A One-Bedroom Tucked Into an Upper East Side Mansion

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3 a truly terrific new york listing [A One-Bedroom Tucked Into an Upper East Side Mansion]( It has several Juliet balconies. Photo: Nina Poon/MW Studio for Corcoran In 2019, when the designer Michael Thomas Murphy first visited the grand one-bedroom on the parlor floor at 36 East 69th Street, it [looked like a suite for a president who didn’t exist](. There were busts of Jefferson and Jackson, winged eagles and Ionic columns, and below it all, a blue-and-red carpet with yellow stars. “She had a lot of American flag memorabilia.” The furniture was puffed and velvet, and the walls were painted a patriotic red. Toning them down would eventually require “like 30 coats of white paint,” Murphy remembered. “And it kept going pink.” [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 60 percent on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [The Sisters Sharing a House in Prospect Lefferts–Gardens Zoë Wendel moved into her sister’s three-story house to help with renovations. She made this floor is entirely her own.]( By Wendy Goodman [Rent Stabilization Isn’t Going to the Supreme Court This Time The justices declined to hear a case against rent regulation brought by New York landlord groups. But there will be others.]( By Clio Chang [Battery Park City’s Early-Aughts Rentals Go Luxe A Robert A.M. Stern building, before and after big money changed the downtown buyer’s landscape.]( By Kim Velsey [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( Introducing The City Desk, a weekly newsletter about New York. [Sign up to get it every Thursday](. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved