Manhattan Transfers

166 Perry Street, where The Observer's spies have spotted Paul Simon checking out a first-floor condo.

Someone Told Me It’s All Happening at 166 Perry Street: Paul Simon Ponders West Village Condo

When you’re down and out, when you’re on the street, when evening falls so hard—buy a $4 million one-bedroom condo in the West Village? Well, times have changed since a younger, poorer Paul Simon penned those words.

Sources tell The Observer that the world-famous Jersey-born, Queens-raised musician recently checked out a unit at 166 Perry Street with his son. The apartment is listed with Miron Properties brokers James Fierro and Donald Abbott, who were tight-lipped about any possible bold-faced names looking at the unit when we called. The sounds of silence, you might say. Read More