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By Peter Davis 3/14 9:00am

To Do Thursday: Black and White and Silver

Happy Birthday to us! The New York Observer is a quarter of a century old, and publisher Jared Kushner and CEO Joseph Meyer have assembled a bonzo boldfaced lineup of NYC’s most fabulous hosts to fête the glorious occasion. Think NYO founder Arthur Carter, Marchesa designer/knockout Georgina Chapman, art kingpin Larry Gagosian, Carolina Herrera, Katie Holmes (Suri will be in bed—sorry, tabloids), Commissioner Ray Kelly, style icon Lauren Santo Domingo, Matt Lauer Read More

By Kim Velsey 5/24/12 5:00pm

Red Carpet Real Estate

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Which Facebook Insider Is Poking This $50 M. Tribeca Townhouse?

Thanks to the Facebook IPO, one lucky early investor may finally be able to buy that $50 million Tribeca townhouse he always wanted.

A West Coast-based Facebook insider has flown to New York twice to look at 144 Duane Street, the massive $49.5 million property listed with Prudential Douglas Elliman brokers Matthew Gulker Read More

By Drew Grant 10/20/11 12:14pm

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Andrew W.K., Russell Simmons, and James Franco (via Getty)

Return to Sender! These Celebs Might Want to Change Their Email Accounts

Last March, we did a socialite-laden post about the dangers of accidentally CC’ing everyone on an invite list instead of using BCC. In most circumstances, you chalk the mistake up to a faux-pas and feel a momentary twinge of embarrassment. Of course, if you are a photographer to the stars, this might lead to more sticky situations. Read More

By Matt Chaban 1/25/11 2:32am

Manhattan Transfers

Tech Bigs Buy Village's Bacchus House Where Napster Once Partied [Update: The Buyer Is Sean Parker]

So much for West Village townhouses lagging behind their uptown neighbors. The 24-foot-wide converted carriage house at 40 West 10th Street has finally sold after nearly five years on the market for the stupendous price of $20 million. “It’s like you’re outside a little palazzo in Tuscany,” Brown Harris Steven super-broker Paula Del Nunzio Read More

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To Do Thursday: Black and White and Silver

Which Facebook Insider Is Poking This $50 M. Tribeca Townhouse?

Return to Sender! These Celebs Might Want to Change Their Email Accounts

Tech Bigs Buy Village's Bacchus House Where Napster Once Partied [Update: The Buyer Is Sean Parker]

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