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Yours For Just $72 Million: Another Man’s Broken Dream

The late Howard Ronson and his family had a dream—a dream of making the mansion at 828 Fifth Avenue whole again, as it was in the glorious days when coal magnates commissioned Fifth Avenue manses and robber barons ruled the land. But sometimes dreams die.

After a buying spree that netted four of the nine luxurious co-op units in the building, the family is giving up, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The family has decided to give one lucky buyer—a “person with vision”—the chance to purchase their failed dream for $72 million. Read More

What Does A Mansion’s Parlor ‘Labyrinth’ Look Like?

This week, Manhattan Transfers profiled Howard Ronson’s newest apartment in the Berwind Mansion, which had been listed for $9,495,000*.

The insane floorplan (click below) draws a glorious picture of the “clandestine mezzanine bedrooms, built for a previous owner by the I.M. Pei Group.”

‘They’re totally camouflaged; you have no idea they’re there,’ Read More