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This bijou residence, perfect for a small family or a downsizer, repped by Allison Norris at Compass is close to the bay in the charming enclave of Pine Neck. Set on a manageable 0.15 of acre of land, there is room for a small pool. The 1920 house manages to […]
This inventive, experimental house was built in 2008 and cost more than $2 million to build. The Bioscleave House–known as the Lifespan Extending Villa–was designed by artist couple Madeline Gins and Arakawa to cheat death itself. (Note: the couple have since died.) They thought that continually stimulating the senses through architectural […]
A unique and special midcentury modern house has sold. The Otto Spaeth house, at 30 Spaeth Lane (what are the odds?), East Hampton, was designed in 1956 for an art collector, who was also a vice president of the Whitney Museum. The architect was Gordon Chadwick, an associate at distinguished […]
We’re actually not surprised to hear that the Arbor, one of Marc Rowan‘s Hamptons restaurants, is in contract to be sold. The place seemed like a dud from the start. Starting with the name. A friend of ours, at the time, complained, “Arbor? That’s what they think a Montauk restaurant […]
Today comes news that “Twin Peaks” (yes, queue Angelo Badalamenti music now) has finally sold after 5.5 years on the market. Kean Development, which built the ridiculously lavish house (two kitchens–one for the family, one for the hired chef–putting green on the roof, two lane bowling alley, on and on […]
This house, designed by Charles Gwathmey in the late 70s, still sports many of the built-in furnishings the master created for it. It’s snuggled in the Amagansett Dunes, about a block from the beach. The current owners purchased the place in 2014 for $4.25 million and then renovated; changing the […]
Back in 2013, we were charmed by the ridiculously over-the-top decorations for Société du Vin, a wine club started by Leslie Alexander, billionaire (and former owner of the Houston Rockets). Alexander spent $5 million over a couple of years to turn an old Bridgehampton potato barn into a wine storage […]
The Dunes, the exceedingly upscale (read: expensive) rehab facility, has purchased a property in Southampton. From what we understand, the organization was renting its previous spot on Bull Path, East Hampton. The new property is at 15 Lohan Court in North Sea, close to the bay, and frankly seems ideal […]
Previously, we were the first to mention that East Hampton Point had been sold. Then, we exclusively revealed the buyer, Heath Freeman of Alden Global Capital. Now, we’ll tell you how much he paid. Asking prices for the place have been up, down, up, for as long as we can […]
Paper mogul and art collector Peter Brant and supermodel wife Stephanie Seymour have sold their oceanfront Sagaponack house in an off-market deal. The deal closed January 15 this year, just two days before the sad death of their son Harry. The sales price for 159 Trees Lane, on Gibson Beach, […]
