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      Menswear Mogul Mortimer Levitt’s Manhattan Townhouse Hits the Market for $12.5 Million

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      Fashion businessman Mortimer Levitt built a menswear empire, so it’s no surprise his former Manhattan townhouse is bursting with style.  

      The home of the late clothier has been hoisted onto the market, listed for $12.5 million with Ian Slater and Alex Antigua of Compass. The palatial Upper East Side pad sits down the block from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Central Park. Originally built in 1910, the 113-year-old property spans five stories and measures a whopping 5,737 square feet. In case you were looking for something bigger (and taller), the spread also comes with an extra 2,200 square feet of unused air rights—so the sky’s really the limit. 

      The late Mortimer Levitt’s New York City townhouse is up for sale.

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      Altogether, the abode comprises six or potentially seven bedrooms, five bathrooms, and two powder rooms. Everything about the place feels inviting, from its soaring 12-foot ceilings, arched windows, and stately fireplaces. On the garden level, you’ll find a large chef’s kitchen, a butler’s pantry, and a formal dining room. One of the standout perks here is that you’ll have access to a private garden. Upstairs, the parlor floor is flooded with sunlight and would be perfect for throwing a chic soirée. In fact, according to the Washington Post, Levitt and his wife, Mimi, used to host musicals at this very townhouse. 

      The five-story townhouse was originally built in 1910 and features arched windows and stately fireplaces.

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      Levitt, who established the Custom Shop in 1937, died in 2005 at the age of 98 at his home in Connecticut. The business had over 60 branches before he sold it in 1997 and was best known for creating made-to-measure shirts that were sported by celebs, business execs, and political figures alike. In addition to having a passion for fashion, Levitt was also the founder of the Manhattan Theatre Club and chairman of the board of Young Concert Artists for over 25 years. 

      Click here to see all the photos of Mortimer Levitt’s former Manhattan townhouse.  

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      Bad Bunny Is Renting This Swanky N.Y.C. Penthouse for $150,000 a Month

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      Bad Bunny is officially a New Yorker.  

      Originally from Puerto Rico, the Grammy-winning rapper, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is renting an ultra-swanky penthouse in Chelsea for a whopping $150,000 per month, the New York Post first reported. Spanning an impressive 4,552 square feet, the apartment sports four bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms. The palatial pad is matched with 4,593 square feet of patio space, which includes a private 32-foot lap pool, an outdoor kitchen, and multiple seating areas.  

      Last listed for $18.5 million with Chase Landow and Ryan Serhant of Serhant, the airy abode is expected to have its streaming debut next year when it airs on the broker’s new Netflix series, The Post reported. For now, we’ll walk you through what’s inside. The apartment is decked out with oak flooring, custom wood paneling, and soaring 12-foot ceilings. Of course, living high above the Big Apple also comes with the benefit of picturesque city views, courtesy of the home’s sliding glass walls.

      Bad Bunny is renting a New York City penthouse for $150,000 per month.

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      Entered via a key-lock elevator, the condo opens up to a windowed gallery and leads into an open living room, library, and south-facing terrace. The library comprises a super sleek, sculptural staircase straight to the sprawling rooftop. Back on the main floor, you’ll find a dining room and an eat-in kitchen. The latter is kitted out with custom Molteni cabinets, stainless steel counters, terrazzo floors, and top-of-the-line Gaggenau appliances. 

      The four-bedroom apartment in Chelsea over looks the city and features a 32-foot lap pool.

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      Other standout features include the primary suite. The bedroom is undeniably worthy of a global superstar with dual walk-in closets and a private balcony. The en-suite bath is equally impressive. Think giant slabs of marble, heated floors, an oil-finished oak vanity, and a soaking tub. While Bad Bunny may be spending more time in the concrete jungle, the Latin artist also owns property in San Juan, Miami, and Los Angeles. Earlier this year, he dropped $8.8 million on a Hollywood Hills mansion.  

