Red Carpet Real Estate

Wainwright's tiny bedroom. (The New York Times)

Rufus Wainwright Has a Small, Dark Apartment, Just Like a Real Bohemian

Celebrities—they’re just like us! Okay, not really, but some small aspects of their lives are kind of like some small aspects of our lives, even if these small, overlapping aspects of our lives do not usually involve real estate. Unless, of course, it’s the squalid apartment that the celebrity lived before he or she was a celebrity, like William Shatner’s old, ramshackle house in Hastings-on-Hudson. Mostly, these reminiscences have a strong undertone of “can you believe that someone like me lived in someplace like this?”

And we look around at our own sad, squalid apartments and ask ourselves the same question, but we know the answer to that question which is that no one is surprised you live in a place like this and probably never will be. Read More

Feuds

National Arts Club apartments will return to the market.

National Arts Club Reclaims Its Real Estate

They don’t look very good right now, but ten Gramercy Park apartments formerly controlled by ex-president Aldon James and his brother John will soon be returning to the market. Relatively soon, that is, following gut renovations that were much-needed after the apartments’ time in the hands of the two hoarders.

Last week, Real Estate Weekly reported that the National Arts Club had finally reached a settlement with the Attorney General’s office allowing it to tidy up the club’s governance, financial controls and the filthy apartments. Today a state appeals court upheld the National Arts Club’s decision to boot the James brothers, the New York Post reported. Read More

Manhattan Transfers

Yeah, that guy. (Photo: McMullan)

Jim Parsons Bangs 36 Gramercy Park East

Although The National Enquirer reported this winter that the engagement was off between Big Bang actor Jim Parsons and his fiancé Todd Allan Spiewak, it looks as though all is well with the couple, whether or not they’re still engaged. Mr. Parsons, who won an Emmy last year, and Mr. Spiewak just purchased an apartment together at 36 Gramercy Park East. Read More

Eye Opener: Monserrate on the Prowl

The fairytale romance of Hiram Monserrate and Karla Giraldo ends. [NYP

Syracuse students didn’t really get naked to protest Jamie Dimon. [NYP]

Uncharted frontiers of fatty meat: sheep-pig bacon. [NYDN]

Analyzing NBC’s leaked fall lineup. [BI]

Gramercy Park showdown! [WSJRead More