Hedgie Havens
Fifteen Central Park West and 740 Park Avenue are well-represented on Institutional Investor’s Alpha magazine list of the top-earning hedge fund runners for 2013. SAC Capital’s Steven A. Cohen comes in at #2. Though he isn’t a resident of either building, Raj Sethi and Derek Cribbs of that firm both own apartments at 15. Coming […]
I like the isle of Manhattan…even Inwood
A few months back, the New York Times gave House of Outrageous Fortune its first great writeup and in the process inspired “The Heat is On,” theMay Unreal Estate column in Avenue magazine. It’s about neighborhoods, how they change, and why we gravitate to one or another. Even Inwood. Curiously, Thomas Campbell, director of the […]
Help Save Bookhampton
This heartbreaking letter just arrived from the wonderful Bookhampton book stores: Dear Friends and Neighbors and BookLovers: The most wonderful part of owning BookHampton has been the discovery of new books and the camaraderie of fellow readers. The saddest part is the awareness that all things, even those we cherish most, have days that are […]
Peek inside the House and the life of one of the Outrageously Fortunate
Weston Magazine Group, which publishes local magazines in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, has excerpted House of Outrageous Fortune in its latest issues. It’s a good introduction to the book. Meantime, Barry Rosenstein (at right), the hedge fund runner and 15CPW owner who, with hedgie neighbor Dan Loeb, tried (but failed) to ban last […]
Hampton Sheet on #HOOF
“Michael Gross spares no details as he dishes the dirt in this realestate tell-all…a vivid portrait of a New York divided between old money and new, skillfully and intellectually chronicling a secret history of America’s greatest city—required reading for all New Yorkers.” —Victoria Kelsey, Hampton Sheet
The Other Side of Paradise
The new issue of Departures includes my story on the eastern Riviera, a relatively undiscovered stretch of beach and hill towns with all the pleasures of St.-Tropez, but far fewer negatives. The body of the story is still locked–I’ll post a link here once it can be read–but a sidebar on some of the pleasures […]
House ad in The Week
This ad for House of Outrageous Fortune appears in the latest issue of The Week magazine. Click the pic to see it full size.
Someone can talk for a horse, of course
Nice to see that all of New York’s newspapers have finally joined the crusade to save New York’s venerable Central Park carriage horses. Though some only started paying attention once public opinion swung against newish Mayor Bill DeBlasio, one, the New York Post, has been on the side of the horses and those who love […]
House of Outrageous Fortune Celebrated at 15CPW
Carol Strone and William D. Cohan Avis Richards and Caroline Leiberman of 15CPW Allison and Leonard Stern Co-hosts Tamar Lurie and Wendy J. Sarasohn Roy Kean, Lavinia Brance Snyder and host Ranan Lurie Richard Johnson Co-hosts Randi Schatz and Richard Burns Michelle and Asher Edelman Lyn Paulsin Gay and Nan Talese Elizabeth Stribling Ed and […]
Back East
Gripepad has been understandably obsessed with the West Side (and one building there in particular) of late. But life goes on and this month’s Avenue magazine features the latest Unreal Estate column on a carriage house built for the founder of Remington Typewriter. Listed when the column was written, it is already in contract, but […]