October 9th marks the 70th year since John Lennon’s birth, and along with a celebration of the legend at the Beacon (Broadway at 74th) and an Imagine Peace Tower memorial lighting in Reykjavik, Iceland by widow Yoko Ono is another event commemorating the artist.  Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Ono held a press conference outside of [...]

A celebration to mark the 70th year from John Lennon’s birth has been scheduled at the Beacon Theatre (Broadway at 74th).  The benefit concert, with proceeds going to the Playing for Change Foundation, a charity that aims to promote peace through music and also builds music schools in the developing world, has an all-star lineup.  [...]

An Upper West Side butler recently received a pretty amazing inheritance, according to the Wall Street Journal (via DNAinfo).  Indra Tamang, who grew up in a mud hut in Nepal, spent decades working as a butler and cook for Ruth Ford, the actress and late wife of Hollywood actor Zachary Scott.  Ford past away last [...]

This week’s unattainable apartment is located in one of the most famous residential buildings in the world, the Dakota.  When you purchase this incredible apartment, you are joining the exclusive group of Dakota residents, a group that has included John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Judy Garland, Connie Chung and Maury Povich, Lauren Bacall, Roberta Flack, [...]

Here’s another apartment that we wish we could afford… this week’s unattainable apartment is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home in the famous Dakota building on 72nd and Central Park West.  The living room has an angular park view, and along with the 3 bedrooms, faces north onto 73rd Street.  The large eat-in kitchen and [...]