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Stephen Sondheim’s Turtle Bay townhouse is on the market for $7M

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July 13, 2023

Stephen Sondheim’s Turtle Bay townhouse is on the market for $7M

The Turtle Bay townhouse at 246 East 49th Street that was home to late songwriter Stephen Sondheim is now on the market, asking $7,000,000. The celebrated songsmith, who received eight Tonys, eight Grammys, an Oscar, and a Pulitzer for the iconic words and melodies to Broadway hits like “West Side Story,” "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," and many more, bought the historic townhouse in 1960. Sondheim needed the privacy of a townhouse, according to Curbed, so he could finesse melodies on the piano without bothering the neighbors.
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Angelina Jolie renting Jean-Michel Basquiat’s former Noho studio

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July 11, 2023

Angelina Jolie renting Jean-Michel Basquiat’s former Noho studio

By Aaron Ginsburg

Angelina Jolie is opening a new collaborative space for artisans and fashion designers at Jean-Michel Basquiat's former Noho studio. Opening this fall at 57 Great Jones Street, Atelier Jolie will serve as "a creative collection for self-expression," giving underrepresented tailors and designers the ability to showcase their work, as first reported by EV Grieve. The two-floor building was once owned by Andy Warhol, who rented it out to Basquiat until the artist's untimely death in 1988 at the age of 27.
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From firehouse to Spike Lee’s movie HQ, this $4.35M Fort Greene home has a century of stories to tell

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June 22, 2023

From firehouse to Spike Lee’s movie HQ, this $4.35M Fort Greene home has a century of stories to tell

By Michelle Cohen

This decommissioned firehouse at 124 Dekalb Avenue–currently asking $4,350,000–has a fascinating history that began in 1895, when it was built as a water tower. Converted into a neighborhood firehouse in 1903, the building's cellar was fortified as a bomb shelter at some point in the 20th century. After the firehouse was disbanded in 1974, the building became a live/work space for celebrated filmmaker Spike Lee, who headquartered his 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks studio here. In the mid-1980s, the building was converted into two duplex loft apartments–and a multi-car garage.
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Celebrity hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai finally sells Fifth Avenue apartment for $4.5M

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June 12, 2023

Celebrity hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai finally sells Fifth Avenue apartment for $4.5M

By Devin Gannon

Eight years and several price cuts later, celebrity hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai has sold his Upper East Side apartment. Fekkai first purchased the four-bedroom duplex at 953 Fifth Avenue for $7.4 million in 2006 and later listed it in 2015 for $12 million, following a revamp by interior designer Robert Couturier. After coming on and off the market many times since then, the co-op finally sold this month for $4.5 million, according to city records.
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The Westchester Colonial home of late fashion icon André Leon Talley asks $1.25M

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June 8, 2023

The Westchester Colonial home of late fashion icon André Leon Talley asks $1.25M

By Michelle Cohen

The longtime Westchester home of André Leon Talley, the larger-than-life former Vogue creative director and fashion-world influencer who died in 2022, has just been listed for $1,250,000. According to the New York Times, Talley, who was the first Black creative director at Vogue, considered the White Plains property his "sanctuary" from rough-and-tumble city life. The home is currently owned by an LLC created by the designer–and longtime friend–Diane von Furstenberg to assure that Talley wouldn't lose the property after an ownership dispute. At the end of a long private drive, the classic four-bedroom 1854 home on one-and-a-half acres reminded Talley of the estates in his native city of Durham, North Carolina.
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British actor Kunal Nayyar just listed his Nomad penthouse for $2.8M

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May 30, 2023

British actor Kunal Nayyar just listed his Nomad penthouse for $2.8M

By Michelle Cohen

The duplex penthouse owned by actor Kunal Nayyar–you may know him as Raj on "The Big Bang Theory," is now on the market asking $2,800,000. The one-bedroom condo in Nomad's Grand Madison at 225 Fifth Avenue has 11-foot ceilings for plenty of light indoors, and the covetable existence of a large patio and roof deck, high above Manhattan.
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‘Cornelia Street’ townhouse once rented by Taylor Swift asks $17.9M

