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☆ The Battle for The Streets of New York
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Dodai Stewart | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

New York City streets and sidewalks have always been crowded, but it’s never been like this. But lately, New York City streets are teetering between lively and unlivable. Karsten Moran for The New York Times“I think this could be the catalyst for a streets renaissance in New York,” Janette Sadik-Khan, New York City’s former transportation commissioner, said in a recent interview. New York City’s population reached 8.8 million in 2020, and the New York region is now home to nearly 19 million people. Use this form to tell us what you think about the state of New York City’s streets.

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☆ Elliott Erwitt’s Co-op and Photo Studio Are Listed on Central Park West
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Vivian Marino | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Elliott Erwitt had already gained worldwide renown for his memorable photographs of the famous and whimsical when he settled into his grand apartment at 88 Central Park West in the late 1960s. His home, on the eighth floor of the 12-story Brentmore co-op, at the corner of West 69th Street, cost around $75,000 at the time, according to one of his six children, Jennifer Erwitt. Image Elliott Erwitt photographed numerous celebrities, political leaders and other luminaries during his long career, but he was often celebrated for his witty and moving snapshots of people from all walks of life. Credit... Rick SmolanWith Mr. Erwitt’s death last November at age 95, both properties are now being sold by his estate. The asking price for the residence is $11.5 million, with $11,428 in monthly maintenance, and the studio is $2.3 million and $8,380 in maintenance, according to the listing broker, Ann Cutbill Lenane of Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

Persons: Elliott Erwitt, Jennifer Erwitt, ”, “, Rick Smolan, Erwitt’s, Ann Cutbill Lenane, Douglas Organizations: Park West Locations: West, Douglas Elliman Real

☆ At Art Fraud Trial, Sotheby’s Is Pressed on Role in Sales to Russian Oligarch
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Graham Bowley | More About Graham Bowley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Valette was the Sotheby’s executive who dealt with Bouvier in the sale of the da Vinci and three other works that are the focus of the case. In each instance, Bouvier bought the works through Sotheby’s and then resold them to Rybolovlev at large markups. Rybolovlev says Bouvier tricked him by pretending to act as his art adviser in the transactions, even pretending to negotiate with phantom third parties when he was actually the owner of the works. He has argued that Valette understood what was going on and helped him. But for Rybolovlev, Valette is central to the argument that Sotheby’s was knowingly part of a scheme to defraud him out of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Persons: Bouvier —, Valette, Bouvier, Vinci, Rybolovlev, Sotheby’s Organizations: Park West Locations: Manhattan, Sotheby’s

☆ Kendrick Lamar Buys a Penthouse on the Brooklyn Waterfront
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Vivian Marino | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The rapper Kendrick Lamar is the latest celebrity to descend on Brooklyn, with his purchase of a sprawling duplex penthouse near the waterfront in Brooklyn Heights. His new pied-à-terre, which comes with stunning East River views, is at Pierhouse at Brooklyn Bridge Park, a 106-unit condominium built in 2015 at 90 Furman Street. He paid $8.6 million, using the limited liability company Dogg Pound Buildings. The apartment at the Majestic, at 115 Central Park West, closed at $20.5 million, well below the $50 million initial asking price in 2012 and the $25 million she had paid for it in 2006. Still, the sale was among the top closings in New York City in November.

Persons: Kendrick Lamar, Lamar, Zendaya, Amy Schumer, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Bjarke Ingels, Susan Weber, George Soros Organizations: Furman, Pound, Park Locations: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Pierhouse, California, Danish, Manhattan, New York City

☆ Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Draws Spectators and Protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Sarah Maslin Nir | More About Sarah Maslin Nir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

All along Central Park West on Thursday, throngs of people gathered for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and packed street corners or sat on folding chairs set up since dawn. They wedged themselves on slivers of sidewalk, and some placed their toddlers atop food carts for a better view. “You don’t realize how slow the cadence is in real life,” she said as she left the parade route. For nearly three hours, Ms. Burgess added, she had peered up at balloons of animated characters like Bluey, Goku and Monkey D. Luffy. She had watched the event only on television, and as a TV production coordinator, she realized how she preferred seeing the spectacle.

Persons: Madison Burgess, ”, Burgess Organizations: Central, West

Still, in 2005, an M&M balloon swung out of control from sudden wind bursts and hit a light pole in Times Square, injuring two people. After that, city officials mandated anemometers — instruments that measure wind speed and direction — along the route. This year, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority had to schedule the installation of congestion pricing tolling equipment for after the parade. Orlando Veras, a Macy’s spokesman, declined to discuss the cost of the parade, saying only that it was the department store’s “gift to the city and the nation.”Ydanis Rodriguez, the transportation commissioner, said the city’s efforts were well rewarded. “The joy and the smiles that the Macy’s balloons inspire on Thanksgiving morning brings out the kid in everyone who watches this parade — and I am no different,” he said.

