Frank the Tank shows up at 10 Downing this week to reassess the talents of one Chef Jason Neroni. Of course Frank makes mention of Neroni's brush with the law, his James Beard grovelling, the year-long delays at 10 Downing, but when he gets to the point of the piece—Neroni's cooking—we l...

With Harlem's Riverton Houses entering foreclosure proceedings—and Tishman Speyer talking to its partners about raising capital to stave off a default at Stuyvesant Town—the Times looks at what a failed megadeal means for the tenants already in place. Pluses: "[Tenants] still enjoy the ben...

Not content to let the Jane Hotel hog the spotlight for controversial SRO-to-boutique-hotel conversions, a member of the tenant association at the Breslin Hotel writes in regarding the current state of the Broadway and 29th Street building, set to re-open as hip hostel the Ace Hotel. After some open...

1) Now that he's set up nicely at 15 Central Park West, Sting is once again ready to try and unload his 2nd/3rd-floor duplex at the Brentmore a few blocks north (Billy Joel's old pad). It had been listed in 2006 for $24 million and then $20 million, and now, adjusted for the luxury market meltdown, ...

Today Frank Bruni files on the kitschy seafood castle from Ken Friedman and chef April Bloomfeld, The John Dory. Much is exemplary, much is overwhelming, and in sum it gets two stars:"It’s a seafood house, but with the gastronomic muscle, swagger and — it often seems — cholesterol ...

For those dubious that anyone's buying apartments in Manhattan right now, the above graph, fresh off the presses, offers solace. Well, a little solace. Okay, a smidgen o' solace. It's from the CORE Group's latest Real Time Report, which paints a picture of a Manhattan resale market that's still seei...

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. 1) East Village: A most recent look at the delayed Butcher Bay space on East 5th between A and B reveals it may not be as far off as we had thought. The dumpsters are still around, but the black plastic shroud has been removed. It looks like we're...

In this week's New York magazine, Gabriel Sherman pens an epic feature on landlord Tishman Speyer's iron-fisted rule over East Side megarental Stuyvesant Town, touching on a number of topics—including Stuy Town's well-documented cash flow problems, the long roster of investors who own Stuy Town...

And now, before you contemplate a cold January Saturday, have a look at some of our favorite Curbed topics of the week: Click the image above to view the full photogallery. 1) East Village: Another one bites the dust. The pre-glitz Bowery Amato Opera was sold for $37 million. It will close on May 31...

[Click to expand. **Warning: Curbed is not responsible for any mind explosions.] Will Soviet-born billionaire Lev Leviev's condo conversion of the landmark Madison Avenue Clock Tower ever happen? If it does, it will have a penthouse the likes of which perhaps we've never seen on this cozy little isl...