By Matt Chaban 6/27/11 11:23am

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In need of a wall-to-Walldorf renovation. (Getty)

Waldorf-Astoria Getting a Ritzy Spritz

The Waldorf-Astoria has lost some of its Jazz Age luster, growing rumpled and maybe even a little racist in old age. The hotel was purchased four years ago by Blackstone for $572 million, part of a $26 billion deal to buy up the Hilton chain. Now the monolithic investment outfit is prepared to spruce up the Walfdorf-Astoria, the Post reports.

According to the tab, Blackstone plans to spend “hundreds of millions of dollars” renovating the hotel, once home to mobsters Bugsy Siegel and Lucky Luciano and jazz singer Cole Porter, as well as the eponymous salad. Read More

By Deborah Netburn 3/04/02 12:00am

The New Dream House

Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore and Harvey Fierstein were standing on the curb in front of an ornate, four-story brownstone at 240 Berkeley Place in Park Slope waiting for something.

Then the front door to the house opened and a couple emerged.

“It’s a dream house. It’s so quiet,” said the woman, coming down the Read More