Persons: Orlando Veras, ” Ydanis Rodriguez, ” Organizations: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Park

☆ Former Model Sues Axl Rose, Accusing Him of 1989 Rape
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Ben Sisario | More About Ben Sisario | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a statement, Alan S. Gutman, a lawyer for Mr. Rose, said: “Simply put, this incident never happened.” He added: “Though he doesn’t deny the possibility of a fan photo taken in passing, Mr. Rose has no recollection of ever meeting or speaking to the Plaintiff, and has never heard about these fictional allegations prior to today.”In her suit, Ms. Kennedy says she met Mr. Rose in early 1989, when she went to a New York nightclub with a friend who was a fan of Guns N’ Roses. The band was at perhaps the peak of its fame — and its members relished their reputations as hard-partying bad boys — but Ms. Kennedy says in her suit that at the time she did not know who Mr. Rose was. According to Ms. Kennedy’s complaint, Mr. Rose invited her and another woman to a party at his suite in a hotel on Central Park West, where he offered them cocaine and alcohol. According to the complaint, the party “was in full swing” until Mr. Rose called for everyone to leave except Ms. Kennedy, the other woman and a man. According to the complaint, Mr. Rose began having sex with the other woman, in an “aggressive” way that Ms. Kennedy says in the suit “appeared painful” for the woman.

Persons: Alan S, Gutman, Rose, “, ”, Kennedy, Ms, Kennedy’s Organizations: Plaintiff, Park West Locations: New York

☆ Annie Leibovitz, Now an Empty-Nester, Lists Upper West Side Duplex
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Vivian Marino | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Annie Leibovitz is one of the world’s most celebrated and prolific photographers, with a deep portfolio of famous portraits, from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to Michelle Obama. In addition to owning a home in Rhinebeck, N.Y., Ms. Leibovitz has bought and sold several properties in Manhattan. Among them, a co-op in Chelsea and a three-building compound she assembled in the West Village in the early 2000s. In 2014, looking to be closer to her children’s school, she purchased a sprawling duplex on the Upper West Side. But now resettled downtown after buying an apartment on West Street in the West Village just last year, Ms. Leibovitz is putting the duplex at 88 Central Park West, a.k.a.

Persons: Annie Leibovitz, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Michelle Obama, She’s, Leibovitz, Deborah Kern Organizations: Park West, Corcoran Group Locations: Rhinebeck, N.Y, Manhattan, Chelsea, West, a.k.a

Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a break at a Manhattan courthouse as he attends trial in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James against him, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others in New York City, U.S., October 4, 2023. Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has denied wrongdoing and said the case is part of a political witch hunt. James is seeking at least $250 million in fines, a permanent ban against Trump and his sons Donald Jr and Eric from running businesses in New York and a five-year commercial real estate ban against Trump and the Trump Organization. Trump, who attended the first three days of trial in Manhattan earlier this week, has said he will testify. While this is a civil case, Trump faces other major legal challenges that have been a financial drain and made him the first sitting or former U.S. president to be criminally charged.

Persons: Donald Trump, Letitia James, Mike Segar, Donald Trump’s, Arthur Engoron, Trump, Trump's, Christopher Kise, James, Donald Jr, Eric, Jack Queen, Bill Berkrot Organizations: U.S, Trump Organization, REUTERS, West, New York, Trump, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York City, U.S, York, New York, Washington, Georgia, Florida

☆ A Subway Ride With Victor Wembanyama to Yankee Stadium
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Tania Ganguli | Desiree Rios | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was a rather unremarkable Tuesday at Central Park West and Columbus Circle. A light breeze rustled the sycamore branches hanging over a bicycle rental kiosk filled with neat rows of mint green helmets. Then, at 4:41 p.m., a black Mercedes van crept through the jam of buses, police vehicles and flower-adorned bicycle cabs. He was on his way to Yankee Stadium to throw the ceremonial first pitch for Tuesday night’s game with Seattle. But before that, he wanted to try something he had never done: ride the New York City subway.

Persons: Mercedes van, “ It’s Victor Wembanyama, Wembanyama, LeBron James Organizations: Central Park West, Columbus, Barclays Center, San Antonio Spurs, Yankee, Seattle, New Locations: Brooklyn, New York City

☆ Insider Interview: James Comey explains the rule-bending feds in his new and 'real' mystery novel
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Insider: Let's talk about Benny Dugan, the salty, streetwise investigator who works with prosecutors for the Southern District of New York. And I would say, "What makes you think I'm a good person?" Insider: Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't all the good people get bought up by the end of the book? There are at least 57 FBIs — a New York FBI, a Saint Louis FBI, headquarters, the Washington Field Office. I don't think we've grappled with the implications of that, and whether it fits within our normal Fourth Amendment framework.

