Linda Dano's West Side Penthouse

Linda Dano has the pied a terre on the market with an asking price of $1,675,000. The former soap star turned talk show hostess, author and design authority is selling her lovely home on New York City's West End Avenue. The apartment is a one bedroom, just 1,100 square feet but it's beautifully turned out in a cozy yet glamorous style. Dano decorated the home's interiors, but her husband, an advertising executive who died in 2004, did the reconstruction. Dano has written several style guides and knows what she's doing when it comes to decorating.
Dano and her late husband, advertising executive Frank Attardi, purchased the penthouse in 2002 for around a million and spent another million or two in updates making the $1.675 million pricetag seem positively modest.
Stepping into the Upper West Side penthouse apartment of the multi-careered Linda Dano is kind of like delving into a magician's bag of tricks. It's full of surprises.
What seems to be an entrance to a hallway leading to another wing turns out to be a strategically placed mirror. The fireplace complete with weather-beaten logs and hissing flames is actually fake, with glass logs and a lit can of Sterno tucked underneath. Then there are the "solid" ends of cabinets, which turn out to be hidden doors that open to secret storage.
While the living room feels very contemporary with white furniture (covered in Sunbrella, a washable fabric) and a modern, hand-blown glass chandelier there are several antique touches, too. Like the 19th-century ceramic rooster on the coffee table.The bedroom is elegant, with Ralph Lauren fabric lining the walls to make the room soundproof. More Ralph Lauren: a huge armoire that, in order to get it into the apartment, had to be dismantled, delivered in sections and then put together again.

Fashion designer Georgina Chapman's new West Village condo

Georgina Chapman who has a successful fashion label and her very own jewellery line and her brother Edward, who serves as chief executive of her Marchesa fashion label, have paid $1.7 million for a condo in West Village. Considering that Ms. Chapman-by all accounts-continues to live with her movie mogul bulldozer of a husband, Harvey Weinstein, it is certainly a possibility that Ms. Chapman put her name on the deed to help her brother purchase the apartment for himself, with no plans of living there herself or they're planning to use it for visiting friends and family.
The beautiful, contemporary 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom is located at 99 Jane Street.The apartment, which boasts a "sun-filled" living room as well as a professional kitchen with stainless steel appliances, includes other luxurious amenities such as the limestone master bath with a separate stall shower and Whirlpool tub and an L-shaped balcony overlooking the Washington Commons Park.
The building, one of the largest post-World War II buildings in the West Village, offers 24-hour doorman services, a water filtration system and on-site parking. Not to mention being "just steps to the shops, galleries and restaurants of the fashionable Meat Packing District and the new Hudson River Park."

Superior Ink in the West Village- new home for Designer Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs and his boyfriend Lorenzo Martone just bought townhouse at Superior Ink in the West Village, for which they paid $10.4 million and got it as a "white box" of empty space.
The Bethune Street townhouse has nearly 4,400 square feet and comes with a private elevator,
rear terrace and yard and a roof terrace, and connects to the garage for ultimate privacy. While Marc’s new home undergoes a complete interior design installation by Thad Hayes (it should take about a year to complete) he will be spending the next year in former New York Ranger Scott Gomez’s apartment in Chelsea. Marc, who has been living in the Mercer Hotel for some time, will move into his temporary digs soon.

Hilary Swank's holidays gift to herself-apartment at Superior Ink

Hilary Swank has treated herself to a lavish gift in time for the holidays - she has splashed out $3.5 million on two-bedroom apartment at the Superior Ink condominium building in West Village.

A 17-story waterfront tower, offers 69 condominium residences and 7 one-of-a-kind townhouses lining Bethune Street in the West Village.

Amenities include a private screening room, entertainment lounge, children's playroom, state-of-the-art fitness center with Pilates/yoga room and 24-hour concierge service and doorman.
The actress' new A-list neighbors include supermodel-turned-actress Gisele Bundchen, Liv Tyler and twin moguls Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen.

Billy Joel's Ex-Wife Perry Street House Deal

After his divorce from third wife Katie Lee Joel( the reason blamed to be simply “the age difference”, even so rumors said Top Chef” host Katie Lee had questionable relationship with a hot, younger fashion designer), Billy Joel sold his share in the Perry Street townhouse to his ex-wife for $3 million. He bought a three-story townhouse on Perry Street in 2005 from artist and heir Seward Johnson for $5.9 million.
The downtown New York town house (in the West Village) was designed for couple with the help of Nate Berkus. The floorplan was updated with the help of architect, Ahmad Sardar-Afkhami, who knocked down several walls to create an open, gracious space, perfect for entertaining. After all, this was the home of a chef and the Piano Man!

To sell, or To stay - that is the question for Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin's three-bedroom, three-bath co-op in one of the Upper West Sides most beloved iconic architectural landmarks on 300 Central Park West (The El Dorado), which had been listed at $7.5 million, hit the market on August 13, but was pulled on September 11??? A one-bedroom unit on the first floor, billed as "an ideal guest/service quarters or magnificent home office and library," was also available for purchase, but that was yanked off the databases, too???
The actor has reportedly been apartment hunting at other famous Upper West Side buildings like the Apthorp and the Dakota in the summer, but he has yet to make a purchase in either.
300 Central Park West (The El Dorado) ks.

300 West End Avenue - new home of Tina Fey

Actress and writer Tina Fey and her husband Jeff Richmond have a new Upper West Side apartment to call home. The couple bought the West End Avenue co-op at 300 West End Avenue for $3.4 million, substantially less than the asking price of $4.1 million. The fourth-floor apartment features four bedrooms, eat-in kitchen, living room with wood-burning fireplace, library, private elevator landing, and a view that includes "a peek of the river.
They also own an apartment at 500 West End Avenue that they bought in 2005 for $1.9 million and a small 659 square foot place on W. 85th Street they picked up in 2006 for $550,000 to use as an office.