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You can't eat these New York City landmarks, though you may want to. The Museum of the City of New York's fifth annual Gingerbread NYC: The Great Borough Bake-Off opened to the public on Friday, featuring edible creations of iconic landmarks by talented professional and independent bakers from across the five boroughs. This year's theme, "Iconic New York," invited participants to reimagine a building, place, or thing that represents the heart of their neighborhood, community, or borough. A panel of judges awarded prizes across several categories, with Angela Carlucci winning "Best Overall" for her spirited, edible depiction of the Coney Island Cyclone.
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Tommy Tune’s delightful terrace-wrapped East Side penthouse is now asking $2M

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November 3, 2026

Tommy Tune’s delightful terrace-wrapped East Side penthouse is now asking $2M

Off a private cul-de-sac overlooking the East River, the Emery Roth-designed building at 400 East 52nd Street, built in the 1930s by developers Bing and Bing, is as classic Manhattan as it gets. The Beekman/Sutton Place neighborhood has been home to luminaries like Greta Garbo, Noel Coward, and John Lennon, to name just a few; naturally, when 10-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune discovered the charming garret below the building's water tower while visiting Shirley MacLaine, he saw his future home. The 87-year-old actor, dancer, singer, theater director, producer, and choreographer has owned the unique penthouse ever since. He listed the terrace-wrapped co-op in 2025 for $2.99 million, the New York Post reports–and just trimmed the ask to $1,995,000.
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November 2, 2026

East Village ‘Peace House’ asks $6.95M

Known as "The Peace House" for its iconic inscribed façade, the four-story, three-family home at 166 Avenue A was the longtime family home and studio of late artist Anton van Dalen. This unique property sits just north of Tompkins Square Park in one of Manhattan’s most culturally vibrant neighborhoods. The brick building currently consists of three apartments, each with a distinct configuration. Asking $6,950,000, the home offers light from three exposures and views over the neighborhood's gardens, in addition to the chance to live in what has long been an artistic and activist hub in downtown New York City.
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Flatiron Building opens its doors to residents for the first time after historic conversion

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November 2, 2026

Flatiron Building opens its doors to residents for the first time after historic conversion

New York City’s famed Flatiron Building has officially welcomed its first residents in its 124-year history, following a historic conversion into condos. The Brodsky Organization announced last week that closings have begun at the distinctive triangular building at 175 Fifth Avenue, with residents starting to move into the landmark for the first time following its transformation from offices to 36 homes. The property underwent an extensive, multi-year restoration, including the replacement of all its windows and the careful restoration of thousands of terra-cotta fixtures.
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October 30, 2026

Upper East Side movie theater Cinema 123 by Angelika has closed after 60+ years

Manhattan's East Side has lost another movie theater. Cinema 123 by Angelika closed on Thursday after more than 60 years on the Upper East Side. Reading International, the owner of the theater, agreed to sell the property in September for $41 million. The closure follows the announcement that an AMC theater in Kips Bay would shutter by the end of the year.
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Times Square supertall with free-fall ride will be anchored by Hyatt’s StandardX hotel

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October 29, 2026

Times Square supertall with free-fall ride will be anchored by Hyatt’s StandardX hotel

The Times Square supertall with a free-fall amusement ride and an outdoor observation deck will be anchored by a Hyatt-branded hotel. Extell Development Company and Hyatt Hotels Corporation on Wednesday announced plans to bring The StandardX, a "streamlined" version of The Standard brand, to 255 West 45th Street as part of the Torch, a 1,800-room hotel and entertainment destination currently under construction. Designed by ODA, with SLCE as the architect of record, the 1,067-foot-tall development is expected to be completed in the second half of 2028.
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Bryant Park’s Winter Village opens for the 2026 holiday season

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October 29, 2026

Bryant Park’s Winter Village opens for the 2026 holiday season

Holiday festivities have returned to Midtown as Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park celebrates its 25th season. The annual destination officially opened on Wednesday, bringing the city’s only free-admission ice skating rink, a rinkside food hall and bar, and an open-air holiday market with more than 180 vendors to the heart of Manhattan. The Winter Village is open through March 1, 2027.
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Stoop and the City: This New Yorker turns her UES brownstone into a seasonal destination

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October 29, 2026

Stoop and the City: This New Yorker turns her UES brownstone into a seasonal destination

By Lidia Ryan

Kristi Hemric’s stoop is a destination. A stranger once reached out asking if he could propose to his girlfriend in front of it (after dinner and a wedding invite from the couple, they were no longer strangers). Another person posted a video of themselves walking across the Brooklyn Bridge to the Upper East Side just to check it out. Both were enticed by an elaborate Lego garden display Hemric and her husband spent weeks building and installing. “All of a sudden hundreds of people were stopping by every day,” she said. “The Lego one had my jaw on the floor. I was shocked."
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Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner’s former Greenwich Village studio lists for $8M

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October 26, 2026

Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner’s former Greenwich Village studio lists for $8M

