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Would you pay $3 million for a 6th floor apartment if you had to go all the way down to the lobby for every guest and delivery? A reader sent us a heads-up about this 4,241 square foot four-bedroom, three-bath-co-op listed for $3.4 million at the Gilsey House at 29th and Broadway.

Someone pass the lithium--you'll need it for today's "It's up!"/"No, it's down!!" rental market reports.  Citi-Habitats finds that [a]verage Manhattan rents are up across all apartment categories, when comparing the third quarter of 2010 to the same period in 2009, but the Prudential Douglas Elliman report shows that average rent for ALL units declined 8% year over year, from $3,759 to $3,400 per ap

The duo of sliding apartment-finder buttons on the homepage of the new Prudential Douglas Elliman site are iPhone nifty:  You slide the buttons to narrow or expand your price- and bedroom parameters, then watch the universe of available apartments constrict or blossom accordingly in the counter below.  Right now, for instance, there are 8,809 total Manhattan abodes for sale, but just  277 if you're looking for a 2-bedroom under $600k.

Well, your kids may not be fat because of the elevator, but it's sure not helping.  Gothamist reports that 40% of New York City public school kids are overweight or obese but only 18% of parents of children between the ages of 6 to 12 believe it's true of their child.  Something else that needs swapping? Television for exercise. "One-third of the children ...

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