      Click here to see all the photos of Bad Bunny’s N.Y.C. penthouse. 

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      Late Fashion Designer Oleg Cassini’s Manhattan Home Hits the Market for $14 Million

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      It’s been more than 50 years since Oleg Cassini’s Manhattan home was last on the market. Now, the late fashion designer’s elegant townhouse can be yours for a cool $14 million.  

      The lavish Gramercy Park abode, also known as the Joseph B. Thomas House, is one of New York City’s last remaining architecturally significant townhouses up for private sale, Bloomberg first reported. Dating back to the 17th century, the home was originally built in Amsterdam, and in 1845, it was dismantled and shipped to the Upper West Side. The home was moved again in 1910 to its coveted spot on East 19th Street, where it was completed by British architect Frederick J. Sterner.

      Late designer Oleg Cassini’s N.Y.C. townhouse is up for sale.

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      Sporting a Gothic style, the five-story dwelling is “somewhere in the middle of a castle, a mansion, a townhouse, and a church or synagogue,” Compass agent Jim St. André, who holds the listing together with colleague Peter Gordenstein, told Bloomberg. Outside, you’ll find gargoyles on the façade, along with stained-glass windows and decorative stone inlays. Internally, the aesthetic continues with a soaring seven-foot fireplace, dark wood paneling, and ornate plasterwork. 

      The massive foyer is decked out with Flemish-patterned stone flooring, while the two-story great room features a barrel-vaulted ceiling. From here, you can step into a stunning, sun-drenched solarium. Altogether, the 7,000-square-foot property comprises six bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a gourmet chef’s kitchen with a dumbwaiter, a formal dining room, and a wine cellar.

      The century-old home has tons of Gothic details like stained-glass windows

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      Cassini, best known as a dressmaker for Jackie Kennedy, died from a stroke in 2006. Following his passing, the townhouse became the subject of a bitter estate dispute between his widow and grandchildren. The current owners, who bought the palatial pad at auction for $5 million last year, chose to rehab some of the existing elements before deciding to sell. “Someone will walk in the door, feel a connection to the property, and want to use or rehabilitate and restore what’s here,” added St. André.

      Click here to see all the photos of Oleg Cassini’s Manhattan townhouse. 

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      Artist Zoë Buckman’s N.Y.C. Loft Just Popped Up for Sale Again

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      Though it’s been prominently featured in the pages of Architectural Digest, Zoë Buckman has been trying to sell her live/work digs in New York City for a little over a year now with no takers.

      Sited in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Dumbo (short for “Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass”), the loft-style abode was once offered for as much as $5.75 million and previously listed for rent at $19,500 per month, but has now returned to the open market for a smidge under $5 million.

      If the British-born artist and photographer does get anywhere near the asking price, she will just about break even. Records show the ex-wife of Friends actor David Schwimmer paid almost $4.6 million for the place a little over six years ago, back in summer 2017.

      The primary bedroom is accented with an exposed-brick wall.

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      Tucked away on the fourth floor of Alloy Development’s Brillo-warehouse-turned-residential building 185 Plymouth—and described in the listing as “a dream come true with an ultra-chic, warm and grand personality”—the unit features four bedrooms and three baths in 3,300 square feet of open-concept living space boasting wide-plank hardwood floors, exposed brick walls and high wood-beam ceilings throughout. There’s also a private 115-square-foot terrace with East River and city skyline views.

      Highlights include a key-access elevator that opens into a combined living/dining room sporting a glass curtain wall overlooking a central courtyard laced with birch and red bud trees, along with a galley-style kitchen outfitted with open shelving and top-tier appliances.

      A primary bedroom suite is equipped with a walk-in closet, along with a tiled bath flaunting dual vanities, radiant-heated floors, and a wet room hosting a clawfoot soaking tub and shower; and elsewhere are three additional bedrooms that could easily accommodate a studio, library or media room in the mix, plus an office nook and laundry room.