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☆ On ‘Succession,’ if You’re Eating, You’re Losing
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Tejal Rao | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Autumn light filters through the treetops of Central Park West, streaming into Jean-Georges, giving the gray banquettes a matte, silver gleam. Each table, though in clear view of the others, is luxuriously cocooned by space, almost private. It’s the ideal place, really, for the Roy children — the scions of the Waystar Royco media empire on HBO’s “Succession” — to discuss their father’s funeral arrangements. The conversation is brisk, and though they chose Jean-Georges as their meeting spot, they don’t eat the food. They leave the pastries — the dark, oversize canelés and fruit-studded buns — along with the platter of fanned, cut fruit, completely untouched.

☆ Peter Jennings’s Central Park West Apartment Lists for $10.45 Million
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Libertina Brandt | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Be the first to know about the biggest and best luxury home sales and listings by signing up for our Mansion Deals email alert. The New York City apartment of the late ABC World News Tonight anchor Peter Jennings is hitting the market for $10.45 million.

☆ How Young Women Fight Loneliness—Walking Together in the Park by the Hundreds
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( Chavie Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

NEW YORK—On a recent chilly Sunday in Manhattan, a mob of women clad in chunky sneakers and crossbody bags gathered at the corner of Central Park West and 72nd Street. By noon, there were more than 100 of them, all braving the cold for what has become a weekly ritual. Brianna Kohn, leader of the group, stood on a bench to announce that it was time to go, and off they went: zigzagging through wooded paths, up stone stairs and over bridges, as runners, dog walkers and tourists looked on.

☆ Young Women Find an Antidote to Loneliness in Walking Clubs
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Chavie Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Robert De Niro was almost my 50-50 partner in MoviePass — and he showed me the 'Raging Bull' boxing ring to try to seal the deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Stacy Spikes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

One night, I said to Marianne, "What if we made a Netflix for the movie theater industry? I tried to push my subscription idea, but it fell flat. I continued to tread water on my subscription idea, but things were slow going. One Saturday, a dear friend of ours named Peter called and asked how the movie subscription idea was coming. They're interested in buying both the Urbanworld Film Festival and the movie subscription company for one million dollars.

☆ Photo: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade soaks up the sun
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Max Butterworth | Max Butterworth Is A Photo Editor For Nbc News Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: 1 min

Spectators toss confetti as the parade makes its way down Central Park West. The annual Macy's parade includes 16 giant character balloons, 28 floats, and 12 marching bands. Organizers expected more than 2.5 million spectators to come out for it.

In October 2012, The Wall Street Journal launched its Mansion section with the goal of covering high-end real estate in the U.S. and around the world. It has been a busy 10 years. Market observers were shocked that year, when the family of Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev paid $88 million for a penthouse at Manhattan’s 15 Central Park West. But that deal turned out to be just the beginning. There were 48 sales of $50 million or more in 2021, up from five in 2012, according to data from real-estate appraiser Jonathan Miller .

☆ Manhattan apartment sales declined 18% in third quarter, as rates rose and markets fell
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-04 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Sales in Manhattan last declined in the fourth quarter of 2020, when they fell by 21%. While prices in the Big Apple remain high − with the average Manhattan apartment price rising 4% over the past year to $1.96 million − price increases are slowing and the inventory of unsold homes is starting to rise. Manhattan apartment sales fell 18% in the third quarter, as rising mortgage rates and declining stock markets put the brakes on New York's real estate comeback. "The real sellers are meeting the buyers," said Toni Haber of Compass. "The full impact on sales and prices won't be known for at least another quarter," according to a report from Brown Harris Stevens.

☆ Made Men: A photo tour of the most notorious sites of New York Mafia history – and what they look like now
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-23 | by ( Andrew Lichtenstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

Andrew Lichtenstein for InsiderManhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, on the western edge of Midtown, got its name from its crowded tenements. On March, 13, 2019, Gambino family crime boss Frankie Cali was shot dead in the driveway outside his Todt Hill home. Andrew Lichtenstein for InsiderThe service road to the Belt Parkway runs through the northern edge of the Brighton Beach neighborhood. John Gotti's Family Home, Howard Beach, QueensThe home where John Gotti, the leader of the Gambino crime family. It's here that John Gotti, the leader of the Gambino crime family and thus the 'Godfather' of the American mafia, lived and raised his family.

☆ That Noise? The Rich Neighbors Digging a Basement Pool in Their $100 Million Brownstone
▼ + stars: | 2019-04-05 | by ( David Margolick | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] In the middle of West 69th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue, behind some scaffolding and a green wooden wall, stand a few precarious inches of facade. A few years from now, this remnant will be grafted onto a mansion that may well cost $100 million by the time it’s finally finished. Manhattan has countless monuments to outrageous wealth, most recently and glaringly the $238 million penthouse that the hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin just bought at 220 Central Park South. Lacking famous owners, a prestige address, a brand-name architect or coverage in tabloid real estate blotters, 48-50 West 69th Street has thus far been a study in inconspicuous consumption.

Persons: Potemkin, it’s, Rosh Hashana, Martin Luther, Ken Griffin Organizations: Park West, Columbus Locations: York, Manhattan

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