One of the big new buildings with for-sale condos started showing recently - the Echelon. "Start getting your hopes up" etc etc.

All the "high" talk is kind of overdoing it. The place is nice in a medium sort of way with certain excellent aspects -- Jackson Ave near 47th Road is nice and convenient to lots of trains, the views for about half the units are just great, and the exterior of the building looks good. But the finishes are sort of medium quality (lots of particle-board and delicate assembly items), and the layouts are occasionally bizarre. But the prices are not too steep -- in the $650 per sq ft range. Come on over Manhattanites.

Click on through for LICNYC's tour of the place