Thursday, January 28, 2010
Before you File your 2009 Tax Return – Take Note of Major Tax Changes that Apply this Year!
Posted by Steven & Carole Rosen
By CaronBeesley
As you prepare to file your small business tax return, you’ll need to be aware of several new tax laws that went into effect in 2009.
Summarized below are the major changes as they pertain to small business interests, if you need information about new tax law and the 2010 filing season, check out Small Business Tax Center on Business.gov.
This one-stop shop online portal helps business owners stay abreast of tax requirements, tax changes and a whole range of tax tips to help you prepare for the year ahead.
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
Choose the Tax Form that Best Fits Your Needs
Posted by Steven & Carole Rosen
To file your 2009 individual tax return, you’ll have to decide which form to use…unless you e-file.
If you file electronically, the software automatically selects the simplest and best form for you. Whether you use e-file or prepare on paper, using the simplest form will help avoid costly errors or processing delays. And remember, if you file electronically, it speeds up the processing of your tax return and the delivery of your refund.
Here are things to consider when deciding which IRS form to file.
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Sunday, December 27, 2009
See New York Videod Here In High Definition Timelapse
Posted by Peter Quennell
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Not To Be Missed #7: And Just In Case You Did Miss Them… Some Nutcrackers
Posted by Peter Quennell
Waltz of the Snowflakes
Arabian Dance
Russian Dance
Waltz of the Flowers
Waltz of the Flowers
Arabian Dance
Sugar Plum Fairy
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Not To Be Missed! #5 Bryant Park Craft Stores
Posted by Peter Quennell
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These are last year’s shots - to be replaced if and whether the weather favors new photographs.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Not To Be Missed! #4 Union Square Craft Stores
Posted by Peter Quennell
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These are last year’s shots - to be replaced if and whether the weather favors new photographs.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Not To Be Missed! #3 Light Show And Craft Fair In Grand Central Terminal
Posted by Peter Quennell
Click below for larger. Images. This is the Metrazur Restaurant from the other end of the main concourse.
There are also as previously moving images periodically projected with rousing music onto all four walls.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Not To Be Missed! #2 Antique Christmas Tree At The Met Museum
Posted by Peter Quennell
The Met’s online take on this wonderful display.
The Museum will continue a long-standing holiday tradition with the annual presentation of its Christmas tree, a favorite of New Yorkers and visitors from around the world. A vivid eighteenth-century Neapolitan Nativity scene—embellished with a profuse array of diminutive, lifelike attendant figures and silk-robed angels hovering above—will adorn the candlelit spruce. Recorded music and lighting ceremonies will add to the enjoyment of the holiday display.
More here on how this unique and wildly popular show originated, long ago.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Not To Be Missed! #1 Bronx Gardens’ Train And Model-Landmarks Show
Posted by Peter Quennell
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The annual train-show with models of greater NYC landmark buildings.
At the NY Botanical Gardens in the Bronx. Now through January 10th.
Saturdays or Sundays after around 11:00 am are probably not the best times…
Tickets are sold online to try to avoid over-crowding.
And price of a 1-year NYBG membership isn’t much more than a single visits.
Last year’s shots here - this year’s will soon replace these soon.
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Staten Island Ballet’s Much Admired Annual Nutcracker: All Over For Another Year
Posted by Peter Quennell
This is THE BEST if you want to take the kids to a Nutcracker performance within 30-40 minutes drive from here this season.
Click on the image above for more video and images, tickets, and directions.
It’s very straightforward to get there. Down Route 440 through Bayonne and then about two mile south of the Bayonne Bridge. There’s plenty of parking.
Above and below: The images are from last year’s production. Click on them - they both blow up
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Gold Coast: Resort-Style Living, With A Skyline View - A List Of Good Value Points
Posted by Peter Quennell
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An encouraging appraisal last year of our area, published in the Jersey Journbal
By CHARLES HACK
JOURNAL STAFF WRITERT he growing city on the North Hudson waterfront offers the well-heeled resident resort-style amenities, multi million-dollar views of the New York City skyline and spacious condominiums and townhouses.
