Philip Roth’s upper west side apartment is now on the market
When a beloved (or controversial) literary icon dies, there are a few ways of keeping our connection with them alive. You can often commune with them through Melville House’s Last… Read more »
Sounds like Brooklyn is finally getting that McNally Jackson
It’s been over three years since we last reported on legendary New York bookstore McNally Jackson’s plan to open a store in Brooklyn. That outpost—planned for the borough’s expensive, touristy… Read more »
House where Fitzgerald wrote “The Great Gatsby” is for sale
The word “house” appears in The Great Gatsby 95 times, and the house where F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the first three chapters of this book is currently for sale. It’s a… Read more »
Architecture firm reveals plans for Brooklyn Heights Public Library branch that look exactly like the Flatiron building
The new building that will replace the Brooklyn Heights Public Library branch in downtown Brooklyn might end up looking exactly like the Flatiron building in Manhattan. According to plans unveiled… Read more »
Scott Sherman describes the story behind his forthcoming book, Patience and Fortitude
Scott Sherman, the author of a series of award-winning cover stories for The Nation magazine about the New York Public Library’s Central Library Plan, will come out with a book… Read more »
Amazon buys yet another block of Seattle, but not to build a drone hive, probably, I’m sure it’s fine
Amazon paid $52.2 million for another entire block of downtown Seattle last week, most likely to house new office towers or a steely drone cloaca or a company rec center.… Read more »
Literary open house in Manhattan
The New York Observer ran an article yesterday about an innovative way to bring in people to a real estate open house: combine it with a book signing! Real estate… Read more »