By Stephen Jacob Smith 2/12 1:16pm

Manhattan Transfers

Captain Pete Dawkins keeps on winning—a headline obviously written before his 1988 Senate at the hands of Frank Lautenberg

Vietnam Vet Pete Dawkins Makes Peace with the Village

Heisman trophy winner, Rhodes scholar, youngest ever brigadier general in the United States Army, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate—not traits that one typically associates with Greenwich Village. But that didn’t stop Pete Dawkins and wife Judi from picking up a one-bedroom loft at 74 Fifth Avenue.

The fifth floor co-op in the 12-story, 1910 building—just a block from Union Square Park, a place with nary a hippie in a sight these days—was listed by Michael Johnson and Hayim Nommaz at Corcoran, and eventually sold for $1.57 million, a bit under the $1.59 million ask. Sellers Greg and Vivian Cioffi have owned the unit since at least 1997, according to city records. Read More

By Kim Velsey 5:10pm

Manhattan Transfers

Villager!

A Palindrome Pad? Director Todd Solondz Buys $2 M. Greenwich Village Loft

Will Todd Solondz find Happiness in his new home—a prewar loft at 74 Fifth Avenue? The director of such indie hits as the 1998 film of the same name is known for his dark and disturbing depictions of suburban American life. Yet he has just purchased a 3-bedroom co-op in Greenwich Village that is anything but dark or suburban.

Mr. Solondz paid $1.95 million for the airy pad, according to city records, which was on the market for less than a month at $2 million with Brown Harris Stevens brokers Jennie Holman and Edward C. Ferris. Read More