Archive for Upper West Side

Mae West’s Celebrity Upper West Side Mansion

Want to live in the mansion Mae West once graced? Her former Upper West Side residence at 266 West End Avenue is listed at $30 million, pending the complete restoration currently in progress.The building is 28 feet wide with 14,000 square feet of space. It was built in 1896 seemingly out of limestone and pure [...]

Did Your Doorman Google You?

Doormen see a lot of clues going in and out of the lobby, but how curious do they get and how much further will they go to find out about the tenants in the buildings where they work? BrickUnderground opened a door to the reality that some doormen just may be Googling the people in [...]

Central Park West’s $8 Million Dollar Ugliness

A 15 Central Park West condo has gone on the market, and while it’s For Sale By Owner (FSBO), it’s still selling for over $4,000 per square foot. And in this case it’s not what’s on the inside that counts- it’s all form, no substance. Curbed calls it the ugliest apartment in the building, and [...]

Top 10 Upper West Side ‘Picks-for your-Picnic’

It’s the moment we’ve been waiting for. Time to shed those winter parkas and grab your flip flops, the picnic season is back again.
It takes serious planning for a perfect picnic in the park and The Hoch Group wants you prepared. Best brunch places? That’s so…February. Here are the top 10 Upper West Side ‘Picks-for [...]

247 Central Park West Listed at $32 Million

247 Central Park West: $32 Million
Keith Monda, former Coach co-president and chief operating officer, has put his five-bedroom townhouse at 247 Central Park West back on the market for $32 million. If it sells, it will once again break its own record as the highest-priced single-family townhouse sale on the Upper West Side. Abigail Disney, [...]

Dakota Not Telling a Happy West Side Story

The Upper West Side’s historically important and legendary Dakota is timeless, full of history.  But Curbed tells another sad west side story of dramatic  price drop on Apartment #54 since it went on the market last December. It is a 3 bedroom, 2 ½ bathroom that started, just 2 months ago, $7.5 million. Just 6 [...]

Manhattan Real Estate: Residents Won’t Stand for Removing Doorman’s Chair

Doormen are a classic symbol of Manhattan living. Almost as ubiquitous are the doormen’s chairs- which some condo boards seem to feel are a bit too luxurious of a distraction. Brick Underground tells the story of an Upper West Side condo board who took the doorman’s chair away after renovating the lobby and relocating the [...]