Just try getting all that in Manhattan.
New communities in the Port Imperial mega-project and nearby Roc Harbor have sprung up over the last few years with names like Henley on Hudson, the Brownstones, Grandview and Watermark on the Hudson - all designed to appeal to both young professionals who want the city at their fingertips but are looking for more than they can afford in Manhattan and older ones whose families have fled the nest so they no longer need rambling suburban mansions.
Despite the well-publicized credit crunch that has slowed and halted construction across the country, industrious developers in North Hudson continue to pour concrete over rebar - though at a slower pace than before.
Developments usually come with amenities such as 24-hour concierge services, fitness centers, outdoor swimming pools, high-speed Internet, extra bathrooms and dens, high ceilings, hardwood floors, granite or marble countertops, picture windows and designer fixtures and fittings.
Then there is the Weehawken ferry terminal and Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, which put Weehawken and West New York waterfront residents within walking distance of a 10-to 15-minute ride to and from midtown Manhattan, Hoboken and Jersey City. Shuttle buses run up to Guttenberg and North Bergen, making developments in those towns just a few minutes away.
And despite a cooling of interest over the last year or two, Realtors and developers say they have seen an uptick over the last couple of months, with more people making repeat visits to sales offices, suggesting they are more serious about buying.
COMING OFF THE SIDELINES
Andrew Marshall, senior vice president of development at Roseland Properties Company, says lower interest rates and rising rents have meant that the “market is getting to a balancing point” between rental and buying.
“People who have been sitting on the sidelines while they wait to decide where to put their capital are now looking in earnest,” Marshall said.
The cost of fuel, tolls and transportation is also driving commuters from the suburbs closer to Manhattan, said David Schoner, vice president of the New Homes Division of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.
While K. Hovnanian Homes is selling property for $600 to $700 a square foot, the minimum for Manhattan would be $1,000 a square foot rising to “well north of” $2,000 per square foot for similar amenities, Schoner said.
The 8-minute ride across the river is a “small tradeoff given the price disparity,” he said.
Roseland Properties is in the middle of a decades-long project to develop the Port Imperial waterfront from Lincoln Harbor to Guttenberg Port Imperial with luxury townhouses and retail. They will have developed 2,348 units on 92 acres in Weehawken and 4,000 units on 60 acres of the West New York waterfront.
The focal point for Port Imperial is a 650,000-square-foot commercial district planned for west and north of the Port Imperial ferry terminal in Weehawken that will include offices, retail space and commuter parking. Roseland is also building a flagship 294-room, four-star hotel and 79 timeshares for the Parsippany-based Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.
Port Imperial in Weehawken is being developed in a joint agreement between Roseland Properties and ferry-magnate Arthur E. Imperatore Sr., who founded the NY Waterway.
GIFTS TO THE PUBLIC
As part of the deal with the town, the partners recently opened a new 10-acre park and outdoor sports complex that includes a 21/2-acre athletic field, tennis courts, children’s play facilities and sports fields. Weehawken will add another five acres at a later date.
Developers have also provided new soccer fields in West New York as well as renovating a Little League field and facilities above the Palisades. They even coughed up cash to build the North Hudson Regional Firehouse on Port Imperial Boulevard.
Under New Jersey state law they also must contribute toward a 30-foot-wide Hudson River Waterfront Walkway in front of any property they develop, which the state hopes will one day run uninterrupted from the George Washington Bridge to the Bayonne Bridge.
On the site of the old Banana Building, meanwhile, Roseland Properties and Lennar Urban are putting the finishing touches on the second of a four-phase luxury development, Henley on Hudson.
