Is Jennifer Aniston the latest star headed to Gramercy Park? The actress was seen checking out an $8.7 apartment at 50 Gramercy Park North, the New York Post reported. Ms. Aniston is, of course, no stranger to New York City real estate. This spring she snatched up three units at 299 West 12th Street, curiously purchasing under dog's name. Read More
Stone Phillips has given up his golden key. The former NBC correspondent and his wife, Debra, have sold their home at 45 Gramercy Park North, officially relinquishing his key to the private and hyper-exclusive Gramercy Park. Mr. Phillips purchased the home just last year, which had come on the market for the first time since Read More
Although The National Enquirer reported this winter that the engagement was off between Big Bang actor Jim Parsons and his fiancé Todd Allan Spiewak, it looks as though all is well with the couple, whether or not they're still engaged. Mr. Parsons, who won an Emmy last year, and Mr. Spiewak just purchased an apartment together at 36 Gramercy Park East. Read More
Wanted: Roommate for BRAND NEW PLUSH room in 160-year-old building, completely renovated. Right off Gramercy Park, located near two subway stops (NQR/L/456), tons of bars, farmers’ market, adjacent. Non-smoker/celebrity preferred. NO BIRDS. Price: $100 per square foot.
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No one said dealing with Gramercy Park residents would be easy—this is, after all, the neighborhood that's famous for regulating access to Manhattan's only private park with the fervor of a drill sergeant at basic training.
But it must have been hard to anticipate the uproar that ensued when a simple liquor license request from restaurateur Cole Read More
The fairytale romance of Hiram Monserrate and Karla Giraldo ends. [NYP]
Syracuse students didn't really get naked to protest Jamie Dimon. [NYP]
Uncharted frontiers of fatty meat: sheep-pig bacon. [NYDN]
Analyzing NBC's leaked fall lineup. [BI]
Gramercy Park showdown! [WSJ]
David Carr meta-protests online headlines. [NYT]
Cuomo to pick Read More
Michael Hirtenstein, a connoisseur of glitzy and enormous real estate, has one less mega-property to worry about. According to the listing for 23 Gramercy Park South, the former telecom mogul is in contract to sell the 20-room, $20 million townhouse.
Mr. Hirtenstein, who said earlier this year that he owns three places in Manhattan, four in Read More
With friends like Ron Burkle and Donald Trump and a lilting Italian accent, ID Model Management founder Paolo Zampolli (whose clients apparently include Tara Reid) has long been a Page Six fixture. But the high-rolling, aspiring real estate mogul drew the attention of the international media in 2005 when he started recruiting fashion Read More
Things have changed a lot for Ms. Ryder since Read More
Joel Siegel's co-op at 82 Irving Place has been sold to an In Style editor Ariela Avram for $1.95 million, city records show. The tirelessly cheerful Good Morning America film critic died last summer at the age of 63 after a prolonged battle with colon cancer. His wife and the executor of his estate, Ena Read More
It represents a homecoming Read More
Only four of the Bowery Hotel’s 17 floors have opened for business, but the fireplace in its whiskey-colored lobby already hisses. The thick velvet curtains are up, the over-worn Oriental rugs are down, and there’s pricey booze in the back-room tavern, as well as seven copies of The Times in the old-fashioned newspaper racks. But Read More
The 101-year-old mansion at 47 East 68th Street has been sold for a bargain $19 million to Carlos Alejandro Pérez Dávila. The managing director of the finance firm Quadrant Capital Advisors is also a director at the beer brewery SABMiller (as in the classy, golden Miller Genuine Draft). If $19 million doesn’t sound like a Read More
West Side Bar Stands Athwart Bank-Branch Boom "Like many torch-bearers of old family-owned businesses, Steve Chahalis hopes his son, too, will one day work behind the same counter as he has--as a bartender, though, not a bank teller. But in order to keep his clan's longstanding P&G Cafe Bar from devolving into yet another ubiquitous Read More
I was leaving New York for good. At 22—less than a year after arriving in the city—I’d had enough. While many friends were settling into their lives—enjoying the bars and restaurants and new people—I spent that winter falling out of mine. I was in the middle of a painful and never-ending breakup. I was watching Read More
