By Stephen Jacob Smith 3/15 2:00pm

Manhattan Transfers

The unit has a beautiful professional chef-designed kitchen to admire while you wait for your Seamless order to arrive.

Josie’s Chef Serves Up $3.3 M. Upper West Side Combo Platter

Josephina, the Lincoln Center standby, stopped serving its pre-theater dinners in 2011, leaving owner Louis Lanza with only one Upper West Side location—Josie’s West. And now it appears that Mr. Lanza is downsizing his neighborhood housing as well.

Mr. Lanza has sold his penthouse spread at The Fitzgerald for $3.32 million, city records show.

But he’s not moving out just yet. Mr. Lanza owned quite a cut of real estate at 201 West 74th Street—not only the three-unit penthouse combo, but also another, separate unit in the building. Some were passed down to Mr. Lanza by his parents, and some he purchased himself. Hey, there’s nothing wrong with knowing what you like. Read More

By Kat Stoeffel 9/19/11 10:47am

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The Observer Hires Hunter Walker

New York Observer editor-in-chief Elizabeth Spiers has hired The Daily reporter Hunter Walker, she announced today.

A Brooklyn native, Mr. Walker is currently stationed in Los Angeles, with Richard Johnson’s “Flash” gossip column. He will relocate to New York in October.

“I’m excited to bring Hunter back to New York to cover politics for NYO,” Ms. Spiers said. “He’s a fantastically versatile reporter and I know he’ll do great things at the Observer.” Read More

By Nate Freeman 3/29/11 11:27pm

Art Openings

Those Were The Days! Damon Johnson's Homecoming

Last week, a gallery and bar on the Lower East Side—called, appropriately enough, Gallery Bar—played host to a style installation by the 33-year-old artist Damon Johnson. The choice of neighborhood was key. “The Beautiful Chaos: A Style Installation,” which attracted a scarf-heavy crowd who guzzled red and white wine while dodging multiple photographers, was an Read More

By Zeke Turner 10/13/10 12:50am

A New Gossip Girl at the Post

Last Wednesday night, Page Six reporter Emily Smith was at the club Provocateur in the meatpacking district at a party for the season finale of The Spin Crowd, an E! network reality show produced by Kim Kardashian.

Ms. Kardashian came and left quickly, and Ms. Smith talked briefly with the club’s owner about its alleged Read More