The New York City Council on Wednesday voted in favor of legislation prohibiting the use of gas-powered stoves, space heaters and water boilers in new buildings as part of the city’s broader effort to transition away from fossil fuels, according to CNBC. The measure bans gas hookups in new buildings, requiring most construction projects to forgo natural gas in favor of electricity or other more...
A property that commands $100 million or more might seem like a one-off exception, but it isn’t as rare as you might think. Edward de Mallet Morgan, a partner at Knight Frank—a global real estate consultancy based in London—says that nine figure residential listings come up for sale on a regular basis. However, they’re often off market where the homes aren’t publicly listed, and news of the...
A historic townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with ties to Broadway and the entertainment industry has come onto the market for the first time in nearly half a century. The Federal-style townhouse, located on East 68th Street between Second and Third avenues, is being sold by the estate of the late Broadway producer Isobel Robins Konecky. She and her husband, Ronald Konecky, an...
Donald Trump’s Brother Owned These New York City Apartments for Years, but Never Moved In. An assemblage of Manhattan apartments owned for years by the late Robert Trump, the younger brother of former President Donald Trump, is coming on the market for $7.5 million. Located on East 66th Street on the Upper East Side, the units for sale include a duplex on the eighth and ninth floors of a historic...
Manhattan Luxury Real Estate Recorded Its Best Week in at Least 15 Years. Now more than $600 million of luxury real estate went into contract in Manhattan last week, making it the strongest-performing week in at least 15 years. There were 67 contracts signed for residences in the borough priced at $4 million or more in the week ending Nov. 21, the most sales recorded in a single seven-day stretch so far...
One of the most anticipated movies of this awards season is Ridley Scott's buzzy House of Gucci, a high-fashion true crime story that's already dividing critics. The film depicts the opulent world of Gucci scion Maurizio Gucci (played by Adam Driver), who was assassinated in 1995 by a hitman at the behest of his ex-wife, Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga). And next year, for a limited time, fans of the film can...
Dromoland Castle Thanksgiving is traditionally a time for gatherings at home. You spend the day cooking the turkey, baking the pies, and watching football, then convene around the dining table with family and friends to express gratitude by way of overindulgence. But why not let someone else do all the work for a change? Traveling for Thanksgiving doesn't necessarily mean...
Though classic co-ops still represent some of New York City most exclusive real estate offerings, condos have come to dominate Manhattan’s luxury sector in recent years. “Since the financial crisis, the proliferation of new condos has poached a lot of potential buyers from the co-op market,” said Jonathan Miller, president and CEO of appraisal firm Miller Samuel and author of Douglas Elliman’s...
Then, in the 1920s, patrician reformers Anne Harriman Vanderbilt, Elisabeth Marbury, and Anne Morgan had the audacious idea of living near the downtrodden, and they rebuilt Sutton’s broken-down brownstones. The New York Times scoffed at their personal urban renewal project, branding it the “Amazon Enclave”; indeed, Marbury and Morgan were queer pioneers. But the Amazons’ social rank (they also...
One of the greatest joys of watching Succession—besides bearing witness to the supreme dysfunction of the billionaire Roy family—is getting to revel in their fictional 0.001 percenters' lifestyle. Some markers of wealth and status are discreet—their unflashy taste in jewelry; their understated, but very expensive, Loro Piana baseball caps; their logo-less Cucinelli vests. Others are about as subtle...