#upper-east-side

#upper-east-side

I lived on the Upper East Side for most of my adult life: about 48 years, starting in the late 1970s. My wife and I bought into a co-op on 85th Street in 1999 for $265,000 and lived on the third floor of the five-story walk-up. Our apartment was 1,200 square feet and had a very nice layout, as well as a working fireplace. The building had no amenities whatsoever, but we were still very happy to be there.

When Jane Keltner de Valle, then an editor at Architectural Digest, visited Ulla Johnson's Brooklyn home in 2019, she wrote that the brownstone reflected the American fashion designer's 'love of textiles and craftsmanship' and 'easy, effortless, sophisticated take on bohemian style'.

Located on the 14th floor of 1010 Park Avenue, the 3,881-square-foot penthouse-esque apartment wraps three corners with open city views through 19 floor-to-ceiling windows that amplify the sense of light and space. From sunrise to sunset, the Big Apple seems to stretch right into the apartment, with everything from the Empire State Building to the Upper East Side rooftops on show. Listed with Chris Kann and Jennifer Ireland of Corcoran, the sky-high pad is asking an equally sky-high amount of $25 million.

For under a million dollars, one can find all sorts of housing configurations: park- and subway-adjacent studios, one-bedrooms hidden in carriage houses or former shoe factories, and even the occasional true two-bedroom. We're combing the market for particularly spacious, nicely renovated, or otherwise worth-a-look apartments at various six-digit price points. This week, we've got a converted studio on the Upper East Side with a wall of oversize windows and a one-bedroom across the street from Prospect Park with a deeded parking spot.

Rudy Giuliani sold his Upper East Side co-op for $4.95 million after a two-year process involving a significant $1.55 million price cut.

Plans for the Beaux Arts mansion at 854 Fifth Avenue include a $19 million renovation to transform it into a members-only private club with residences above.

The kids know that there are nice things here, but those things were made by people with a lot of love. And we treat things that were made with love with love.

"Having seen the response to it in the East Village, we heard about the iconic 5 Mile Stone location on the Upper East Side coming available, so we jumped at the opportunity."

Influencers and would-be influencers alike are perpetually posting about one yogurt or the other: This fro-yo is 10/10, so worth it, it is oh my God the best yogurt they have ever had.