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May 30, 2023

‘Cornelia Street’ townhouse once rented by Taylor Swift asks $17.9M

By Aaron Ginsburg

Taylor Swift's former Greenwich Village home has hit the market for $17,995,000. The pop-star rented the 5,500-square-foot, five-story home at 23 Cornelia Street in 2016. The former carriage house served as an inspiration for her 2019 song "Cornelia Street," which references the home's windows and creaky floors. The four-bedroom, five-bathroom house stands out for its drive-right-in garage, 30-foot indoor pool, rooftop terrace, and prime location in the heart of the Village. The townhouse is also available as a $45,000/month rental.
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Kate Moss and Johnny Depp’s former Greenwich Village apartment asks $15.5M

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May 18, 2023

Kate Moss and Johnny Depp’s former Greenwich Village apartment asks $15.5M

By Devin Gannon

A Greenwich Village townhouse with a carriage house that Kate Moss and Johnny Depp called home during the 1990s is for sale. The nearly 200-year-old Federal-style brick townhouse at 112 Waverly Place is currently configured as four rentals, each with private outdoor space and wood-burning fireplaces. The 90s power couple lived in the quirky complex's 1,800-square-foot carriage house from 1994 to 1998. The entire property is now available for $15,500,000, as first spotted by the New York Post.
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Billy Joel lists 26-acre North Shore estate for $49M

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May 16, 2023

Billy Joel lists 26-acre North Shore estate for $49M

By Devin Gannon

Billy Joel is selling his 26-acre estate on Long Island's North Shore for $49,000,000. The "Piano Man" bought the first 14 acres of the sprawling property on Oyster Bay Harbor in 2002 for $22,500,000, and has since acquired more parcels of land, piecing together much of an original estate that was split up in the 1950s, as the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Rosie O’Donnell’s ritzy Midtown East penthouse hits the market for $8.3M

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May 15, 2023

Rosie O’Donnell’s ritzy Midtown East penthouse hits the market for $8.3M

By Devin Gannon

Rosie O'Donnell is trading Manhattan for Malibu. The comedian put her Midtown East penthouse on the market last week for $8,300,000, following a move to the West Coast, as the New York Times first reported. The Long Island native and longtime New York City resident paid $8,000,000 for the apartment in 2017. The home, located atop 255 East 49th Street, measures nearly 3,600 square feet across three levels, including an impressive private rooftop.
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Novelist Erica Jong lists Upper East Side apartment for $4.25M

By Devin Gannon

Novelist Erica Jong is selling her high-floor Upper East Side home for $4,250,000. Jong, who has written more than 25 books but is best known for her 1973 feminist novel "Fear of Flying," bought the apartment with her husband for $1,490,000 in 1990, according to the New York Post. Located on the 27th floor of the Emery Roth-designed Imperial House at 150 East 69th Street, the apartment measures nearly 3,000 square feet, boasts a charming solarium with sweeping Central Park views, and has custom bookcases filled to the brim, fit for any writer.
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Mike Myers lists five-bedroom High Line penthouse for $20M

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May 5, 2023

Mike Myers lists five-bedroom High Line penthouse for $20M

By Michelle Cohen

Another of comedian and actor Mike Myers' fabulous homes is for sale. This 5,600-square-foot penthouse adjacent to the High Line at 505 West 19th Street in West Chelsea, asking $20,000,000, has two terraces and five bedrooms, with designer interiors courtesy of Thomas Juul Hansen, the building's architect. According to the Wall Street Journal, the “Shrek” star purchased the home for $15.35 million in 2017.
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Lincoln Center to host public celebration of Harry Belafonte’s life

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April 26, 2023

Lincoln Center to host public celebration of Harry Belafonte’s life

By Devin Gannon

New Yorkers will come together this week to remember one of their own. Harlem native Harry Belafonte, who died Tuesday at the age of 96, was not only a legendary performer and EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) winner but a political activist who befriended and supported Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement. At 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Lincoln Center will host a public celebration of Belafonte's life and his influence.
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Barbara Walters’ longtime Upper East Side apartment lists for $19.75M

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April 21, 2023

Barbara Walters’ longtime Upper East Side apartment lists for $19.75M

By Michelle Cohen

The 11-room, full-floor co-op that celebrated TV journalist Barbara Walters called home for 30 years until her death last year is now on the market for $19,750,000. The sprawling residence at 944 Fifth Avenue is a classic Upper East Side pre-war gem, with Central Park views, five bedrooms, and a layout befitting a resident who entertained and interviewed politicians, princes, stars, and scoundrels alike as just another day on the job.
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Carnegie Hill co-op owned by FDR’s granddaughter lists for $7M

