By Daniel Edward Rosen 6/29/12 8:00am

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Tabber Benedict (photo courtesy of Patrick McMullan)

“Gatsbaby” Tabber Benedict Was Involved in 2011 DWI Accident in The Hamptons

The Observer has learned that Tabber Benedict, one of the three men featured in this weeks’ cover story on Gatsbabies, has something in common with Jay Gatsby that’s a little less charming than his wardrobe and extravagant lifestyle.

Mr. Benedict, a 35-year-old attorney who runs his own fledgling law practice, is facing charges of aggravated vehicular assault, leaving the scene of the accident, and driving while intoxicated for the 2011 Fourth of July accident in which he is accused of hitting a bicyclist while driving a 2011 GMC Acadia on the Montauk Highway. Read More

By Daniel Edward Rosen 6/27/12 8:00am

An Unbroken Series of Successful Gestures

(Jason Seiler)

Meet The Gatsbabies! Preening Prepsters Lure Ladies, Lucre and Limelight in Merry Manhattan

The girls, so many girls, dressed in pastel-colored wraps that bared shoulders and the swells of their cleavage, clacked their Louboutin heels up a SoHo staircase one muggy May evening.

At the landing, visibly breathless and sweaty, their eyes lit up. They had entered the penthouse loft of Edward Scott Brady, the boyishly handsome world traveler, former classical cello virtuoso and “retired entrepreneur,” who was throwing a “Welcome Back Bash” to honor his return from his seventh trip around the globe. Read More

By Staff 7/12/05 8:04pm

The Plaza Paradox

Despite Ron Lauder’s protestations over the sullying of the Plaza Hotel’s lobby, the city Landmarks Preservation Commission voted today in favor of changing the zoning designation to permit shops in the mezzanine’s Terrace Room, a commission spokeswoman told The Real Estate.

The zoning change has to go before the city Planning Commission as Read More