By Kim Velsey 5/09/12 6:16pm

Manhattan Transfers

Hudson River views for $6.6 million

Former United Airlines Chief Scores A-Rod’s Rushmore Apartment

It must have been the view that convinced Gerald Greenwald and wife Glenda to purchase Alex Rodriguez‘s 35th-floor condo at the The Rushmore.

Mr. Greenwald, the former chairman and CEO of United Airlines and current managing partner of the Greenbriar Equity Group, must have been accustomed to lofty views from his days at the airline. And this apartment has views galore—”forever unobstructed views” with 60-linear feet over the Hudson, as the Adam Modlin listing gushes. Read More

By Alexandra Peers 6/30/10 9:30pm

Culture Wars

The Met: Picasso Outdraws A-Rod, Elvis

The murmur you hear wafting down from Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street is the sound of genteel gloating. The Metropolitan Museum of Art just released its attendance figures for the fiscal year and, at 5.24 million, the total is their highest since 2001, when terrorism dented tourism to New York City. Better yet, the number Read More