Pieds-à-Terre Owners Dominate Some New York Buildings – NYTimes.com

The question of who, if anyone, lives in the multimillion-dollar condominiums being built across Manhattan grows more intriguing with every new tower crane that hoists glass slabs and concrete blocks hundreds of feet into the sky.

New Yorkers want to know: Who are these people who hide behind limited liability companies while shelling out a fortune for a condominium — who see the apartment as an investment or even just a vanity play, and who are too busy sunning in St. Bart’s or skiing in Gstaad to actually show up and shop at the local market or pay for tickets to a Broadway show?

via Pieds-à-Terre Owners Dominate Some New York Buildings – NYTimes.com.

SFS Friday

Juraj Valčuha conductor

Steven Stucky Jeu de timbres (2003)

Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19 (1919)
San Francisco Symphony Chorus

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3, op. 30 (1909)
Garrick Ohlsson piano