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Was the Breuer Building Underpriced?

$100 million feels low — until you consider what it actually means to own a brutalist masterpiece. By Adriane Quinlan and Kim Velsey

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New York City’s Latest Specialty Libraries for Design Obsessives

From critic Michael Sorkin’s collection at CUNY to the Brazilian modernism archive at R & Company. By Diana Budds

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Jasper Johns’s Extremely Bright Upstate Studio Is for Sale

When he first moved in, he ripped out the first floor’s south-facing wall, replacing it with a giant grid of windows. By Adriane Quinlan

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Was the Breuer Building Underpriced?
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Jasper Johns’s Extremely Bright Upstate Studio Is for Sale
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New York City’s Latest Specialty Libraries for Design Obsessives
the group portrait

Pilgrimage to the Meadowlands (Taylor’s Version)

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museums The Breuer: Requiem for a Museum The Sotheby’s purchase will turn the brutalist masterpiece into a mere auction house. By Jerry Saltz

museums Sotheby’s Was the Only Serious Option for the Breuer The Whitney’s old home has officially been sold. By Christopher Bonanos

listings No One Wants Joan Didion’s Apartment The sprawling Upper East Side co-op took a $1 million price cut. By Kim Velsey

the group portrait Pilgrimage to the Meadowlands (Taylor’s Version) How to get an army of Swifties to the MetLife Stadium — and its parking lot. By Zach Schiffman and Sara Messinger

museums The Breuer: Requiem for a Museum The Sotheby’s purchase will turn the brutalist masterpiece into a mere auction house. By Jerry Saltz

museums Sotheby’s Was the Only Serious Option for the Breuer The Whitney’s old home has officially been sold. By Christopher Bonanos

listings No One Wants Joan Didion’s Apartment The sprawling Upper East Side co-op took a $1 million price cut. By Kim Velsey

the group portrait Pilgrimage to the Meadowlands (Taylor’s Version) How to get an army of Swifties to the MetLife Stadium — and its parking lot. By Zach Schiffman and Sara Messinger

On The Market

on the market A Duplex is For Sale in the Coveted Villa Charlotte Brontë

on the market The Wing’s Office (and Furniture) Is for Sale

celebrity real estate Jim Carrey’s Brentwood Mansion Is Filled With His Weird Art

on the market Please Be Careful With Steve Wynn’s Picassos

Best of New York

Cityscape

the group portrait Pilgrimage to the Meadowlands (Taylor’s Version) How to get an army of Swifties to the MetLife Stadium — and its parking lot. By Zach Schiffman and Sara Messinger
museums Sotheby’s Was the Only Serious Option for the Breuer The Whitney’s old home has officially been sold. By Christopher Bonanos
our mayor Eric Adams Sort of Relents on Remote Work The mayor and the city’s largest union have reached a hybrid deal. But not everyone is eligible. By Clio Chang
parks and recreation This Is the Dirtiest Beach in New York City Congratulations to Douglaston Manor. By Clio Chang
street view Congestion Pricing’s Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them Lessons from London’s 20 years of experience. By Justin Davidson

look book We heard there was a DSA choir? Yes. I was upset that they didn’t have time to sing “Solidarity Forever.” I know during the strike at the Hunts Point Produce Market, workers were playing Bad Bunny, but I do enjoy some classic 1900s Industrial Workers of the World bangers at the same time. The Look Book Goes to a Democratic-Socialist Convention

Design Hunting

books New York City’s Latest Specialty Libraries for Design Obsessives From critic Michael Sorkin’s collection at CUNY to the Brazilian modernism archive at R & Company. By Diana Budds
great rooms Object & Thing Goes to the Beach A selection of 100 objects by 34 artists will spend the summer at the LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton. By Wendy Goodman
design edit A New Antiques Gallery, Utopian Furniture, Bubble Glass and More Finds A special dispatch from the 2023 edition of NYCxDesign. By Diana Budds
design These Chairs Were Made in 3 Days “Make-do,” curated by the L.A. gallery Marta and auction house Catalog Sale, is an homage to not overthinking things. By Diana Budds

The Real Estate

the real estate The Trouble With 23 Cornelia Street Some brokers are skeptical that Taylor Swift’s onetime rental can fetch its $18 million asking price. By Kim Velsey
the real estate Why Are There So Many Bathrooms in the Houses on Selling Sunset? Brokers explain the deranged bed-to-bath ratio of ultra-high-end listings. By Kim Velsey
brick & mortar Pickleball Is Taking Over Empty Bed Bath & Beyonds The sport’s rising empire is replacing defunct retail space in malls across the country. By Clio Chang
neighborhood news JPMorgan Chase Bets Big on the Revival of Midtown If you build it, 270 Park says, they will commute. By Christopher Bonanos
housing A Sale and a Suicide on East 12th Street After a private-equity firm bought an East Village apartment complex, one of the tenants jumped. Neighbors say he was right to be paranoid. By Bridget Read