This is the Forward’s coverage of Manhattan, the urban core of New York City. Its Lower East Side neighborhood was a center of Jewish immigrant culture in the 20th century.
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Fast Forward Wildenstein Mansion Sells For $79.5 Million On Manhattan’s East Side
David Wildenstein, the New York art heir, has finally settled on a buyer for his priciest-in-Manhattan townhouse, capping a years-long search for a buyer. According to the Real Deal, the property – located between Fifth and Madison Avenues on East 64th Street – went to a Chinese conglomerate for $79.5 million, shattering previous records for…
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Fast Forward Kushner Deal With Chinese Conglomerate For Fifth Avenue Skyscraper Collapses
Chinese conglomerate Anbang Insurance Group is out of negotiations to redevelop the Manhattan headquarters of the Kushner family real estate empire, following concerns about its ability to provide the needed billions in capital and questions about possible foreign influence on ex-Kushner Companies head and now-White House adviser Jared Kushner. “Kushner Companies is no longer in…
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Fast Forward Bernie Madoff Fraud Victim Jumps To Death At Manhattan Hotel
Almost a decade after losing billions of his clients’ money in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, hedge fund financier Charles Murphy leaped to his death Monday from the twentieth floor of Midtown Manhattan’s luxury Sofitel Hotel, in what is being described as a suicide. “We are extremely saddened by this news. Charles was an extremely gifted…
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Fast Forward Kushner Companies HQ Is Losing Millions Of Dollars
As Kushner Companies plans a top-down renovation of its Manhattan headquarters, the real estate empire is losing tens of millions of dollars each year on the Fifth Avenue property, as vacancy rates remain high and the cost of debt service balloons. According to the Real Deal, after Citibank left the premises three years ago, the…
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Fast Forward Kushners Aim To Make Flagship Building Second-Tallest In NYC
Kushner Companies, the real estate powerhouse that owns properties throughout the New York metro area, has been planning to remake its Fifth Avenue headquarters for some time. But according to the latest reports, the renovations could be far more ambitious than previously thought, adding extra floors and a hotel to the office tower. Under the…
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Fast Forward Scarlett Johansson Files For Divorce, Spoils For Custody Fight
(JTA) — Actress Scarlett Johansson has filed for divorce from her French husband Romain Dauriac. Johansson filed for divorce Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court, Page Six first reported, noting that she has asked the judge for custody of her daughter Rose, age 3. Page Six reported that Johansson is “gearing up for a nasty custody…
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Fast Forward New York’s Iconic Katz’s Deli To Open Brooklyn Outpost
NEW YORK (JTA) — Katz’s Delicatessen, a staple on New York’s Lower East Side since 1888, confirmed the news reported by the Forward in October, that it is opening its first outpost — in downtown Brooklyn. The old-school deli, famous for the legendary “When Harry Met Sally” scene “I’ll have what she’s having,” will open…
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Fast Forward It Costs This Much To Rent Ivanka’s New York Pad
After her big move to Washington, D.C., Ivanka Trump is looking to rent one of her apartments in New York City. And you could live in the first daughter’s digs – if you’ve got $13,000 a month to shell out in rent. The pad boasts 1,500 square feet of space, with two bedrooms, and is…
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