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preservation watch

A Row of Downtown Brookyn’s Oldest Townhouses May Be Doomed

Their façades will be preserved, but the rest will become a lobby if the developer has its way. By Kim Velsey

neighborhood news

Everyone’s Mining the Top Dresser Drawer

Peak prices mean hectic days for the gold buyers of the Diamond District. By Christopher Bonanos

unicorns

A Converted West Village Stable That’s Had Only Two Owners

An airy loft at 72 Horatio is the kind of place a person stays put. By Adriane Quinlan

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preservation watch

A Row of Downtown Brookyn’s Oldest Townhouses May Be Doomed
tired of winning

Trump Is Literally Demolishing the White House

See All See All See All

under a million A Jackson Heights Two-Bedroom With a Private Elevator for $815,000 And a moody prewar duplex with wide-plank floors in Hudson Square. By Curbed Staff

supertall tales A Tower the Size of the Empire State Building Is Coming to the Upper West Side And a lot of people are mad, including Tony Danza. By Matthew Sedacca

chapters Gordon Matta-Clark’s Roving Eye Few know the artist as a photographer. But he was obsessive about capturing the early years of graffiti. gallery By Gordon Matta-Clark

supertall tales 432 Park Is Cracking Up Developers wanted the supertall’s cement façade to be a pristine white. Turns out that’s not great for durability. By Matthew Sedacca

under a million A Jackson Heights Two-Bedroom With a Private Elevator for $815,000 And a moody prewar duplex with wide-plank floors in Hudson Square. By Curbed Staff

supertall tales A Tower the Size of the Empire State Building Is Coming to the Upper West Side And a lot of people are mad, including Tony Danza. By Matthew Sedacca

chapters Gordon Matta-Clark’s Roving Eye Few know the artist as a photographer. But he was obsessive about capturing the early years of graffiti. gallery By Gordon Matta-Clark

supertall tales 432 Park Is Cracking Up Developers wanted the supertall’s cement façade to be a pristine white. Turns out that’s not great for durability. By Matthew Sedacca

On The Market

listings edit This Week’s Worth-It New York City Apartment Listings

buy it for the architecture A Sophisticated Dome House in Ghent for $1.12 Million

who’s selling Ian Schrager Is Selling His Westchester Country House

mysteries The Curious ‘Katherine’ on Grand Street

Best of New York

Cityscape

noticings ‘Who Died?’ ‘It’s the Starbucks.’ As locations close across the city, an outpouring of grief from tweens, crossword types, and other Frappuccino diehards. By Adriane Quinlan
public art watch A Ruth Bader Ginsburg Monument Is Officially Coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park A state committee is asking for artist proposals to honor the late Supreme Court justice. By Adriane Quinlan
the white house The White House’s Petty-Gag Era Trump’s Presidential Walk of Fame is a dorm-room joke blown up to national scale. By Christopher Bonanos
look book The Look Book Goes to Style Across the Aisle Politicians (elected, appointed, and aspiring) gathered at Surrogate’s Court to walk the runway in looks by local designers. gallery By Matt Stieb
rendering judgment The Coney Casino Plan Is (Probably) Dead. Coney Island Is Not. Even without it, the neighborhood is gradually undergoing the comeback it deserves. By Christopher Bonanos

look book Do you live on campus? I’m actually staying with my grandparents in Throggs Neck and commuting. I’m taking my mom’s room, and my grandparents left everything as it was when she was a little kid. There’s a bunch of girlie stuff on the walls; the furniture and paint are all pink. The Look Book Goes to Fordham Move-In Day

Design Hunting

interiors Which Upstate Inn Are You? A new book on some of New York’s boutique offerings arrives just as the Hudson Valley enters peak season. By Clio Chang
great rooms The Home Gallery in the Soho Loft A young couple with a growing art collection reimagines the top floor of a 1903 cast-iron building. By Wendy Goodman
great rooms The Horace Gifford Beach House Rescued by Art-School Friends They had two months to bring back to life a 1966 home in the Fire Island Pines. By Wendy Goodman
design edit The Return of Embellishment At Collectible, hanging pearls, stencil motifs, and sculptural tiles adorned otherwise minimalist furniture. By Adrian Madlener

The Real Estate

unicorns A Converted West Village Stable That’s Had Only Two Owners An airy loft at 72 Horatio is the kind of place a person stays put. By Adriane Quinlan
preservation watch A Row of Downtown Brookyn’s Oldest Townhouses May Be Doomed Their façades will be preserved, but the rest will become a lobby if the developer has its way. By Kim Velsey
under a million A Very Nicely Priced 3-Bedroom in Prospect–Lefferts for $815,000 And another steal of a three-bedroom, two-bath in Kensington. By Matthew Sedacca
celebrity real estate Georgina Chapman Is Facing Foreclosure on Her Jane Street Apartment The Marchesa founder and ex-wife of Harvey Weinstein owes at least $2.5 million on her West Village condo. By Clio Chang
business of brokering How’s a Crypto Bro Supposed to Get an Apartment Anyway? Brokers say it’s a new era for crypto purchases, although some still hide their bitcoin wallets from old-school co-op boards. By Kim Velsey