Article: THE MANHATTANIZATION OF BOSTON - Those deluxe apartments in the sky (where dinner can be ordered from room service) are no longer just a Big Apple thing.

REAL ESTATE

Yankees vs. Sox. Jets vs. Pats. New York Marathon vs. Boston Marathon. Central Park vs. Boston Common. MoMA vs. ICA. Luxury condos with great views of the Manhattan skyline at $2,000 a square foot and up vs. views of Boston Harbor at $1,000 a square foot and up. It's one more chapter in the Big Apple vs. the Hub of the Universe, for those who revel in the competition. New York has led the way in super- luxury high-rise living. But elite lifestyles in little old Boston are catching up.

"The Boston market typically tracks the New York market by a three- to four-year delay," says Brian Fallon, developer of the new InterContinental Boston Hotel and Residences at the InterContinental, ...

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