From the Floral, Red Rooms of Barbara Walters

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( Friday, November 3 design hunting [From the Floral, Red Rooms of Barbara Walters]( The broadcaster liked monograms, astrology, and her red Eames chair. Photo: David Turner/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images When [Barbara Walters]( moved into an 11-room apartment at 944 Fifth Avenue in the late 1980s, she brought an Eames chair and a plan to make a home of her own after her recent divorce from Merv Adelson, an entertainment mogul whom she married (and split from) twice. With the help of interior designer [Mario Buatta](, Walters filled the rooms with a collection of fine art, antique furniture, and knickknacks from her travels and those gifted to her by friends and acquaintances like John Lennon and Yoko Ono. It became a showcase for her career and a place to host 30-person dinners with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Colin Powell, Bette Midler, and other friends from media, politics, art, and fashion (Oscar de la Renta himself upholstered her dining chairs). She would live here until her passing in December 2022. Her apartment was [listed this spring]( at nearly $20 million, and auction house Bonhams is presenting an online and in-person sale of her things. The online bidding, which closes in four days, began yesterday, and the in-person auction will take place at Bonhams’s [Madison Avenue space]( on November 7. [Continue reading »]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Feeling Exposed in Little Yemen Members of a Bronx mosque met with the NYPD to talk about protecting their community. And why police seem to ignore their calls.]( By Chris Crowley [A Glendale House With a Bright-Red Staircase The Queens house was obsessively renovated, from the spice racks to the skylights, during the pandemic.]( By Adriane Quinlan [This Week’s Worth-It New York City Listings A Park Slope design dream, a splintery studio in Bed-Stuy, and a glut of good options in Greenwich Village.]( By Nora DeLigter [Prayer and Protest in Bay Ridge’s Little Palestine The mood was mournful and resolute on the day before a Gaza peace rally.]( By Ismail Ibrahim [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