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New York Post
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Mark Rothko's former NYC home re-lists for $9.5M
Only in New York could a single Gilded Age carriage house have ties to both the abstract painter Mark Rothko and the music legend Elvis Presley. Now, the duplex where the late Rothko created his art at 155 E. 69th St. is back on the market for $9.5 million. That's the same price the property asked last year with a different brokerage, as Gimme Shelter exclusively reported. But the listing comes with a catch. 9 The famed artist Mark Rothko, who died in 1970 at age 66. Getty Images 9 The home is replete with elegant touches, such as a fireplace in this plush living area. Zoe Wetherall 9 A view of the grand layout. Zoe Wetherall 9 Fireplaces accent many areas inside. Zoe Wetherall One family owns and raised their family in a five-bedroom duplex that's now back on the market. A Japanese company owns the second half and operates a non-profit tea society foundation there, and has no plans to sell at the moment, said listing brokers Jeremy Stein and Jennifer Henson, of Sotheby's International Realty. The Urasenke Tea Ceremony Society, according to its web material, is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and understanding the 'Way of Tea' through lectures, demonstrations and classes. Both the society and the duplex owners agreed when they bought the property that they would sell the building 50 years later if both parties didn't want to hold on to it. That's 12 years from now, Stein said. 'At the moment, the Japanese company doesn't want to sell but they will have to in 12 years and the [$9.5 million] property will be worth a lot more at that time,' Stein said. He added that if someone bought the duplex now and lived in it, they'd make a large profit when they would sell the building, which is estimated at the moment to be worth around $24 million. At one point in the 1950s, the property was divided into music studios — and that's how Presley fits in. It's where he re-recorded the end of the soundtrack for his first film, 'Love Me Tender.' 9 Untitled, Mark Rothko, 1955, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Alamy Stock Photo 9 The kitchen has eat-in space. Zoe Wetherall 9 There's room aplenty for a home office. Zoe Wetherall 'There are scenes of him [in 1956] signing autographs outside the house, and getting mobbed as he leaves in a car out of the garage,' Stein said. The home was built for a wealthy financier, James Stillman. The carriage house's next chapter was recording studios and, after that, Rothko's studio. Rothko often worked in the space and sometimes would cover the skylight with a parachute to create different types of light when he worked. The property is where Rothko created art for the famed, and non-denominational, Rothko Chapel in Houston. 9 There are five delightful bedrooms inside. Zoe Wetherall 9 The landscaped roof deck comes with views of the neighborhood. Zoe Wetherall This building is part of a 'stable row,' one of the side streets between Lexington and Third avenues where wealthy Manhattanites kept their horses and carriages during the Gilded Age. Built in 1884, the double-wide red brick structure was designed by architect William Schickel. It features arched windows, a large arched door, a one-car garage, a coveted curb cut and the enclosed garden. The private residence, which can also be accessed through the garage, opens to a large living area with a working woodburning fireplace and a glass-enclosed terrace. There's also a formal dining room, with access to the terrace, and an eat-in chef's kitchen. There are three bedrooms on this level — one with a working fireplace — as well as three baths and a laundry room. The upper level boasts an atrium at the top of the stairs with skylights. There's also a main bedroom suite lined with windows that look out to the landscaped roof terrace, plus another working fireplace. There's also a home office on this floor, along with a tea room, storage and access to the terrace. Along with the stairs, there's an elevator that goes from the top floor to the garage. In addition, a mezzanine level comes with additional storage and a wine cellar.