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April 18, 2023

Carnegie Hill co-op owned by FDR’s granddaughter lists for $7M

By Devin Gannon

The Upper East Side home of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's granddaughter hit the market this week. Sara Delano Roosevelt Whitney Wilford, the daughter of Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney and James Roosevelt, the oldest son of FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt, lived in this nine-room residence at 1120 Fifth Avenue in Carnegie Hill. Wilford, who died in 2021, was a psychologist and professor at Sarah Lawrence College for more than three decades. Asking $6,995,000, the 3,000-square-foot co-op has picture-perfect views of Central Park and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir.
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Yankees’ Aaron Judge reportedly scores Chelsea penthouse

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April 14, 2023

Yankees’ Aaron Judge reportedly scores Chelsea penthouse

By Devin Gannon

New York Yankee captain Aaron Judge has bought an apartment at a brand new luxury condo in Chelsea, possibly his home for at least the next nine years. According to the New York Post, the American League home run leader bought a condo at The Cortland at 555 West 22nd Street, a tower designed by Robert A.M. Stern near the Hudson River waterfront.
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Peter Jennings’ classic nine on Central Park West asks $10.45M

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April 13, 2023

Peter Jennings’ classic nine on Central Park West asks $10.45M

By Michelle Cohen

Currently owned by Kayce Freed Jennings, wife of the late "ABC World News Tonight" anchor Peter Jennings, this Upper West Side co-op is a three-bedroom classic nine–and a true classic. Asking $10,450,000, the sprawling home at 101 Central Park West overlooks the park–just one of its many covetable attributes mentioned in a recent Wall Street Journal description of the elegant pre-war home, modernized for 21st century living.
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NBA star and former Nets coach Steve Nash lists Cobble Hill townhouse for $6.25M

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April 12, 2023

NBA star and former Nets coach Steve Nash lists Cobble Hill townhouse for $6.25M

By Devin Gannon

About five months after he was fired as head coach by the Nets, Steve Nash has listed his Brooklyn townhouse for $6,250,000. As first reported by the New York Post, the NBA star bought the home at 82 Amity Street in Cobble Hill in November 2020 for just under $5 million. The 20-foot-wide five-bedroom townhouse measures roughly 4,200 square feet across four stories, in addition to a lovely private garden and a roof deck. A recently completed gut renovation makes the home move-in ready.
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A Bronxville home on the estate where the Kennedys lived asks $5.75M

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March 31, 2023

A Bronxville home on the estate where the Kennedys lived asks $5.75M

By Devin Gannon

A home on the Bronxville property where President John F. Kennedy once lived has hit the market. The Kennedy family lived on the six-acre estate known as Crownlands from 1929 to 1941. While the residence JFK called home for 12 years was demolished about a decade after the family moved, the property was later subdivided to make way for three new homes, as the New York Post first reported. One of the homes, a renovated 1950s Colonial, is now available for $5,750,000.
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Bill Murray’s former 19th-century home in Snedens Landing asks $2M

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March 16, 2023

Bill Murray’s former 19th-century home in Snedens Landing asks $2M

By Devin Gannon

A 150-year-old Gothic Revival-style New York home that once belonged to actor Bill Murray is for sale. Built in the late 1860s, the charming four-bedroom abode at 124 Washington Spring Road sits within Snedens Landing, a quiet hamlet in Rockland County known for its many celebrity residents and Revolutionary War history. Murray lived at the home for several years during the 1980s before selling it in 1990, according to the New York Post. The home, known as "The Manse," is asking $2,075,000.
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March 14, 2023

Asking $7.5M, designer Adrienne Vittadini’s elegant Fifth Avenue co-op lets the views provide the drama

By Michelle Cohen

Iconic wearable women's fashion designer Adrienne Vittadini has just listed the Upper East Side apartment she and her husband Gigi (full name Gianluigi) purchased in 1986. Asking $7,500,000, the two-bedroom co-op at 1115 Fifth Avenue has amazing views of Central Park and the Reservoir from four rooms. The home's interiors project a quiet Manhattan elegance, complementing the couple's vast collection of art and furniture. Though a painstaking renovation resulted in peerless finishes like 24-karat gold leaf columns and luxurious textiles, it's the view that gets the most attention, as the retired designer told the New York Times: "I really wanted the outdoors to dominate the indoors. I didn’t want anything to clash with that or impact the view."
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Artist Ai Weiwei lists Chelsea condo for $2M

