Washington Place Freeze Out
The welcoming new western entrance to Washington Square.
Requiem for a Heavyweight
So goodbye, Washington Square. This e-mail invitation just arrived: Dear Friend of Washington Square Park, It is with frustration and remorse that I write to inform you of a memorial service for the spirit of Washington Square Park. A number of our neighbors in Greenwich Village will be gathering this Wednesday, December 19, at 6 […]
View From the Top
A banker in San Francisco just sent me this image of the stunning 71st Street setbacks and D-line terraces of 740 Park Avenue, shot from an apartment across the street. It’s from a listing for a $15 million 10-room apartment at 730 Park Avenue, being sold by Serena Boardman of Sotheby’s International.
Eduardog Bites
Watch this incredible piece of eco-conscious collage art by Eduardo Guelfenbein:
Henry Kravis Punk’d
The makers of “The Homes of Henry Kravis don’t mention 740 Park, but he used to live there, too. The Times writes the movie up (with a cameo appearance by 740’s Steve Schwarzman) here.
Circle in the Square
The long delayed renovation of Washington Square Park has been cleared by the courts — the decision is here — and is set to begin any second now. While the protesters are understandably disappointed, some of the locals may have a bigger shock in store as the huge rat population in the park (the small […]
The Sixteenth Minute?
Horacio Silva takes a gimlet-eyed view of the overheated art market in today’s New York Times T Magazine, listing “Richard Phillips creating handbags for Jimmy Choo, Damien Hirst peddling jeans for Levi’s… the cross-dressing ceramicist Grayson Perry designing a fabric for Liberty… the new Banana Republic campaign features models dressed to match the artworks behind […]