A townhouse on a "secret" street in Greenwich Village where abstract expressionist painters Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner once worked is now available for $7,995,000. Located at 9 MacDougal Alley, the 19th-century home sits on a gated mews that dates to the 1830s and sits behind Washington Square Park. The property measures roughly 1,500 square feet across three floors and retains historic details, including hardwood floors, beamed ceilings, and a wood-burning fireplace. In 1949 and 1950, Pollock and Krasner used the space as an art studio, with a loft-like interior and massive skylight dating to an era when Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney maintained a studio nearby.
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Rockefeller Center reveals 2026 Christmas Tree

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October 26, 2026

Rockefeller Center reveals 2026 Christmas Tree

This year's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree has been revealed: a monumental spruce hailing from upstate New York. Discovered in West Edmeston, the 76-foot-tall Norway spruce will be cut down on Thursday, November 5, and arrive in Manhattan on Saturday, November 7, before becoming the centerpiece of the city’s holiday celebrations. Following the tree’s signature adornment with thousands of twinkling lights and its glittering Swarovski star, the annual tree lighting ceremony will take place on Wednesday, December 2.
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This $25M Central Park South co-op was once home to Raquel Welch

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October 21, 2026

This $25M Central Park South co-op was once home to Raquel Welch

This pristine sky palace overlooking Central Park has the celebrity cachet of once having been the residence of beloved screen siren Raquel Welch. As a combination of three already-palatial units (Welch was said to have owned unit 32AB in the 1980s), the home's new incarnation spans 5,500 square feet, occupying the entire 32nd floor of 200 Central Park South. A newly minted renovation offers 70 feet of park frontage, five bedrooms, and dazzling views in every direction.
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162 affordable apartments available at FiDi office-to-rental conversion, from $1,056/month

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October 21, 2026

162 affordable apartments available at FiDi office-to-rental conversion, from $1,056/month

A housing lottery opened this week for 162 affordable apartments at the latest office-to-rental conversion in the Financial District. Vanbarton Group is converting the 26-story office building at 77 Water Street, also known as 1 Gouverneur Lane, into 648 luxury rental apartments and 30,000 square feet of amenities. Qualifying New Yorkers earning 40, 80, or 100 percent of the area median income can apply for the units, priced between $1,056/month and $2,823/month for studio to two-bedroom apartments.
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$2.3M FiDi loft in a former eyeglass factory is easy on the eyes

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October 20, 2026

$2.3M FiDi loft in a former eyeglass factory is easy on the eyes

Built as an eyeglass factory in the 1920s, this classic loft at 138 Fulton Street occupies a full floor with enough space for four bedrooms. There's also outdoor patio space—rare in a downtown loft. Asking $2,300,000, the 2,200-square-foot residence in the heart of the Financial District has a level of warmth and architectural character that's getting harder to find in a New York City condo.
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October 19, 2026

The Tribeca loft with an original Keith Haring mural is back on the market for $25M

This 8,000-square-foot loft at 260 West Broadway catches the eye of art lovers whenever it surfaces for sale. The apartment's entry features an immediately recognizable wall mural by the late artist Keith Haring, drawn circa 1979 when Haring was a student at the School of Visual Arts (SVA). The mural was rediscovered during a renovation in 2007, as 6sqft previously reported. The condo has been renovated again, this time by Sottile and Company and Debono Brothers, but the mural, of course, remains. Last listed in 2021 for $8 million and sold for $6.5 million, the massive triplex is now asking $25 million.
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Late art collector Barbara Jakobson’s longtime UES townhouse relists for $9M

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October 16, 2026

Late art collector Barbara Jakobson’s longtime UES townhouse relists for $9M

The Upper East Side townhouse where passionate art collector and tastemaker Barbara Jakobson lived for six decades has listed for $8,995,000. A native New Yorker who was a longtime trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, Jakobson bought the five-story home at 167 East 74th Street in 1966 and lived there until her death at age 92 last summer. The Lenox Hill property first hit the market in April for $9,800,000, following an auction of many of Jakobson's beloved artworks.
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Plaza Hotel to close for a four-year exterior restoration

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October 15, 2026

Plaza Hotel to close for a four-year exterior restoration

The facade of the iconic Plaza Hotel at 1 Central Park South will be getting a thorough revamp, according to its operators, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. The work will require that the hotel be shut down for four years, as the New York Times reported. The 119-year-old landmark will shutter in January, including the hotel’s event spaces and the Palm Court restaurant; it is not yet clear whether residents of the building's 181 condominiums will have to relocate.
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Photos courtesy of Russ Ross for The Corcoran Group

October 15, 2026

This $5M Soho co-op will give your friends loft envy

Reminding us of a time when Soho's lofts were practically a universal symbol for downtown New York City living, this three-bedroom co-op at 284 Lafayette Street is the real deal; it's for sale for the first time in 30 years, asking $4,995,000. While it has all the authenticity of a former industrial space, an elevator, central air, and kitchens and baths that are anything but DIY make it a 21st-century living space.
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NYC invests $30M in NYU quantum lab in exchange for stake in industry

