NY Observer > Nelson A. Rockefeller http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/25105/feed Articles from Observer.com en The Rockefellers Sell: $7.4 Million for 11.5 Rooms http://www.observer.com/node/35496 Tragically, the Rockefellers didn't make it into The Observer's Power Families issue. But don't weep for the Standard Oil spawn: According to city records, Peter C. Rockefeller and his wife Allison Whipple have sold their four-bedroom apartment at 131 East 69th Street for $7,400,000.

(According to their 1987 wedding announcement, he is Nelson Rockefeller's grandson, and she used to be a broker at Douglas Elliman.)

The Brown Harris Stevens listing--which is now offline--clocks the apartment at 11.5 rooms, and brags that the place was renovated by high-brow classicist Peter Pennoyer. So naturally there's a 30-foot-long gallery that leads into a "wood paneled drawing room with a wood burning fireplace." Sounds flammable, no?

Then there's the "huge state of the art kitchen," which comes with an old-school butler's pantry. Most mysterious (and therefore best) of all: "Historically correct mahogany Pella thermo-pane windows have been recently put in place." According to the deed, the proud new thermo-pane owners are "super lawyer" Lori Lesser and Daniel Shuchman.

Click on the floorplan below and the cozy snapshot above for enlargements.

- Max Abelson ]]> http://www.observer.com/node/35496#comments Real Estate Allison Whipple Douglas Elliman Nelson A. Rockefeller Standard Oil Company Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:36:56 -0500 Observer Staff 35496 at http://www.observer.com No Hail Mary, but a Silver Lining http://www.observer.com/node/30540
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Don't expect any last-minute attacks on Hillary Clinton from John Spencer in these waning days of the campaign.

"We're running a campaign on principles," Spencer's spokesman Rob Ryan told me. "We're talking about issues that are core republican issues, and we're talking about Senator Clinton's failure to properly serve the people of New York."

"It's obviously a tough year for Republicans in New York State and for that matter, nationally. So we're going to make the best effort possible. This has been an issue-oriented campaign and it's going to remain one. And we'll see what happens on Election Day."

How bad is it this year?

Ryan said, "This is pretty much what it was like 30 years ago. It was 1976, you were coming out of Watergate, Nelson Rockefeller was out of New York State and no longer governor...this is the state things were in." But, he said it's times like these that "open up the shot at rebuilding."

-- Azi Paybarah]]> http://www.observer.com/node/30540#comments Politics Hillary Clinton John Spencer Nelson A. Rockefeller Rob Ryan Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:03:55 -0500 Observer Staff 30540 at http://www.observer.com MoMA Keeps the Walls Clean; Islamic Show Sans Politics http://www.observer.com/node/38636 As an Iranian-American artist who was effectively exiled from her homeland, Shirin Neshat was happy  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38636#comments Arts & Culture Emily Jacir Glenn Lowry Nelson A. Rockefeller Shirin Neshat Sun, 02 Apr 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Tyler Green 38636 at http://www.observer.com Welcome to Bloom-Burg http://www.observer.com/node/37922 Michael Bloomberg is not a man who confuses the trappings of power for power.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37922#comments Albany Brooklyn Ed Koch Nelson A. Rockefeller Sun, 13 Nov 2005 19:00:00 -0500 Ben Smith 37922 at http://www.observer.com Who’s Housed In Cuomo Coalition Besides 1199? http://www.observer.com/node/37849 Since his early withdrawal from the 2002 gubernatorial campaign, Andrew Cuomo has been reaching out  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37849#comments Andrew Cuomo Jennifer Cunningham Mario Cuomo Nelson A. Rockefeller Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:00:00 -0500 Ben Smith 37849 at http://www.observer.com Somebody for Governor: Weld, Golisano, or Parsons? http://www.observer.com/node/27470
The stirrings around the Republican nomination to face, probably, Eliot Spitzer, are growing, and it looks like a three-way contest: Tom Golisano, Bill Weld, and some wild-card tycoon -- in the wildest fantasies of GOP insiders, make it Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons.

First, here's some unexpected news from the AP:

Tom Golisano says he just spoke to John McCain: "He was very personable and said the Republican Party could use people like me, and that he'd love to have me as a candidate [for governor]."

An odd, deliberately-placed story that makes it sound like Golisano is feeling a little heat from Weld's increasingly serious mutterings.

And the Parsons notion is not as farfetched as it sounds. Running Time Warner isn't as fun as it once was. And Parsons came up in New York State politics, as an aide to the original Rockefeller Republican, Nelson Rockefeller.
]]> http://www.observer.com/node/27470#comments Politics Nelson A. Rockefeller Richard Parsons Tom Golisano William Weld Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:55:00 -0400 Observer Staff 27470 at http://www.observer.com A Moving Solution: Second Avenue Buses http://www.observer.com/node/48477 As a first-time candidate for public office in 2001, Michael Bloomberg said that the Mayor should ha  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48477#comments Metropolitan Transportation Authority Nelson A. Rockefeller Sun, 14 Dec 2003 19:00:00 -0500 Jim Callaghan 48477 at http://www.observer.com Here's One Place G.O.P. Curled Up: Our Fair Island http://www.observer.com/2002/heres-one-place-g-o-p-curled-our-fair-island For the first time in more than a century, there are no Republican legislators on the island of Manh  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/2002/heres-one-place-g-o-p-curled-our-fair-island#comments Gail Hilson Manhattan Nelson A. Rockefeller U.S. Republican Party Sun, 17 Nov 2002 19:00:00 -0500 Greg Sargent and Josh Benson 46754 at http://www.observer.com How ILindy-Hopped Into History http://www.observer.com/node/44522 I've probably spent more timein dancing school than anyone since Arthur Murray-not recently, but whe  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/44522#comments Henry Kissinger John Barclay Nelson A. Rockefeller Richard Nixon Sun, 03 Jun 2001 20:00:00 -0400 Ralph Gardner Jr. 44522 at http://www.observer.com The Perfect Loft Eludes Developers Who Try to Sell Almost Nothing http://www.observer.com/2001/perfect-loft-eludes-developers-who-try-sell-almost-nothing It seemed, at first, to happen as an afterthought.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/2001/perfect-loft-eludes-developers-who-try-sell-almost-nothing#comments Real Estate Alfred Taubman Broker Helene Luchnick Charles Bronfman Nelson A. Rockefeller Sun, 11 Mar 2001 19:00:00 -0500 Tom McGeveran, Deborah Netburn and and Deborah Netburn 44116 at http://www.observer.com