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Chelsea Handler Says RFK Jr. Sold Her a House Without a Foundation
5+ hour, 32+ min ago (53+ words) Comedian Chelsea Handler paid $5.9 million for RFK Jr. and Cheryl Hines's home in 2021 but still hasn't been able to move in. Comedian Chelsea Handler has said that buying real estate is a great way to stash your savings: "Invest in…...
Have You Heard About Whole Foods Jail?
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (1234+ words) Have You Heard About Whole Foods Jail?Curbed Every product is independently selected by editors. Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission. About a decade ago, a designer we'll call Joanne had a cart filled…...
An LLC Tied to Leon Black Has Bought the Woolworth Mansion
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (48+ words) An LLC tied to Apollo Management co-founder Leon Black's family office has bought the Woolworth Mansion for $38 million. Last month, when news broke that the Woolworth mansion at 4 East 80th Street had finally found a buyer, it was an event in…...
Arki Busson Is Building Hollywood in New Jersey
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1224+ words) The French financier Arki Busson is building a Hollywood-style film studio outside of New York City in New Jersey and has already snagged Paramount as an anchor tenant. Every product is independently selected by editors. Things you buy through our…...
Is That an EV Charger Hiding in a Poop-Bag Dispenser?
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (23+ words) The New York City Council wants to study putting EV chargers into lampposts. Desperate street parkers are already building their own " in secret....
Everyone in L.A. Wants a Giant Front Door
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (36+ words) The front doors in Los Angeles real estate are getting bigger " from Michael B. Jordan's 20-foot door to the Erewhon owners' door featured on "Selling Sunset.' How did the big doors get so big?...
What Everyone’s Saying About Those Housing Ballot Proposals
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (522+ words) But what do the proposals actually mean? Will they meaningfully encourage more affordable-housing construction? Or are they simply a mayoral power grab, as opponents claim " one that will allow the mayor and developers to do whatever they like, returning the…...
A Noisy Paradox on West 73rd Street
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (101+ words) Robert Malta, owner of Arte Cafe on West 73rd Street, is also a landlord of multiple buildings on the block. Tenants say his restaurant has become a noise menace. But it was the noise at Arte Cafe that really seemed to…...
The ADU Boom Can Now Commence
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (127+ words) The city launched a Department of Buildings portal where homeowners can apply to build legal basement or backyard apartments. If you've been anxiously waiting to build a backyard cottage to stash your in-laws in when they're in town, well, the…...
The Horace Gifford Beach House Rescued by Art-School Friends
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (196+ words) A visual diary by Design Editor Wendy Goodman. August west spent summers growing up in the Fire Island Pines at the 1966 Horace Gifford beach house owned by her grandfather Paul McGregor, who had a hair "salon of some renown on…...