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October 14, 2026

NYC invests $30M in NYU quantum lab in exchange for stake in industry

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday announced the city will invest nearly $30 million in a new quantum technology lab at New York University in exchange for a stake in new technologies developed with city-funded tools. Expected to open in 2030, Quantum Fabrication Facility (QFab) will take up 23,000 square feet at 770 Broadway, where NYU entered a lease for 1 million square feet last year.
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Avenue B redesign expands pedestrian space, limits traffic

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October 13, 2026

Avenue B redesign expands pedestrian space, limits traffic

Avenue B in the East Village has been redesigned to allow for more pedestrian space and less traffic. The city's Department of Transportation on Tuesday announced the completion of a project that expanded the neighborhood's existing popular open street with a series of one-way traffic reversals, a two-way lane for cyclists, dedicated loading zones, and safer crossings. Between East 4th and East 14th Street, the upgraded Avenue B builds upon the city's Open Streets program, which rolled out in 2020 as a way to provide safe outdoor space for communities during the pandemic.
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Former Morgan Stanley CEO lists UES townhouse for $80M

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October 12, 2026

Former Morgan Stanley CEO lists UES townhouse for $80M

A home on the Upper East Side hit the market last week for $80 million, which would become the priciest residential townhouse sold in New York City if it fetches the asking price. As first reported by the Wall Street Journal, the palatial home at 165 East 70th Street belongs to former Morgan Stanley chair and CEO John Mack and his wife Christy, who paid $13.5 million for the property in 2009. Formerly a carriage house, the landmarked limestone townhouse measures an impressive 33 feet wide and contains nearly 16,000 square feet across six floors.
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After Marble Hill ICE shooting, DHS head takes aim at Mamdani and New York’s sanctuary policies

Mayor Mamdani held a press conference on ICE shooting in Marble Hill on Thursday, October 8, 2026. Photo courtesy of Kara McCurdy | Mayoral Photography Office on Flickr

October 9, 2026

After Marble Hill ICE shooting, DHS head takes aim at Mamdani and New York’s sanctuary policies

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday called for ICE to end its enforcement efforts in New York City after a federal ICE agent shot a man in a car with his five-year-old son in Manhattan. Department of Homeland Security head Markwayne Mullin, in a press conference Friday, attacked New York's sanctuary city policies, as the New York Times reports: "When you have sanctuary cities and sanctuary politicians, you endanger the safety of the public.”
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NYC unveils first permanently gated ‘School Street’ in Hudson Square

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October 8, 2026

NYC unveils first permanently gated ‘School Street’ in Hudson Square

A car-free street next to a Manhattan public school got even safer for students this week. The city on Tuesday installed the first swing gate outside of City-As-School/M721 on Clarkson Street in Hudson Square, a designated "School Street," a pedestrianized block next to schools. The permanent swing-arm gate eliminates the need to set up and take down metal barricades. Modeled after similar gates used at schools in Paris, the gate blocks traffic during the school day and opens outside school hours.
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Chrysler Building will get major revamp under new owner

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October 7, 2026

Chrysler Building will get major revamp under new owner

After more than a year of uncertainty surrounding its fate, New York City's famed Chrysler Building has a new owner with major renovation plans. Tishman Speyer announced on Wednesday plans to buy the iconic Art Deco skyscraper and restore the office building inside and out. The commercial firm will invest $235 million in the building, plus ground lease payments to The Cooper Union, which has owned the land under the Chrysler Building since 1902. The transaction marks the end of a tumultuous period for the landmark, which was put back on the market in May 2025 for the first time since 2019 after its previous owners fell behind on more than $21 million in rent owed to Cooper Union.
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Live within a former artists’ colony in this $3.5M Upper West Side co-op

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October 6, 2026

Live within a former artists’ colony in this $3.5M Upper West Side co-op

Though we're guessing few musicians can afford its prime location and generous proportions today, this top-floor home in the Musician’s Building at 50 West 67th Street has a unique footnote in New York City's creative history. Built in 1917 as an artists' colony with soundproof walls specifically for use by musicians and artists, the brick-and-terra-cotta residence on a Central Park block is recognizable by its Gothic entrance and ornate roof details. Within this top-floor home, asking $3.5 million, is the picture of pre-war charm, restored to 21st-century standard with graciously sized rooms, high ceilings, and extraordinary architectural details.
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On the Upper West Side, you can visit the real-life Shop Around the Corner from ‘You’ve Got Mail’

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October 2, 2026

On the Upper West Side, you can visit the real-life Shop Around the Corner from ‘You’ve Got Mail’

By Lidia Ryan

This weekend, The Sunshinery is hosting two “You’ve Got Mail” walking tours that sold out within hours. But you can still play Kathleen Kelly by shopping at the locally owned gift shop that served as The Shop Around the Corner in the film.
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Jackson Pollock’s former Greenwich Village loft returns to market for $1.99M

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October 2, 2026

Jackson Pollock’s former Greenwich Village loft returns to market for $1.99M