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The Bag-Charm Boom

Labubus were only the beginning. Lately, even our bag charms have bag charms. By Hilary Reid

rendering judgment

The Coney Casino Plan Is (Probably) Dead. Coney Island Is Not.

Even without it, the neighborhood is gradually undergoing the comeback it deserves. By Christopher Bonanos

hotels

The Waldorf Astoria’s Billionaires-Only Club and Other Unrealized Plans

The wild details of what the 2014 buyer envisioned as the renovation dragged on. By Kim Velsey

The Latest

rendering judgment

The Coney Casino Plan Is (Probably) Dead. Coney Island Is Not.
neighborhood news

The Bag-Charm Boom
hotels

The Waldorf Astoria’s Billionaires-Only Club and Other Unrealized Plans
celebrity real estate

Looks Like Sabrina Carpenter Just Bought a Tribeca Penthouse
great rooms

The Horace Gifford Beach House Rescued by Art-School Friends

See All See All See All

under a million A Jackson Heights Two-Bedroom With a Private Elevator for $815,000 And a moody prewar duplex with wide-plank floors in Hudson Square. By Curbed Staff

celebrity real estate Looks Like Sabrina Carpenter Just Bought a Tribeca Penthouse The seller of the $9.995 million duplex was Violet Grey founder Cassandra Grey who lived there with ex Samantha Ronson. By Clio Chang

great rooms The Horace Gifford Beach House Rescued by Art-School Friends They had two months to bring back to life a 1966 home in the Fire Island Pines. By Wendy Goodman

casinos Manhattan Says ‘No’ to Casinos All four proposals have been killed. Now it’s another borough’s problem. By Adriane Quinlan and Matthew Sedacca

under a million A Jackson Heights Two-Bedroom With a Private Elevator for $815,000 And a moody prewar duplex with wide-plank floors in Hudson Square. By Curbed Staff

great rooms The Horace Gifford Beach House Rescued by Art-School Friends They had two months to bring back to life a 1966 home in the Fire Island Pines. By Wendy Goodman

casinos Manhattan Says ‘No’ to Casinos All four proposals have been killed. Now it’s another borough’s problem. By Adriane Quinlan and Matthew Sedacca

On The Market

listings edit This Week’s Worth-It New York City Apartment Listings

who’s selling Ian Schrager Is Selling His Westchester Country House

mysteries The Curious ‘Katherine’ on Grand Street

a truly terrific new york listing The Toaster on the North Fork

Best of New York

Cityscape

street view The Disappointment of Downtown Brooklyn Twenty years after it was upzoned, it’s become a showcase of millennial architectural mediocrity. By Justin Davidson
cityscape 900 Pieces of Vintage Furniture Were Lost in One Night A five-alarm Red Hook warehouse fire wiped out Lanoba Design’s entire showroom, along with dozens of artist studios and a local newspaper’s office. By Adriane Quinlan
street fights The Amazon Bike-Truck Has Been an Adjustment Cyclists yell at them. So do drivers. But they’re not going anywhere. By Clio Chang
shopping A Christie’s Sale Clears Out an Antiques Warehouse in Queens In search of new buyers, the auction house is trying a new format. By Adriane Quinlan
brick & mortar The Lightbulb Hunter of East 58th Street Need a soft-pink incandescent that fell out of production six years ago? This tiny Manhattan store can find it. By Clio Chang

look book Do you live on campus? I’m actually staying with my grandparents in Throggs Neck and commuting. I’m taking my mom’s room, and my grandparents left everything as it was when she was a little kid. There’s a bunch of girlie stuff on the walls; the furniture and paint are all pink. The Look Book Goes to Fordham Move-In Day

Design Hunting

design edit The Return of Embellishment At Collectible, hanging pearls, stencil motifs, and sculptural tiles adorned otherwise minimalist furniture. By Adrian Madlener
on view When Architects Love Robots Too Much At the Venice Architecture Biennale, a bewildering arena of ideas mostly turns its back on the world. By Kate Wagner
great rooms Fraggle Rock in Hudson Doug Meyer’s Wyldlands in the Hudson Valley is a three-story home channeling Jim Henson, Niki de Saint Phalle, and Antoni Gaudí. By Wendy Goodman
great rooms The Amagansett Home Called the Switchblade A Steven Harris-designed family home on a bluff overlooks an epic pool and the bay. By Wendy Goodman

The Real Estate

hotels The Waldorf Astoria’s Billionaires-Only Club and Other Unrealized Plans The wild details of what the 2014 buyer envisioned as the renovation dragged on. By Kim Velsey
under a million A Gramercy Park One-Bedroom With Huge Windows for $950,000 And a loftlike two-bedroom that makes a convincing case for Fidi. By Matthew Sedacca
state of the market The Stately Townhouses of Diplomat Row Are Dropping Their Prices Old-money buyers and foreign governments aren’t snapping up Beekman Place townhouses like they used to. By Kim Velsey
unicorns The $12 Million Penthouse With a Garden That Shut Down Sixth Avenue Model Yasmine Petty stopped traffic to crane in a reflecting pool and water fountain. By Matthew Sedacca
the business of brokering It’s Stunningly Easy to Impersonate a Broker Online And desperate renters are sending money to scammers for listings that don’t exist. By Kim Velsey