comments on the typo/grammar issues of the site, I welcome you to email me directly at jen(at)gothamist(dot)com .

Your wish is my command. I was going to make a new post, but since you asked, I'll reply to you instead:

Based on the pictures of Bloomie with his paunch (especially that one of him in shorts a couple of years ago), I'd say the aerobics aren't doing much good. He could use some personal training from the Governator.

there are over 10,000 homeless families in nyc.

the highest since 1983.

there are over 10,000 empty luxury condos in nyc.

that's bloomberg's idea of city planning.

it's nice to know we have billionaire mayor who lives in an ultra-mega-townhouse-mansion and expaning it while

middle class ny'ers are suffering. i'm sure he can really relate to us and understand our needs.

That's a funny pic!

Love the pic.

Jen you have to admit that based on your past performance; Jen Chung - Editor = oxymoron. I was sure that the site upgrade with the spell check feature was for your benefit alone!

As far as the feudal midget mayor of shantytown is concerned; he's still a carpetbagger from Boston that has done more to ruin the city than improve it.

I'll take that into consideration and work on changing my title to "Cat Herder: Jen Chung"

you got another cat????

we just took in a cat (12 yrs old), the prev. owner committed suicide.

poor thing just craves attention.

I welcome constructive comments. I don't need to put up ones that are also rude.

Amen, sistafriend!

I'm sure this will be cited as a "turnaround in the market" by real estate brokers.

I am starting to look for alternatives to this site. I do not care about spelling errors and shit but things are always grammatically unclear! So sick of it.

This sentence "And while the residents of the top unit at 19 East 79th Street think the Mayor is a 'great neighbor,' they say they are never going to move." Doesn't make sense!!!! It would make sense if they said that while he is a great neighbor, they are planning to move soon". Otherwise, be more clear or stop stealing stories if they are not clear!

If you don't like the site for whatever reason, why not just go away quietly without all the drama? Leave the song and dance to Hugh Jackman.

Sweetpanties: It's a blog and not the NY Times. Be thankful

you have it. We love you Jen.

And we were just getting to know you sweetie. Your last name isn't Marbury by any chance is it?

Jen, please refund sweetpanties price of subscription.

OOOOH! Burned by JC!

See ya!!! By the way, shouldn't you change your name to "sourpanties?"

Thanks—it's been nice knowing you.

Ban-hammer-grammar-slammer!