By Stephen Jacob Smith 5/02 3:56pm

Manhattan Transfers

For $23 million, you'll no longer have to gaze longingly at the limestone loggia perched atop at 10 Gracie Square.

$23 M. to Live Next to Gloria Vanderbilt’s Old Penthouse

Not often do penthouses at Manhattan’s “Good Buildings” (as per Tom Wolfe, according to whom there are only 42) come on the market, but today is one of those rare days: the south penthouse at 10 Gracie Square was just listed for $23 million.

The white-glove building sits in the rarefied hinterlands of the far East Side, overlooking Carl Schurz Park, and once had a yacht mooring onto the East River, sadly disfigured by the FDR (which is decked over beneath the ritziest buildings—a coincidence, we’re sure). Moreover, the penthouse occupant gets an up-close view of the building’s rooftop fixture, which is rumored to be, along with that on top of 1040 Fifth Avenue, the inspiration for 15 Central Park West’s crown. Read More

By Drew Grant 9/13/12 3:16pm

Art Openings

Gloria Vanderbilt and Anderson Cooper at 1stDibs gallery (Patrick McMullan)

Gloria Vanderbilt Paints the Town, Exhibits 60 Years of Artworks at 1stDibs

While Fashion Week was winding down at Lincoln Center Wednesday night, Diane von Furstenberg was sequestered on the 10th floor of a nondescript Lexington Avenue building. Across the giant storeroom of the mostly digital antique dealer 1stDibs, Patrick McMullan was snapping Bill Cunningham as he took a picture of a small watercolor on the wall. Nearby, Anderson Cooper hovered around his mother, who, in a stunning red kimono, greeted guests to her first solo art show since 2001. Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 9/12/12 11:40am

The Eight-Day Week

Gloria Vanderbilt

To Do Wednesday: G-L-O-R-I-A

The gossip pages have it that Gloria Vanderbilt is pushing for her son Anderson Cooper to make an honest man of his boyfriend—and we’ll be pressing for answers tonight as the doyenne of denim throws a gala in honor of her exhibition The World of Gloria Vanderbilt: Collages, Dream Boxes, and Recent Paintings at 1stdibs Read More

By Eliza Shapiro 7/16/09 4:31pm

Gloria Vanderbilt Would Like Her Reputation to Be Ruined, Thank You Very Much!

The balmy evening of Wednesday, July 15, saw an unusual crowd at the Diane von Furstenberg store on Washington Street, gathered to celebrate the release of Gloria Vanderbilt’s newest literary endeavor: Obsession: An Erotic Tale. Upper East Siders who may not have ventured below 14th Street since the J.F.K. administration, together with meatpacking district regulars, hobbled Read More