New York Post
7 days ago
- Business
- New York Post
Manhattan foreclosures spiked this spring — and didn't spare one of the wealthiest ZIP codes
April showers brought Manhattan foreclosures this spring — even in the poshest parts. Fresh data, published by the real-estate industry portal PropertyShark, documented an 11% citywide jump in new foreclosure filings from April through June, compared to last year. Manhattanites with mortgage defaults rose 15%, with a surprising number of cases documented in one of the city's historically wealthy ZIP codes. 5 A historically wealthy swath around Park Avenue saw a shocking spike in foreclosures. Rinze van Brug 5 Citywide foreclosures numbered 408 in the spring. zimmytws – Out of 46 Manhattan homes hit with new filings, eight were clustered in Midtown's 10022 ZIP code — a locale known for exclusive 100-year-old buildings, sky-high prices and old-money owners. ZIP code 10022 spans roughly from 49th to 60th streets, sandwiched between Fifth Avenue and the East River. The area encircles landmarks like the Waldorf Astoria New York and Bloomingdale's. Its local reputation for luxury shopping, particularly along Fifth Avenue, comes with home prices to match — the median listing price in the 10022 ZIP code was $1.3 million in June, according to reporting. Looming debt and lagging sales are bogging down even the city's most well-heeled residents. 5 The ZIP code of 10022 encompasses some of the best shopping and some of the highest prices in the city. Michael Nagle 5 Grand Army Plaza at Central Park borders the well-off nabe. MISHELLA – 'Interest rates are rising, there is high economic distress, many times generational wealth does not mean someone is liquid,' luxury Serhant realtor Peter Zaitzeff told the Daily Mail. Even historic pre-war condominiums like the Parc Vendome building on West 57th Street, on the opposite side of Central Park, saw a foreclosed-upon studio recently enter contract with a listing price of just $525,000. Across the river, Brooklyn led the city in foreclosure filings, dethroning Queens. Kings County saw 129 new filings in the spring, a 36% spike compared to last year. Canarsie and East Flatbush led the borough with 17 cases. 5 Flatbush and Canarsie led Brooklyn's numerous foreclosures, but record-high cases came from across the city, in The Bronx. Helayne Seidman Queens, the city's most active market, saw a welcome 20% slowdown in fillings, down to 128 in the second quarter of the year. Staten Island foreclosures, on the other hand, increased by 25% to 48 cases, and activity in The Bronx hit a new high. The borough surpassed its five-year foreclosure peak with 57 filings last quarter.
New York Post
7 days ago
- New York Post
Horse carriage driver bursts into tears after jurors reach verdict in ‘Ryder' abuse case
A Manhattan carriage driver burst into tears Monday after a jury acquitted him of overworking his frail colt Ryder — who collapsed on a Manhattan street in 2022 and died months later. A jury of six Manhattanites acquitted Ian McKeever, 56, of a misdemeanor animal abuse count after a trial where the driver blasted the charge against him as 'ridiculous,' saying he's 'never been accused of abusing a horse' in his decades-long career. McKeever began sobbing after the not guilty was read aloud in Manhattan Criminal Court Monday morning. 3 Ryder the carriage horse died months after his sudden collapse on a Hells Kitchen street in August 2022. Robert Miller 3 Horse carriage driver Ian McKeever was charged with one misdemeanor count of animal cruelty. Steven Hirsch 3 NYPD officers tried to revive the fallen colt after he crumbled to the ground on the steamy summer day. FNTV After taking a moment to collect himself, he then turned around to the court gallery, flashed a grin and gave a thumbs up. 'I've been doing it 40 years, and I'll be going back.,' McKeever told reporters afterward. 'It's my life. I've been doing it my whole life.'
