As the sun set last Wednesday over Central Park, dozens of the city’s top real estate brokers gathered inside the triplex penthouse of the Plaza. They sipped proper drinks and nibbled quails egg and smoked salmon. They chattered about art and opera and books, the usual uptown pretensions, but also, and mostly, about recent deals. Read More
On a north-facing triangle of Astor Place, the skeleton of a new 21-story residential tower has been racing skyward out of a gaping pit on the former parking lot adjacent to the Cooper Union, casting a shadow across the octagonal streetscape and Tony Rosenthal’s teetering cube.
The contours of the building’s bulbous silhouette, which somewhat Read More
If it’s bragging rights you’re after, forget about screening rooms, wine cellars and steam showers. The new benchmark for luxury living is having a private pool on your penthouse’s terrace. And in an apparent first, one developer is now planning on installing them as optional amenities on several high-end condominiums currently under construction throughout the Read More
