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Clubland Chaos Can Happen At Any Time
Last Thursday's fatal shooting at celebrity hangout Stereo recalled an interesting quote from The Observer's September 2007 article about the since-shuttered Chelsea nightclub's recurring legal...
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Penthouse Boss Buys Sexy Scores Building
The notorious West Chelsea nightclub where the actress Lindsay Lohan honed her pole-dancing skills may soon be back in business. Real estate investor Robert Gans has purchased the shuttered Scores West...
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Your Open House: Nobody Needs the High Line, But…
Pouring rain: bad for walking in the park, but apparently good for apartment hunting. Broker William Landhauser said that he had seen noticeably more people than usual at his Sunday open house, a...
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‘Bohemia-Nouveau’ in Chelsea: 540 West 28th Swings for Edgy Safe
Robert Lynn, who's managing sales for the new condos at 540 West 28th Street, has a thing for white oak floors. "I've been doing this for 12 years, and I've never seen a developer go with floors like...
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Chelsea Hotel Passover: A Lot More Than Four Questions as Chetrit Marks the...
Something is happening, but we don't fully know what it is... Shortly before noon last Thursday, a woman with a German accent stepped to the front desk of the Chelsea Hotel, and demanded in clipped...
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Quinn, Nadler, Stringer Write Chelsea Hotel Tenants
Here is the reassuring letter, obtained by The Observer and dated Aug. 4, that several local politicians, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Congressman Jerrold Nadler, sent to tenants...
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Chetrit’s $85 M. Chelsea Hotel Loan; His Junior Partner’s Housing Violations
The Chelsea: Everybody in. Real estate investor Joseph Chetrit closed on his nearly $80 million Chelsea Hotel buy early last week, and now information has trickled out about how he and junior partner...
View ArticleHigh-Powered Art Couple Sell Highly Priced Condo on the High Line
Both Perry Rubenstein and his wife, Sara Fitzmaurice are adept sellers. As an art dealer, Mr. Rubenstein has sold millions of dollars of artwork to collectors across the globe. Ms. Fitzmaurice, the...
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Flying Cars: Sky Garage Penthouse Trades For $11 M.
How to price a penthouse with an en-suite garage? It's a bird, it's a plane, no it's a car elevator! Penthouse 1 at Annabelle Seldorf's notorious "sky-garage" condo project at 200 Eleventh Avenue has...
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Indie Filmmaker Vincent Gallo Picks Up Nouvel Pad
Don't worry, 100 Eleventh Avenue residents, Rasputin has not risen from the dead—that's just Vincent Gallo. Ladies, gird your loins—indie film star and would-be prostitute Vincent Gallo is moving to...
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