Philip Durocher has stepped behind Rachel Uchitel's velvet rope!
As The Observer reported earlier this month, cleared city records today, and the deed shows that Mr. Durocher, of Warren, N.J., is the proud owner of her redecorated home at The Griffon. Read More
For the modest sum of $3 million you can live in the sort of luxury J.P. Morgan originally intended for his kin in Murray Hill.
The Prudential Douglas Elliman listing at 108 East 37th Street was originally intdended for Morgan's granddaughter, and features 2,000 square feet of living space and three outdoor levels totaling 1,500 square Read More
How do you quadruple your money on a Manhattan brownstone? Make it the prettiest around.
Not only was 133 East 38th Street awarded the Murray Hill Architectural Award for best historic restoration--at least that's what its Corcoran listing declares--but rehabbers extraordinaire Nikola Webb and Paul J. Andersson just sold the place for $4.55 million, exactly Read More
Do you hear that? It's the sound of a thousand commuters throwing their heads on their horns in exasperation at the mouth of the Queens-Midtown Tunnel.
Not only will they spend precious minutes of family time waiting for the slightest signs of motion, but it turns out this vital piece of infrastructure belongs in a museum Read More
Murray Hill, home of frat boys, basement bars and falafel stands, seems ripe for an NYU invasion. The school's medical center just snapped up a condo for $8.95 million at 303 East 33rd Street, close to First Avenue and the NYU Langone Medical Center.
The sale hit public records yesterday evening, and will give the Read More
The Landmarks Preservation Commission today unanimously added the 21-story “Look Building” to its list of midtown landmarks. The white-brick, multi-tiered office tower, located at 488 Madison Avenue, between 51st and 52nd streets, was under consideration by the commission after its staff completed a survey of around 500 midtown buildings.
Designed by architecture firm Emery Read More
Skinny college grads in pale blue or violet robes once strode across the stage straight into an apartment in Murray Hill. But as 21-year-olds now stumble instead into an uncertain job market, you could hear a college pin drop at Sunday's open houses.
Back when these seniors were freshmen, an apartment at 200 East 36th Street, Read More
344 Lexington Avenue
The newest restaurant to throw its name into Murray Hill's boundless South Asian mix is catering to a somewhat specific niche: It's also kosher. Shalom Bombay, currently of Teaneck, N.J., will soon open its second location on Lexington Avenue.
"This is an ideal spot for a restaurant that caters to a Read More
“I don’t think it’s a great idea,” said an investment broker from a rival and well-established firm, which, though it has Read More
It’s that time of year when thousands of recent college graduates descend upon Manhattan for their obligatory, pre-suburban stint in the city. Manhattan’s rental market is traditionally the tightest from May to August and early September—apartment-hunting season for newly christened young professionals. After their hopes of living below 23rd Street in quasi-bohemian squalor are dashed Read More
WNBC.com is reporting that a manhole explosion on East 39th Street prompted the evacuation of six nearby buildings early this morning.
No injuries have been reported.
The blast occured just a few blocks from the scene of last July's steampipe explosion near Grand Central Terminal, which injured 41 people and caused one woman to die Read More
At a public hearing before a City Council zoning subcommittee Read More
With the City Council preparing a vote in coming weeks on Sheldon Solow’s plans for the Con Edison site; the UN expanding its campus into the nearby Marcus Garvey Park; and the reconstruction of the midtown portions of the FDR Drive set to kick off, Murray Hill residents are reminding city and state officials Read More
On the far East Side site of the former Con Edison plant, patience appears to be a virtue for Sheldon Solow, the billionaire developer and owner of the land. For the seven-plus years since he agreed to buy the 9.2-acre site, Mr. Solow has slowly planned for a mostly residential development defined by seven modernist, Read More
Through 2007, average rents in doorman buildings rose by 11.5 percent for studios to $2,578; by 9.6 percent for one-bedrooms to $3,514; and by 10.3 percent for Read More
