By Elise Knutsen 1/03/12 2:20pm

Manhattan Transfers

Paul Tagliabue

Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue Punts on Park Ave. Penthouse

Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, one of the sport’s most beloved besuited figures, is doubtless gearing up for playoff season as we speak: stocking cabinets with game-day snacks, filling the fridge with the requisite suds and handpicking the perfect avocados for his signature homemade guac.

By the looks of it, none of these pregame preparations will be taking place at his Manhattan apartment. According to city records, the gridiron honcho has sold his Park Avenue penthouse. Read More

By Elise Knutsen 12/06/11 11:32am

Manhattan Transfers

Clarissa and Edgar Bronfman

Edgar Bronfman Jr. Loves His Wife to the Tune of $16 M.

Edgar Bronfman Jr. announced yesterday that he was stepping down from his position as the chairman of Warner Music Group, effective January 31. Turns out he is stepping down from his perch at 812 Park Avenue, as well.

According to city records, Mr. Bronfman has transferred sole control of the triplex penthouse to his wife Clarissa Bronfman, with whom he bought the home in May for $16 million. Read More

By Elise Knutsen 11/21/11 2:15pm

Manhattan Transfers

Marvin Hamlisch

Composer Marvin Hamlisch Scores Park Avenue Sale

Composer Marvin Hamlisch is one of the talented few—only 10 in the world!—who have won an E.G.O.T.: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. Add a Pulitzer to his trophy case, and Mr. Hamlisch is one of the most decorated artists around. It seems that aside from scoring music and major awards, the composer has another talent: real estate. Mr. Hamlisch has just sold his snazzy apartment at 970 Park Avenue, and he’s definitely ending his stint in the building on a high note. Read More

By Elise Knutsen 10/21/11 3:08pm

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Arthur Schlesinger

Arthur Schlesinger's Writing Room Sold to the In-Laws

Arthur Schlesinger Jr. was one of the greatest public intellectuals of his generation. In addition to advising the Kennedy clan and numerous other public officials, Schlesinger wrote some 30 books. A good many of them were produced in his home away from home, a two-bedroom apartment just across the courtyard from his main residence at 455 East 51st Street.

“That was his den,” a neighbor told The Observer. “He went up there every day and read or wrote or whatever it was he did.”

The apartment came on the market in 2007, not long after Schlesinger died of a heart attack, but it never sold until now. Democratic devotees and American history aficionados can turn the page on this co-op finally, knowing it has been sold by Alexandra Schlesinger, wife of the Historian of Power (that’s how The Times described him in its obituary. Read More

By Elise Knutsen 9/12/11 5:19pm

Manhattan Transfers

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30 East 70th Street

Social Butterflies Flit into $5.1 M. Half of Broadway Producers UES Duplex

Florence Swinsky is going to need a fleet of moving vans. Ms. Swinsky, the widow of Tony-award winning Broadway producer Morton Swinsky who was behind major productions including Jersey Boys, The Addams Family, Chicago and Spamalot, has just sold the apartment she shared with her late husband at 33 East 70th Street. Literally every inch of their apartment is filled with works of art, large and small. Read More