Curbed
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Type of site | Online newspaper |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Vox Media |
| URL | curbed.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2006 |
| Current status | Active |
Curbed is an American real estate and urban design website founded as a blog by Lockhart Steele in 2006.[1][2][3] The full website, founded in 2010, featured sub-pages dedicated to specific real estate markets and metropolitan areas across the United States. Steele once described Curbed.com as an "Architectural Digest after a three-martini lunch.” The site hosted an annual contest, the Curbed Cup, to pick the best neighborhood in each city.[4]
In November 2013, Vox Media purchased the Curbed Network, which, apart from Curbed, also included dining website Eater and fashion website Racked.[5] The paper reported that the cash-and-stock deal was worth between $20 million and $30 million.[5] As of 2020[update], as a part of a downward trend of layoffs and restructuring of many venture capital-funded sites, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of Curbed's area-specific sites closed, leaving New York City as the sole remaining metropolitan focus. In October 2020, Curbed was integrated into the magazine New York.[6]
References
- ^ Mitchell, Dan (October 30, 2007). "Not All Is Gloomy in Real Estate: A Blog Network Attracts Capital". The New York Times. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
- ^ "About Curbed". Curbed. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
- ^ Oppenheimer, Mark (March 19, 2010). "The Optimist's Blogger". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
- ^ Wilkey, Robin (January 4, 2013). "San Francisco Best Neighborhood Of 2012: Lower Haight Takes The Curbed Cup". HuffPost. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
- ^ a b Kaufman, Leslie (November 10, 2013). "Vox Media Buying Curbed.com Network of Sites". The New York Times. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
- ^ "Curbed Is Now at Home at New York We can't imagine a better fit". New York Magazine. October 13, 2020.
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