NY Observer > The Majestic http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/53131/feed Articles from Observer.com en Brokeback Majestic! Movie Producer Sells CPW Spread for $7.5 M. to Goldman Prophet http://www.observer.com/2008/brokeback-majestic-movie-producer-sells-cpw-spread-7-5-m-goldman-prophet

Like the 1998 BusinessWeek cover story that christened her “THE PROPHET OF WALL STREET,” profiles of Goldman Sachs’ famously bullish senior strategist Abby Joseph Cohen merrily point out that she’s spent her whole life in the same middle-class Queens neighborhood.

But last month she finally arrived in Manhattan, buying a co-op from a billionaire’s son: Ms.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/brokeback-majestic-movie-producer-sells-cpw-spread-7-5-m-goldman-prophet#comments Real Estate Abby Joseph Cohen The Majestic Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:32:45 -0400 Max Abelson 70512 at http://www.observer.com Met Museum Chairman Houghton Gets $4.9 M. for Majestic Co-Op http://www.observer.com/2008/met-museum-chairman-houghton-gets-4-9-m-majestic-co-op

When the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s colossal 71-year-old director Philippe de Montebello announced his upcoming retirement last month, New York’s patrician class wept and gnashed its teeth. Mr. de Montebello, a descendent of Napoleonic aristocracy, and the owner of that honeyed voice on the Met’s audio tours, is irreplaceable.

Now the chairman of the museum’s board, James R.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/met-museum-chairman-houghton-gets-4-9-m-majestic-co-op#comments Real Estate The Majestic The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:23:17 -0500 Max Abelson 64639 at http://www.observer.com