The police on Tuesday identified the five people killed in a shooting one day before the gunman was scheduled to appear in court on orders to sell his unit.
The evacuation of their buildings revealed a stark truth: Their apartments are likely going to be expensive to repair — and the fees will only go up, up, up.
New boutique condo towers, some with fewer apartments than the buildings they replace, are squandering high-density sites in Manhattan, urban planners say.