Harry Belafonte

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A few weeks ago, Harry Belafonte told The Observer that he needed to "pare down" his life--and had become even more eager to sell his 21-room, West End Avenue co-op (which first listed for $15 million).

After the Corcoran Group grabbed the listing from Prudential Douglas Elliman, the price dropped to $11.75 million. But now there's another choice for wealthy buyers: you can buy half of it for either $6.1 or $5.65 million.  read more »

Considering that the full-floor spread was originally two units, the split makes sense. However, the $11.75 million price still exists for the buyer that wants both the A and B lines together--to live as the Belafonte family (and friends) did for the past 46 years.

- Michael Calderone

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I should have known I wouldn't be able resist a short post on the Harlem political festivities today, first at a freezing 1199 rally, and then at the cozy Canaan Baptist Church, where Al Sharpton holds court.

Hillary, speaking at Canaan (and keeping a good distance between herself and fellow guest Harry Belafonte) seemed to get a bit carried away by the day's rhetoric, veering after a strong but safe passage abouit New Orleans, into a charged simile:

"When you look at the way the House of Representatives has been run, it has been run like a plantation," she said. "And you know what I'm talking about."

The audience loved it, as did the press corps clustered in back.

Also uptown today, Spitzer and Suozzi jostled a bit, with Suozzi wowing the 1199 crowd by leading the rally in song and then performing an open-air signing of a living-wage bill, as Eliot found himself forced into the background. Later, Suozzi took a beating from Acorn's Bertha Lewis on the issue of housing, while Eliot ducked the question of clemency for jailed Black Panthers.

He was followed by Harry Belafonte who -- as Sharpton noted, and for all the Caracas controversy -- backed Martin Luther King before it was a bipartisan necessity.  read more »

Regular Politicker readers may be wondering what happened to the comments thread in the innocuous little item below about Hillary Clinton and Harry Belafonte passing, no doubt, like ships in the night at a reception today. In a word: Drudge. He linked the item, sending the site's traffic through the roof (more hits overnight than in a typical month) and the comments...off the wall.  read more »

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In the late 1950’s, Harry Belafonte was on top of the world.  read more »

In the late 1950’s, Harry Belafonte was on top of the world.  read more »

Michael Calderone waxes nostalgic about pre-Civil Rights Act Manhattan, when the Upper West Side was cheap, and its landlords discriminatory. Rejected by the owner of a 13-story building, Harry Belafonte bought the entire thing and turned it into a co-op. The Calypso singer is asking $15 million for his 21-room, 8-bedroom apartment now--Diego Rivera artwork not included. Matthew Grace has the skinny on why fashionistas won't spill over to a west midtown park come September--another chapter in the fight between handball players and commercial interests. And, continuing our saturation coverage of the West Side, Matthew Schuerman explains why The New York Times has ruled out getting its new Eighth Avenue headquarters certified as environmentally friendly.  read more »

Arianna Huffington will be trying on Freddy Ferrer's old platform as the guest of honor (along with Harry Belafonte) at the Drum Major Institute's annual benefit on June 8.

Testing the waters, perhaps? That blog isn't working out so well...  read more »

(Yes, Monday is the day on which we float improbable rumors. And Bob Kerrey was busy.)