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West Village Duplex Has the Coolest Spiral Staircase-Turned-Library

In space-starved New York City apartments, tenants are constantly challenged to come up with new ways to carve out storage space in not-particularly-huge places. Here, it means putting bookshelves into a spiral staircase.

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First Photos From Inside 443 Greenwich Street, Eyed By Jennifer Lawrence

A-list actress Jennifer Lawrence is on the hunt for a Tribeca apartment. The latest building the Joy actress scoped out is 443 Greenwich Street, a high-end condo conversion that touts "paparazzi-proof" amenities like underground parking. The news...

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Parker Posey Lists Her Fifth Avenue Co-op and Helps Sell It, Too

Leave it to eternally cool actress Parker Posey to buck convention when it comes to listing her Fifth Avenue apartment. She's not only selling the place—she's also helping up the glamour by appearing in her own listing's photos.

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Anne Hathaway's Former Fifth Avenue Pad Is On the Market for $33M

Hathaway and her then-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri rented the apartment in the mid-2000s for $37,000 per month. Follieri was later convicted for money laundering but the owners said he always paid rent on time.

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Beloved Manhattan Art Supply Store Will Close Thanks to Influx of Supertalls

In 2013, the brothers who inherited the business from their parents, decided to sell the store and the building it is in for $65 million. That deal fell through, but the brothers inked a deal with Thor Equities the following year rumored at $85M.

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Former Brooklyn Heights Hotel Is Latest Witnesses Property to Hit the Market

This latest offering from the Witnesses spans 314,000 square feet and is located within the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Any buyer will have to get approval from the Landmarks Commission to make exterior changes to the property.

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Almost Half of Manhattan's Buildings Could Not Be Built Today

Many historic buildings could never have been built with today's restrictions.

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See the Progress on the Former 5Pointz Site, Soon to Be Huge Towers

Nearly two years after demolition began on 5Pointz, the much-missed Long Island City graffiti mecca, construction on the bland towers that will replace it is well underway. Eventually the site will be home to two huge rental towers.

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MTA’s $27B Capital Plan Finally Gets State Approval

The State will contribute $8.3 billion towards this plan, and the city will chip in $2.5 billion. Those funds will only become available when the MTA exhausts its resources first. The capital plan covers the years 2015-2019.

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What $2,500 Rents in Manhattan

In this week's edition of Curbed Comparisons, we're looking at apartments asking around $2,500 in Manhattan neighborhoods like the Lower East Side, Washington Heights, and Gramercy. Which one would you choose? Cast your vote!

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