New York Post
15-07-2025
- New York Post
NYC carriage driver ‘ignored' signs of horse Ryder's distress before collapse: prosecutors
The handler of a frail carriage horse who collapsed on a busy Manhattan street 'ignored' clear signs of the struggling colt's distress, prosecutors charged Tuesday at the start of the alleged animal abuser's trial. But driver Ian McKeever's lawyer shot back that the horse 'Ryder' merely 'tripped and fell' at the end of his shift on a sweltering summer day — and that his death months later was tragic, but not criminal. 'Make no mistake about it: Ryder's fall is heartbreaking, but the evidence in this case is not going to show that Ryder fell because Ian overdrove him,' defense attorney Raymond Loving argued. Advertisement 3 Ryder the carriage horse died months after his sudden collapse on a Hells Kitchen street in August 2022. Robert Miller A jury of six Manhattanites heard the dueling narratives during opening statements at a trial where McKeever, 56, is charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty stemming from Ryder's August 10, 2022 collapse onto the hot pavement in the middle of West 45th Street and Ninth Avenue. McKeever, an experienced horse driver, should have recognized that the malnourished Standardbred needed a break from lugging around his 100-pound carriage through Central Park, Assistant District Attorney Taylor Maurer contended. Advertisement 3 Horse carriage driver Ian McKeever is charged with one misdemeanor count of animal cruelty in the episode. Steven Hirsch 'Ryder couldn't tell the defendant with words that he was unfit to pull the carriage, but there are several signs and symptoms a horse exhibits when he is underweight and overworked,' the prosecutor said. 'His hip bones were protruding out. He was having difficulty scaling the mildest of hills in Central Park at a decent pace. Despite the defendant's zealous insistence, he was panting rapidly with his tongue hanging out,' Maurer added. 'But rather than recognize these signs of Ryder's distress…he worked Ryder for nearly eight hours in the intense heat of the day.' 3 NYPD officers tried to revive the fallen colt after he crumbled to the ground on the steamy summer day. FNTV Advertisement Ryder's ordeal went viral after cellphone footage emerged of McKeever repeatedly trying to force the collapsed horse to stand back up by pulling on the reins. Ryder was sent in to retirement at an upstate farm following the episode, and was later euthanized after being diagnosed with serious medical ailments. McKeever was arrested more than a year after the incident, in what he's called a 'political' response from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to pressure from animal rights activists. The veteran horse handler will take the stand in his own defense, his lawyer Loving told the jury. 'Ian McKeever has been driving horses in Central Park for almost 20 years,' the attorney said. 'He's never been accused of mistreating a horse.' Advertisement Jurors heard Tuesday afternoon from Caroline Schmidt, a bystander who was in Central Park that day and took pictures of the malnourished horse out of concern, and Vincent Fontana, a sergeant in the NYPD's horse-riding Mounted Unit, who tried to revive the ailing steed after responding to the scene. The trial will continue in Manhattan Supreme Court Wednesday morning.
Time Out
25-06-2025
- Business
- Time Out
New Yorkers can weigh in on where the city should build 100,000 new homes in Manhattan
Manhattan might be the city's most iconic borough, but when it comes to new housing? It's been falling flat. Now, Mayor Eric Adams wants your help to turn that around. As part of a sweeping new initiative dubbed The Manhattan Plan, City Hall is calling on New Yorkers to weigh in on where and how to build 100,000 new homes across the borough over the next decade. You don't need to be a planner or a policy wonk, just someone who lives, works or dreams of affording rent in Manhattan. The city has launched a public survey to gather feedback on potential housing sites, zoning tweaks and your personal thoughts on what makes living in Manhattan possible—or impossible. In-person events and neighborhood outreach are also planned throughout the summer. It's part of a larger push to reverse a decades-long slowdown in Manhattan housing production. From 2021 to 2024, Manhattan built fewer homes than every borough except Staten Island. Meanwhile, rents have surged by 50% since 2010 and nearly half of Manhattanites are considered rent-burdened. At the heart of the plan is a major rezoning of Midtown South, where housing has long been off-limits. The Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan aims to add nearly 10,000 new homes—including 2,800 income-restricted apartments—across a 42-block area from 23rd to 40th Street and 5th to 8th Avenue. The City Planning Commission approved the plan this month and a City Council vote is expected this summer. Mayor Adams announced the plan in his 2025 State of the City address and called it 'a tribute to this borough's long history as a place where families from all over the world could come to start their American Dream.' His administration hopes the initiative will help make Manhattan more affordable, family-friendly and livable again.
