Rather than simply buy a pied-a-terre in an enviable locale by which to park money as a long-term investment, more wealthy buyers are snapping up properties that they can rent out as income-producing assets.
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"I buy all my clothes in thrift shops, " noted Ms. Reist as they sat in his Upper East Side pied-a-terre.
In South Florida, buyers from Europe, South America and Russia looking for pied-a-terres have fueled a robust resurgence in condo prices.
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Many pied-a-terre owners buy in the Upper East or West Side and it is worth checking out Turtle Bay, a separate enclave in the east 40s near the UN.
Mitte is the most popular, being the first area colonized after the Wall came down, and now the most sought-after place to live for everyone from moneyed ex-pats to the German pied-a-terre buyer.
The luxury craze has been partly fueled by the influx of deep-pocketed foreigners from places like Russia and China, who are streaming into New York City in search of "trophy apartments" that can serve as pied-a-terres.
But back when he first ran for Congress in 1938, he was seen strolling up and down the streets of his home district like a pied piper, trying to persuade local musicians to come along and join his campaign.
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Mr. Stulman has become a kind of pied piper of digerati stomachs.
Bleeker cites the opinions in particular of the Economist and the American Interest, two publications with a history of Pied Piper-like false optimism.
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He is also looking forward to seeing pied flycatchers nesting, red kites, and a heronry.
For his debut Slow Food Fast contribution, Mr. Picard shares a riff on the fresh tomato tart he serves year-round at Au Pied de Cochon.
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Leading "Team Rat" is Anthony Martin, a 58-year-old white-bearded zoologist, whom some have called "the Pied Piper" for his role in the rat cull.
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The Harvard team is working to refine the technology, however, and there may be a day when we can satisfy our megalomania... or at least, put the Pied Piper on notice.
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