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The Lady Vanishes: Russian Princess Sells West-side Condo for $7.1M
Kristina Kovalenko. (Patrick McMullan) In the world of New York City real estate, you can’t always get what you want. Not even if you’re a Russian princess. Kristina Kovalenko, an emigre royal from the...
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Higher East Side: Ian Schrager Reimagines Neighborhood Prices on Chrystie Street
Model good looks. (Emily Assiran) Harnessing the allure of so-called “tough luxe,” Ian Schrager’s opulent forthcoming condo development at 215 Chrystie Street aims to appeal to millennials, baby...
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Thank You, Sir, I’ll Have Another: Not-Quite-Knight Drops Park Ave Pad for...
Sir Peter Lampl. (Wiki) “All tan, tailoring, big red ties, hollered greetings and firm handshakes,” the one-time private equity honcho Sir Peter Lampl, OBE struck the Financial Times a somewhat...
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Manhattan Historic Districts See Meager Relative Value Appreciation, Report...
The Charlton-King-Vandam historic district in Greenwich Village. (Wiki) Along with recent renovations, private entrances, outdoor space, notable architects and high-end appliances, historic...
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Filipino Billionaire Nabs Fixer-Upper Co-op on Gracie Square for $3.9M
Jaime Zobel de Ayala. (Wiki) For a man Forbes currently ranks as the ninth wealthiest in the Philippines, a man who, if that venerable journal’s calculations are correct, has, together with his family,...
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Brooklyn Judge Issues Condemnation Order for 7 Atlantic Yards Properties
A rendering of Pacific Park. (COOKFOX) In what one participating lawyer called a “friendly little condemnation” proceeding, a judge issued an order today in the Brooklyn Supreme Court of the State of...
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Bill to Eliminate Kafka-esque Condo Law Heads to Obama’s Desk
Behold, the Law. (Private School Review) A bill that aims to eliminate cumbersome government regulation of condominium sales by clarifying the proper application of a 1968 law was due to head to...
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Tower Unit at 15 CPW Asking $9.99M , Nearly Three Times Purchase Price, Sells
Calm yourselves, it’s only the lobby. A modest resale at 15 Central Park West is, of course, anything but. And the most recent of these is no exception. Sources tell the Observer that a 15th-floor unit...
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Artists’ Retreat: Errol Morris Buys Joseph Brodsky’s Apartment for $1.9M
Errol Morris. (Patrick McMullan) A MacArthur grant is not quite the same as a Nobel prize in literature. And for the cultured northern Brooklynite, having as a neighbor a prominent left-leaning...
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Not So Junior: Son of Watergate Prosecutor Archibald Cox Drops Condo for $17.25M
One Beacon Court, at 151 East 58th Street. Archibald Cox, the special Watergate prosecutor frequently characterized as “ramrod straight” who was fired by the Nixon administration in the so-called...
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Renaissance on the River: Massive UWS Townhouse Goes for $5.58 M.
A bit of west-side Renaissance. A lot can happen in 48 years. People are married and divorced. Politicians triumph and then face disgrace. Children are born. The Landmarks Preservation Commission casts...
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On the Market: Just What Do We Mean When We Say: ‘The City’?
Ellis Island. (Wiki) Manhattan condo sale prices might be at a 19-year high, but the good news is that the fine people at the Corigin Real Estate Group are looking out for the little guy with their...
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For the Birds: Hudson Valley’s Silo Ridge Has Million-Dollar Homes and Skeet...
Pull! (Wiki) Modern Manhattanites, cultured and over-educated bunch that they are, do not exactly enjoy a reputation for DIY zeal. (You’ll have to go pretty far east on the L train for handyman types...
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Tuscany? There’s Nothing to Rent There: Italian-themed Townhouse Sells for...
45 West 12th Street. Alessandra Gambaccini, a stylist and the one-time fashion director for the Italian edition of Vogue, has rather different views when it comes to her own personal home design than...
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Longtime Brooklyn Broker Acquires Park Slope Boutique Betancourt Realty
The Betancourt & Assoc. Realty Storefront, in Park Slope. (Betancourt) Luis Martinez, a residential broker who has been active for many years in Brooklyn—most recently as manager of the Warren...
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What the Pros Use: BHS Broker Drops Charming UES Townhouse for $7.2 M.
228 East 62nd Street. Among Brown Harris Stevens agents, Douglas R. Benson is not known as a maven of townhouse sales. Still, Mr. Benson has been in real estate for nearly three decades, and it is not...
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Grand Old Park Slope Brownstone Mansion Reduces Price to $6.995 Million
312 Garfield Place. Cristian Vergara and his wife Nancy have lived in the grand old brownstone at 312 Garfield Place in Park Slope for some 18 years, raising three children in its 15 rooms. For a time,...
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Superfund Chic: In Gowanus, Industrial Touches Aren’t Just Affectations
The condo features a ‘sculptural’ staircase, skylights and painted white brick. The very word “Gowanus” seems to resist the possibility of glamor. Were the Brooklyn neighborhood’s famously fetid canal...
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Riding Spinners: Cyclist Speeds from Flatiron Loft for $7.8 M.
31 West 21st Street. Cyclists have lately come under fire on our fair isle. And personally, we have been listening to complaints about them—and contributing occasional cattiness ourselves—for some time...
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Incoming Prospect Park Alliance President Sue Donoghue On Open Space and...
Illustration by Paul Kisselev On October 6, Sue Donoghue, who headed Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s PlaNYC parks and sustainability program, will take over as president of the Prospect Park Alliance, the...
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