Signs of summer
Top Hamptons hotels, Noho properties for $5M, Dugazon, The Wild, Clam Bar, MORE
REAL ESTATE • First Mover
Three for-sale properties in Noho that came to market asking ~$5M in the last 10 days.
→ 1 Great Jones Alley #6A (Noho) • 2BR/2BA, 1778 SF condo • Ask: $4.995M • boutique building on private gated drive, private keyed elevator • Days on market: 3 • Monthly cc: $5637 • Monthly tax: $3485 • Agent: Sabrina Saltiel, Elliman.
→ 48 Great Jones St #7F (Noho) • 3BR/2BA, 2500 SF co-op • Ask: $4.995M • 9 south-facing windows, 11’ ceilings, original columns • Days on market: 3 • Monthly maint/tax: $550 • Agent: Danielle Nazinitsky, Decode.
→ 714 Broadway #8 (Noho, above) • 2BR/2BA, 3139 SF co-op • Ask: $5M • full-floor loft w/ Washington Sq Park views • Days on market: 11 • Monthly maint/tax: $15,385 • Agent: Hunie Kwon & Clayton Orrigo, Compass.
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REAL ESTATE LINKS: It’s failed before, but will this year be different for the pied à terre tax? • Doormen set to strike Monday for first time since 1991 if deal can’t be reached • Cast-iron inspired 8-story building 31-35 Lispenard St. approved in Tribeca • NYC plans to connect Grand Army Plaza and Prospect Park with pedestrian space…and create a bike lane running across all of 72nd St. in Manhattan.
WORK • Friday Routine
Sweet dreams
ANNEY NORTON • founder & CEO • Dream Tea NYC
Neighborhood you work in: Midtown
Neighborhood you live in: Chelsea
It’s Friday afternoon, how are you rolling into the weekend?
Lately, it’s been making sure everything’s ready for our weekend pop-ups and events, while keeping shipment fulfillment on track, whether that’s orders going to individuals, or to our brand partners. I’m also finalizing details for our partnership with Kiehl’s. We’re about to become only their second locally-made partner featured inside one of their stores.
Any restaurant plans?
Since I work most weekends, I actually end up dining out during the week with friends, which I’ve come to love. It’s quieter, so we can really talk and hear each other, and reservations are way easier to come by. Shukette is a favorite, and when I’m craving something spicy, Mountain House never disappoints — I prefer the Times Square location, it’s less crowded. Whenever I find myself in Williamsburg, I’m heading to Antidote or Samurai Mama (the garlic fried chicken and gyoza are musts). For something sweet, cupcakes from A Cuter Cupcake, and for boba, HeyTea, Machi Machi, and Molly Tea are my usuals, but I also love Chicha San Chen if the line isn’t too long and I’m near Chinatown.
How about a little leisure or culture?
When I have time, I love going to the movies. iPic at the Seaport is a fave for a bougie night out. Their truffle popcorn and mozzarella sticks are dangerously good. I try to go to The Met to see their fashion exhibit when it’s on, The Whitney if I’m spending a day in Meatpacking, or MoMA — especially for the meat and cheese plate at their café on the second floor!
Any weekend getaways?
A recent discovery has been the town of Beacon in Upstate New York. It’s quiet, a good mental break from the stress of the city, and makes for an easy day trip. I recommend the stationery stores, local café Kitchen & Coffee, and The Wild for lunch. I also love the Short Hills Mall in New Jersey. It has a very LA mall vibe, and sometimes I just need that energy!
What was your last great vacation?
Hands down my last trip to Tokyo and Shanghai. Tokyo is one of my favorite places in the world, and Shanghai will always be my home. Japanese culture, particularly the attention to craft and service whether it’s a quick snack, a formal dinner, or a traditional tea ceremony, inspires how I approach my own business.
I was born in Shanghai, so my family and some of my oldest friends are there. I go back as often as I can to visit. On my last trip, my mom showed me Anfu Road, which is known for unique street fashion and cute coffee shops. Going to Shanghai also inspires a lot of the technological innovations I implement in my companies.
What’s a recent big-ticket purchase you love?
My Contax T3 film camera. I bought it as a gift to myself when I graduated from my master’s at NYU. I did a lot of research and found mine on eBay from a Japanese seller — they tend to take the best care of these cameras. It’s become my favorite way to capture moments with friends and family, and when I’m traveling.
CULTURE & LEISURE LINKS: Jersey City’s historic Loew’s Theatre to reopen this fall after $130M restoration • Gagosian to debut new gallery with Duchamp show • Highlights from PS1’s ‘Greater New York’ • How US museums are adapting to a new era for technology-based art • Related: Painting has entered its performance era.
GETAWAYS • Litchfield County
Home store
I’m not sure what it says about me that when I leave my own home, I’m most drawn to places that remind me of being in someone else’s. I love restaurants with mismatched tableware, inns with chairs that look like they belonged to someone’s grandmother, and stores like Dugazon, where each object feels personal.
Perhaps the most notable feature of this home and kitchenware store is its location, tucked inside a Victorian house on West Main Street in Sharon, CT. If founders Bobby Graham and Matt Marden weren’t so warm, entering through the front wraparound porch could almost feel like trespassing. The space is small, but, like any tasteful home, filled with items that mean something. Hints of Louisiana, where Graham spent time during his childhood, are everywhere, from beignet mix and Crystal hot sauce to the joyful folk paintings on the walls. You could spend months combing through estate sales for the perfect silver serving utensils, or you could find them here.
As in most thoughtfully curated homes, Dugazon strikes a balance of old and new. The vintage cookbook collection features dog-eared corners leading to favorite recipes and deciphering notes in the margins. Pots and pans worthy of a wedding registry sit comfortably beside the most practical of kitchen tools. One room is entirely dedicated to a massive collection of 19-inch Danish taper candles in every color imaginable. All of it is meant to be handled.
Each object here has a story, but nothing feels too precious. My hauls have included a handful of perfectly worn wooden spoons, an ancient LL Bean cookbook, and bags of the New Orleans-born cheese puffs CheeWees. Dugazon is the best kind of house: where everything is beautiful, but no one asks you to take your shoes off. –Alice Gilbert
→ Dugazon (Sharon, CT) • 19 West Main St • Wed-Sun 11a-5p.
GETAWAYS LINKS: Signs of summer: Clam Bar opens for the season today in Napeague • Inside The Crossing, flagship restaurant at Charleston’s new Cooper Hotel • Delta previews upgraded Delta One suites, arriving next year • United cuts Polaris lounge access for Star Alliance business class customers • The man who built Six Senses is back, and he’s done playing it safe.
CULTURE & LEISURE • It’s the Playoffs
Hawks v Knicks • Madison Square Garden (Midtown South) • Sat @ 8p • sec 107, $1414 per
Dvořák’s Seventh & Sibelius • NY Phil • Geffen Hall (Lincoln Center) • Sat @ 730p • orchestra, $342 per
Waxahatchee & MJ Lenderman • with special guest Brennan Wedl • Brooklyn Paramount (Downtown Bklyn) • Sun @ 630p • sec 4, $322 per
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Hotels, The Hamptons
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Three Ducks (Westhampton, above), former motel reborn as 12 modern, minimalist guest rooms w/ seasonal farmstand, fire pits, Mokes for rent, $955
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