Curbed

Curbed is a blog network in the United States that focuses on real estate and urban design. It was established by Lockhart Steele and includes a national site, launched in 2010, which Steele humorously described as "Architectural Digest after a three-martini lunch.” Each year, the site organizes the Curbed Cup, a competition to determine the top neighborhood in various cities. Additionally, in 2019, they launched a podcast called Nice Try!, which explores the concept of utopias. On November 10, 2013, The New York Times announced that Vox Media had acquired the Curbed Network, which also encompassed the dining site Eater and the fashion site Racked. The acquisition was reported to be a cash-and-stock deal valued between $20 million and $30 million. By 2020, amid a broader trend of layoffs and restructuring affecting many Venture Capital-backed websites, along with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, several of their local sites have ceased operations, at least temporarily. Currently, the only active local site is the one dedicated to New York City.

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Pope Leo Childhood Home May Become Museum, Airbnb: Report

5 days ago | curbed.com | Matthew Sedacca

The owner of Robert Prevost’s childhood home pulled his listing for the property shortly after the Chicago native was elected the new pope. A listing for an unassuming brick house in the south suburbs of Chicago was abruptly pulled off the market on Thursday after the owner learned that he had been trying to flip the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV.
Experiential Spaces Are Multiplying, Getting Bigger in NYC

5 days ago | curbed.com | Adriane Quinlan

Those fake museums and gym-restaurant-spas are multiplying — and taking over even more square feet. FALCON, a 40,000-square-foot art show in a Midtown office; an immersive exhibit of art by actor Johnny Depp in a Chelsea commercial building; and the 45,000 square foot Complete Playground, off Wall Street.
Rite Aid to Close Stores in NYC After Declaring Bankruptcy

6 days ago | curbed.com | Matthew Sedacca

Would you like to buy this Rite Aid? Soon, you can! Rite Aid is shuttering or selling off 178 stores and distribution centers across New York, including 35 in the city, per an announcement this week. The spaces available range from nearly 9,000 square feet in Sunset Park to just under 11,000 on a leafy West Village block. Every location in New York is up for grabs, so it seems that now would be a good time to buy an old Rite Aid, if you want one.
Inside Rashid Johnson’s Solo Exhibition’s Opening Night

6 days ago | curbed.com | Jeremy Rellosa

Nearly a thousand attended the artist’s solo exhibition at the Guggenheim. Ruby Aiyo Gerber (pictured above)Writer and librettist, Prospect Heights How do you like the show? Everything is so intentional. There’s often this polite silence when it comes to Black art — an unwillingness to speak deeply about what the work evokes or disrupts. In Johnson’s show, it’s impossible to be silent. Everyone here has to engage with the work in some way. Are you here with anyone?
NYC Luxury Apartment Buyers Are Settling for Rentals

1 week ago | curbed.com | Matthew Sedacca

A number of wealthy apartment buyers anxious amid the recent market uncertainty and tariffs news are settling these days for luxury rentals in New York City. Bill Kowalczuk was a little surprised by the interest he saw in a recent Boerum Hill listing. The five-bedroom, three-bath townhouse on State Street — priced at nearly $22,000 a month — received seven queries in three days, and three of them applied.
An Airy Two-Bedroom in Brooklyn Heights for $995,000

1 week ago | curbed.com | Matthew Sedacca

This Brooklyn Heights two-bedroom, as shown in listing photos, has south-facing exposures in practically every room, bathing the space in light. 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.
Kenny Schachter’s Uptown Playhouse

1 week ago | curbed.com | Wendy Goodman

The packed townhouse of a downtown art-scene refugee. The Living Room “Art needs to be lived with,” says Kenny Schachter. “Every day, something gets moved around.” The works on the walls are his, other than the green painting above the blue couch by his son, Adrian. The center sofa is Ole Wanscher, the yellow sofa is Zaha Hadid, and the blue sofa and chairs are Franco Albini. The Living Room “Art needs to be lived with,” says Kenny Schachter.
Feeding the Bronx Zoo’s Baby King Vulture With a Hand Puppet

1 week ago | curbed.com | Christopher Bonanos

A few decades ago, William G. Conway — the late ornithologist who’s largely responsible for reimagining the Bronx Zoo as the conservation-minded institution we know today — had his upper lip bitten halfway off by a king vulture. Apparently, however, it didn’t put anyone there off the vulture business because the zoo has gone to significant lengths to breed a new one.
Actor Danny Strong Is Selling an Emery Roth Condo in the West Village

1 week ago | curbed.com | Adriane Quinlan

Strong, center, in the Buffy role that got him a cult following. The actor Danny Strong has had a string of roles on Zeitgeist-y TV shows (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mad Men, and Girls); wrote two Hunger Games blockbusters, a political thriller (Recount), and a Lee Daniels drama (The Butler); and created the TV hits Empire and Dopesick.
Vanderbilt Avenue Open Street Says It Needs Traffic Cones

1 week ago | curbed.com | Matthew Sedacca

Organizers for the Vanderbilt Avenue Open Street say the city severely shorted them on the traffic cones used to keep pedestrians and cyclists safe. Saskia Haegens was getting things in order for the May launch of the Vanderbilt Avenue Open Street.