When complete, the development will consist of 94 two- and three-bedroom condos ranging from 1,500 to 2,300 square feet, and 64 three- to four-bedroom townhouses that are equally luxurious at 2,100 and 4,500 square feet. Designed to maximize views of the river and Manhattan skyline, it will also have a swimming pool and fitness club.
Multimillion-dollar views and homes
Selling for around $2.5 million, the three-bedroom, 31/2-bathroom townhouses include elevators, balconies, gold marble finishes in the bathrooms, and a social room or office in the lower floor.
Just south of the Port Imperial ferry terminal Roseland plans 10 mixed-use residential buildings, delivering a total 2,000 homes - including 300 affordable units - with some retail.
Construction has begun on the first building.
K. Hovnanian’s Grandview I & II, meanwhile, provide 30,000 square feet of retail space with 300 condos on either side of Riverwalk Place in West New York.
Of the 168 homes at Grandview II, which was completed in the fall, 41 homes remain unsold.
Construction also has started on 268 condos and 45,000 square feet of retail space at the Lofts at Riverwalk, a development of one- to three-bedroom units. Completion is a couple of years away, according to Doug Fenichel, a spokesman for K. Hovnanian.
The housing giant has approval to construct four other buildings between Riverwalk and the Guttenberg border, but the company is waiting to see how the market plays out before deciding exactly what to build, Fenichel said.
In North Bergen, waterfront development is expected to boost the township’s coffers by $1 billion in increased taxes.
WCI is now marketing a 12-story development at Watermark On Hudson, 8100 River Road. One-bedroom units are being sold for around $1 million, while three-bedroom homes are advertised for $2.3 million. At the top end, a 3,342-square-foot corner penthouse, with a view of the George Washington Bridge, is advertised for $4.35 million.
Also in North Bergen, K. Hovnanian is selling 146 two- and three-bedroom condos at Views at Hudson Pointe, 7200 River Road. The homes range from $500,000 to $1.5 million. Although some construction remains to be done, half the units have been sold and new homeowners started moving in in October, Fenichel said.
A $210 million development, the 526-unit Riverview, at River Road and Bull’s Ferry Road, is still in the planning approval process.
At the southern end of Weehawken, Hartz Mountain Industries Inc. is the leading developer of the 60-acre Lincoln Harbor. Plans to build three 10-to 12-story residential buildings with 430 residential units have been approved and a multi-story parking garage is already up.
A public plaza facing Manhattan will have its official opening later this year.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Before Mozart, Beethoven, And Bach… That Amazing Italian, Scarlatti
Posted by Peter Quennell
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The Mighty Sheep Show At Rhinebeck This Saturday And Sunday
Posted by Peter Quennell
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Go just once - and you will be addicted! This is THE best country show in the US and it is only 90 minutes away.
Here are some details. And be warned: it is huge.
Gates open at 9:00 on Saturday and 10:00 am Sunday. No need to pack a lunch. Just enjoy!
Friday, August 28, 2009
A Dont-Miss Electronic Concert: Paul Van Dyk In Central Park This Saturday
Posted by Peter Quennell
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These images are from two years ago. The website for this amazing show is here.
And be warned! THE SHOW STARTS AT 6:00 PM. It finishes some time around about midnight.
Scarlatti still rules though. But a close call! More YouTubes are here.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Ted Kennedy In Our Nabe With Barack Obama
Posted by Peter Quennell
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This was spring 2008 at the (then) Continental Arena at the Meadowlands two miles away.
The show was intended for us - the New Jersey voters. Despite appearances, the arena was very full - the red seats ahead were kept unpopulated so the photographers could move around in there.
Ted Kennedy was the first heavy to say that Obama would be okay from Day One and here was his first major appearance saying that. With his neice Caroline and actor Robert DeNiro in tow.
Ted only did this in a couple of other states, and seemed to feel right at home here in Jersey. Thereafter, other heavies felt encouraged to support the campaign… And so Hillary Clinton is at State.
R I P Ted. He came across as a nice guy. A real Jerseyite.