This artsy downtown New York City loft was where Taylor Swift took the Polaroids that came with her “1989” album. The duplex apartment is part of the iconic MacIntyre building—a cooperative apartment block built in Manhattan’s Flatiron District in 1892. It has an enviable corner location on the bustling intersection of Broadway and 18th Street and has views of Union Square in the distance from its...
Jeff Conry, former president of the charter airline iAero Airways, and his wife, Sherianne Conry, sold the six-bedroom, eight-and-a-half-bathroom home at 3590 Crystal View Court in Miami, property records show. John Lie-Nielson and Darling Nielsen bought the nearly 14,000-square-foot mansion. 3590 Crystal View Court (Getty, 1OAK Studios/Richard Novak) John Lie-Nielson is founder and CEO of One Park...
In case HBO's The Gilded Age hasn't made clear enough already, there was once upon a time, circa 1880s, when the avenues and boulevards of New York City glittered with rows upon rows of palatial mansions built for robber barons named Vanderbilt, Astor, and Carnegie. In the century and a half since, the city's landscape may have changed—and titans of industry today may prefer gleaming pied-à-terre...
Stephen Sondheim’s longtime New York City townhouse has sold for $7 million, according to listing agent Michael Franco of Compass. Franco declined to name the buyer, but said the purchaser is a Sondheim fan based in New York City who plans to make the Midtown townhouse his primary residence. The seven-bedroom, roughly 5,700-square-foot townhouse received two offers after Sondheim’s estate listed it...
Stained glass windows have enhanced buildings since the Middle Ages and continue to captivate architects and design lovers today. Used traditionally—and even sometimes as ceilings—the works are constructed of colored glass pieces connected and outlined by strips of lead. It’s common to see this stunning details in religious buildings, such as cathedrals and mosques, although they also...
New York City is on track to complete only about 11,000 new housing units this year, half the number built in 2022 and a fraction of what is needed to deal with the city’s housing crisis. The forecast, contained in a construction outlook released Wednesday by the New York Building Congress, is in line with data from the Real Estate Board of New York, which believes the total this year could even fall...
New York has been called the most haunted city in the world, and with good reason. Every single street is steeped in history, and in the four-hundred-plus years of cycles of expansion, construction, destruction, and rejuvenation, you're bound to hear more than a few legends and tales of the otherwordly. So, in the spirit of Halloween, we're proud to present this map of the most haunted buildings in...
No one can prove that ghosts actually exist (even though my freshman-year dorm was definitely haunted), but that doesn’t mean certain structures do not appear to have a nefarious look to them and seem to be occupied by non-living entities. What with their zigzag exteriors, sharp-edged windows, and ominously lit interiors, it’s no wonder some buildings appear too eerie to enter. And while some...
Securing a mortgage to buy a home has become more expensive than at any time since 2000, making people less likely to move and restricting the migration flows that have become more common during the pandemic. The number of existing homes sold in the U.S. has fallen every month since February due in large part to spiking mortgage rates. The standard 30-year fixed mortgage rate started this year...
Aroughly 34-acre Southampton estate owned by the late, and legendary, architect and designer Thierry Despont is about to list for $19.95 million, Gimme Shelter has learned — down from its $23.5 million asking price last year. Despont made his name refurbishing America’s treasured Statue of Liberty and other landmarks, including the Carlyle Hotel, the Woolworth Building, as well as the Ritz in Paris....