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March 7, 2023

Artist Ai Weiwei lists Chelsea condo for $2M

By Devin Gannon

Artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei is selling his New York City apartment for $2,000,000. The oversized one-bedroom at 420 West 25th Street measures 1,400 square feet and features a flexible floor plan and an abundance of natural light. As first reported by Bloomberg, the condo has been staged with several of Ai's works, none of which are for sale but highlight the home's gallery-like space.
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March 2, 2023

Ex-Good Morning America anchor Amy Robach and husband Andrew Shue sell NYC co-op for $5.1M

By Devin Gannon

Former "Good Morning America" anchor Amy Robach and her husband Andrew Shue have sold their West Village apartment for $5,100,000, according to property records. The estranged couple put their co-op at 59 Barrow Street on the market last September and the property entered contract in November, just before news broke of Robach's relationship with co-anchor T.J. Holmes. Records show the deal closed at the end of February.
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Rupert Murdoch buys $30M Central Park South co-op

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February 28, 2023

Rupert Murdoch buys $30M Central Park South co-op

By Aaron Ginsburg

Media giant Rupert Murdoch is in contract to purchase a full-floor co-op on Billionaires' Row. As first reported by the Wall Street Journal, the News Corp founder bought a 6,500-square-foot apartment on the 27th floor of the Hampshire House that was last listed for $30,000,000; the final sales price has not been made public. The seven-bedroom, five-bathroom residence was the longtime home of late hedge-fund magnate Julian H. Robertson Jr. and famed philanthropist Alice Tully.
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January 31, 2023

Savannah Guthrie is selling her full-floor Tribeca loft for $7.1M

By Devin Gannon

"Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie and her husband, communications pro Michael Feldman, have put their turn-key Tribeca loft on the market for $7,100,000. The full-floor four-bedroom received a modern renovation by AD100 architects Ike Kligerman Barkley and AD100 interior designer Monique Gibson. After calling the apartment home for over five years, the couple has decided to sell because they have a "vision and dream of living in a townhouse," Guthrie told the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the listing.
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Celebrities

Stephen Sondheim’s Turtle Bay townhouse is on the market for $7M

Angelina Jolie renting Jean-Michel Basquiat’s former Noho studio

From firehouse to Spike Lee’s movie HQ, this $4.35M Fort Greene home has a century of stories to tell

Celebrity hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai finally sells Fifth Avenue apartment for $4.5M

The Westchester Colonial home of late fashion icon André Leon Talley asks $1.25M

British actor Kunal Nayyar just listed his Nomad penthouse for $2.8M

‘Cornelia Street’ townhouse once rented by Taylor Swift asks $17.9M

Kate Moss and Johnny Depp’s former Greenwich Village apartment asks $15.5M

Billy Joel lists 26-acre North Shore estate for $49M

Rosie O’Donnell’s ritzy Midtown East penthouse hits the market for $8.3M

Novelist Erica Jong lists Upper East Side apartment for $4.25M

Mike Myers lists five-bedroom High Line penthouse for $20M

Lincoln Center to host public celebration of Harry Belafonte’s life

Barbara Walters’ longtime Upper East Side apartment lists for $19.75M

Carnegie Hill co-op owned by FDR’s granddaughter lists for $7M

The corner terrace at this $4.4M Stella Tower condo puts the city skyline at your feet

Yankees’ Aaron Judge reportedly scores Chelsea penthouse

Peter Jennings’ classic nine on Central Park West asks $10.45M

NBA star and former Nets coach Steve Nash lists Cobble Hill townhouse for $6.25M

A Bronxville home on the estate where the Kennedys lived asks $5.75M

Bill Murray’s former 19th-century home in Snedens Landing asks $2M

Asking $7.5M, designer Adrienne Vittadini’s elegant Fifth Avenue co-op lets the views provide the drama

Artist Ai Weiwei lists Chelsea condo for $2M

Ex-Good Morning America anchor Amy Robach and husband Andrew Shue sell NYC co-op for $5.1M

Rupert Murdoch buys $30M Central Park South co-op

Savannah Guthrie is selling her full-floor Tribeca loft for $7.1M

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