      A colorfully tiled primary bath is spotlighted by a large wet room with a clawfoot soaking tub and shower.

      Edward Menashy for Evan Joseph Studios

      The unit also comes with access to services and amenities like a 24-hour virtual doorman, bike storage and a fully equipped gym courtesy of a monthly $2,320 fee.

      In an article earlier this year, Buckman told the New York Post she is selling because she needs more separation between where she lives and works. “The loft will forever hold a special place in my heart,” she said, “as it’s where I made my best work to date.”

      Per the news outlet, she currently lives in a home in Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood, and is in the midst of her first solo show since 2019 at New York’s Lyles & King gallery.

      The listing is held by Jessica Campbell of Nest Seekers International.

      Click here for more photos of Zoë Buckman’s New York City loft.

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      Fashion Designer Phillip Lim Sends His Manhattan Loft Down the Runway at $8.5 Million

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      On the heels of his big return to New York Fashion Week, Phillip Lim is exiting his longtime Manhattan home.

      The designer, who co-founded his eponymous fashion label 3.1 Phillip Lim in 2005, has hoisted his Soho co-op onto the market for a cool $8.5 million, The Wall Street Journal first reported. Of course, if you’re looking for something a little less permanent, Lim’s loft can also be rented for $45,000 per month.

      Fashion designer Phillip Lim’s Soho apartment features a swing custom bookshelves and a swing.

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      Nestled within a historic cast-iron building, the sprawling abode is an amalgamation of two apartments. In 2007, when he made the move from California, the designer snapped up the first unit for $2.2 million. A few years later, in 2011, he nabbed the apartment next door for $1.8 million and initially used the extra space as a design studio. Per the WSJ, he later shelled out an additional $3 million to combine the two units into a single 3,500-square-foot spread. 

      Accessed via a private keyed elevator, the home comprises two bedrooms and two and a half baths. There’s a small private terrace off the living room, and, unsurprisingly, there are tons of stylish touches throughout, including white-oak herringbone floors. There’s a hidden wet bar in the dining room, and in the living room, a swing dangles from the ceiling in front of floor-to-ceiling custom bookshelves.

      Included with the sale is a black marble sculpture that Lin designed.

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      Lim designed and installed a statement-making black marble sculpture as a divider between a sitting area and a dining room. And the best part is that the massive sculpture is baked into the asking price. Lim told the newspaper that all the furniture inside is also up for grabs, though for an extra fee. 

      The designer and cookbook author is currently looking for another place in the city that he can revamp. In the meantime, he has a home on the bucolic North Fork of Long Island.  

      Esteban Gomez of Compass has the listing.

      Click here to see all the photos of Phillip Lim’s apartment.

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      Enjoy the High Life at This Charles Gwathmey-Designed Pied-à-Terre Atop NYC’s Iconic Sherry-Netherland Hotel

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      Always wanted to sit back and relax in a professionally coiffed abode overlooking some of the best scenery New York City has to offer—one holding court in a rarefied prewar building with access to ritzy amenities like room service from the famed Harry Cipriani restaurant, for instance?

      Well, if you happen to have an extra $4.45 million lying around and are eager to spend it, this luxe four-room apartment on the 20th floor of one of Gotham’s first branded hotel residences just might be the ideal spot to settle down in unique style. After all, The Sherry-Netherland Hotel has been described as “more than a place to live, it is a way of living.”

      Records show the co-op premises have long been occupied by billionaire financier Gary Winnick and his wife, artist and author Karen Winnick, who happen to be the very same couple currently shopping around their legendary Casa Encantada estate in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles for a whopping $250 million.

      An entrance hallway introduces some of architect Charles Gwathmey’s signature high modernist style.

