The canary-colored Connecticut estate that was the home of the father of American literature Mark Twain for the last years of his life has come to the market for $4.2 million. Twain, whose given name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, built “Stormfield” in 1908 in the style of a Tuscan villa and named it after his short story “Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven,” according to the listing with Laura...
Facebook is planting its roots in the real world, with a planned community near its Menlo Park, California, headquarters—complete with a supermarket, restaurants, shops, and a 193-room hotel. Willow Village will truly be a company town—with 1,729 apartments on-site, including 320 affordable units and 120 set aside for seniors. The development of the 59-acre site, currently an industrial and...
Under billowing, cloudlike fabric stretching the length of a football field, fake lemon trees with purple-and-blue trunks sprout from AstroTurf. Lemon slices the size of cafe tabletops are scattered about like oversize stone pavers, and knee-high plants bear halves of the citrus fruit cast in fiberglass resin. This Seussian wonder has a name: Citrovia. It has its own custom scent and special lighting...
Raise your cosmo! With filming underway of the HBO Max show “And Just Like That,” a sequel to “Sex and the City,” Cynthia Nixon has also been busy off-camera. The actress and her wife, Christine Marinoni, have reportedly picked up a Manhattan multi-unit townhome for $4.4 million, according to the New York Post. Located on the East Side Kip’s Bay neighborhood, the posh property offers a total of...
For the first time in decades, the mansion best known as the set of Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums is on the market. The 2001 film—starring Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Anjelica Huston, and more—is beloved not only for its captivating storyline, but for the sprawling 19th-century backdrop. Located in New York City’s Hamilton Heights, the home was built in 1899 and designed...
An apartment once owned by Harry Winston in 927 Fifth Avenue, one of New York's most exclusive buildings, is on the market at Sotheby's International Realty for $32.5 million, with Louise Beit as the listing agent. The current owner, art collector Judith Hernstadt, bought the unit directly from the King of Diamonds himself, who purchased and renovated it in 1950. The building is the stuff of Manhattan...
Nineteenth-century American botanist (and a pioneer in scientific agriculture) Luther Burbank said, “Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful. They are sunshine, food, and medicine for the soul.” His affinity for all things floral is shared by many—especially the innovative designers behind the world’s most extravagant flower shows, which are making a triumphant return...
Oscar-winning actor Julianne Moore sold her modestly sized Montauk cottage for $2.9 million after six years on the market, according to Variety. The deal closed in March. Moore reportedly listed the property in 2015 for $3.5 million after finding a drunk stranger asleep on her couch. She and her husband Bart Freundlich moved to a home in a more secluded part of Montauk shortly after the incident. The...
Broadway might not be back yet, but the stars of Hamilton are ready for business. Lin-Manuel Miranda and other members behind the hit show are the new owners of a century-old Manhattan specialty store that will reopen June 10, the New York Times reported. Drama Book Shop will have a new look at its 266 West 39th Street location, just a block from its most recent location at 266 West 40th Street, the...
What does Governors Island want to be when it grows up? That question has slouched around the place for a couple of decades now, frustrating officials who would like to see the place gainfully employed. All that empty land unbuilt, those stunning views unmonetized, the constant demands for public funds — the island is basically a moocher, and thank goodness. For now, it’s still a ghostly, magical chip...