Stone Phillips

At long last, steely Dateline NBC co-anchor Stone Phillips has sold his triplex penthouse at the Oliver Cromwell, an 80-year-old Central Park West co-op. Mr. Phillips’ six-room apartment was first listed back in fall 2005 for $5.5 million.

But, according to city records, Mr. Phillips 27th-floor apartment sold for a bit less--$4,350,000--to a fashionable buyer: Fred Gehring, CEO of the Tommy Hilfiger Corporation.  read more »

“ He’s thought out,” Robert Verdi said. “He’s not. He’s not. He’s not.”  read more »

Television journalist Stone Phillips has just slashed $1 million off the asking price for his West 72nd Street penthouse, according to the New York Post. The Dateline NBC anchor is now asking $4.45 million for the apartment, listed with the Corcoran Group. And good news: there's an open house this weekend!

Also, (we refuse to write "babe-loving") billionaire Ron Burkle has been seen looking for a full-floor pad in Tribeca. But didn't that whole Jared Paul Stern mess take place in a Tribeca apartment that Mr. Burkle renting at the time? Why not try another neighborhood?  read more »

And is the Forward Building--which The Observer recently profiled--now the "Dakota of the Lower East Side?" The Post emphatically says no!

- Michael Calderone

" He's thought out," Robert Verdi said. "He's not. He's not.  read more »

" He's thought out," Robert Verdi said. "He's not. He's not.  read more »