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      Tailored to suit their personal tastes in the late 1990s by revered high modernist architect Charles Gwathmey, the unit lies on the 20th floor of the exclusive 38-story Schultze & Weaver-designed structure. Developed in 1927 by Louis Sherry and Lucius Boomer, the Fifth Avenue stalwart has been resided in through the years by A-listers the likes of David Bowie, Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand, George Burns, Jack Warner and Francis Ford Coppola.

      Billed in the listing as “offering an unparalleled level of attention to detail,” the property features two bedrooms and two baths in 2,000 square feet of elegant art-deco living space accented with rich hardwood floors, high ceilings, custom millwork, exotic wood finishes, ample built-ins and designer lighting throughout.

      The spacious primary bedroom boasts a dressing room and an onyx-clad bath.

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      Highlights include an entrance hallway that flows to a wet bar-equipped living room displaying a dining solarium that opens to a wraparound terrace facing Fifth Avenue and Central Park, and a galley-style kitchen outfitted with stainless Viking appliances and a curving banquette for casual meals. A spacious primary bedroom boasts a dressing room and an onyx-clad bath, and elsewhere is another en-suite bedroom with bespoke wood paneling that’s been converted into an office space.

      The new owner also will have access to a wealth of building amenities courtesy of a substantial $21,616 monthly HOA charge, including a 24-hour doorman and concierge, along with room and housekeeping services, a fitness center and valet parking.

      In addition to their NYC apartment, the Winnicks also maintain the aforementioned Casa Encantada estate, formerly owned by the late hotelier Conrad Hilton and billionaire retired Dole Food Products chairman David Murdock. The couple purchased the 1930s property for $94 million back in 2000.

      The listing is held by Shawn Elliott and John Carbone of Nest Seekers International.

      Click here for more photos of Gary Winnick’s New York City pied-à-terre.

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      Stephen Sondheim’s Former N.Y.C Townhouse Hits the Market $7 Million

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      Everything’s coming up roses at Manhattan’s Turtle Bay Gardens. 

      A historic New York City townhouse that was the long-time residence of late Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim has hit the market, Curbed reported. Listed for a cool $7 million with Michael J. Franco of Compass, the composer bought the five-story building in the ‘60s following his 1959 theater production, Gypsy. Sondheim lived at the abode for several decades up until his death in 2021. 

      “After a friend gave me an economics lesson in real estate, I realized that with the royalties from the recent success of Gypsy, I could afford a down payment. And then I rented out the top three floors of the townhouse to help me pay the mortgage,” the Tony Award–winning songwriter told Pamela Hanlon, author of Manhattan’s Turtle Bay.

      Stephen Sondheim’s New York City townhouse just listed for $7 million.

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      Originally built in the early 1900s, the corner residence measures a whopping 5,690 square feet and covers an impressive 2,000 square feet of land. Inside, you’ll find a ton of preserved period details packed inside the 19-foot-wide pad. There’s a wrought-iron gated forecourt, a wood-paneled foyer with barrel-vaulted veiling, and chevron-patterned wood floors in the 32-foot living room. Nearby, the formal dining area is equipped with soaring floor-to-ceiling windows, ornate crown moldings, and a giant set of French doors.  

      The residence is part of Manhattan’s Turtle Bay Gardens.

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      Not to worry, the storied seven-bedroom dwelling has its fair share of modern amenities, too. For example, there’s a gym and a totally renovated chef’s kitchen. The space is decked out with glass-fronted cabinets and stainless-steel countertops. Upstairs, a primary suite complete with custom built-ins, a fireplace, an en suite bathroom, and an enormous dressing room takes up the entire fourth floor. 

      Sondheim’s music studio is still intact.

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      Fans of Into the Woods or admirers of any of Sondheim’s works will be surprised to find that his music studio has remained intact. Nearby, make sure to check out the stunning solarium and its original stained-glass windows. From here, you can step onto a 30-foot private terrace that overlooks the famous gardens for perhaps some “peace and quiet and open air.”

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      179 Sullivan Street in Photos

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