One of the Last of Its Kind on West 10th Street

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( MONDAY, JANUARY 29 truly terrific [One of the Last of Its Kind on West 10th Street]( A Renwick Row house owned by theater critic Mel Gussow was also once home to Marcel Duchamp, Paul and Jane Bowles, and Dashiell Hammett. Photo: Travis Mark Until his death in 2005, the theater critic [Mel Gussow]( spent most mornings writing reviews and profiles in an office in the rear of an 1856 rowhouse on West Tenth Street, where bookcases stretching up to 13-foot-high ceilings wrapped wall-to-wall, skipping only a marble fireplace. His low desk was shoved into the corner furthest from the windows, as if Gussow had wanted to muffle the city’s distractions. But this wasn’t a life of drudgery; Gussow was at the theater five or six nights a week, often taking his son Ethan with him. On Wednesday evening, Ethan Gussow, sorting through moving boxes full of books and papers, showed me a framed photograph of him and his father, both of them laughing as Mel tugged the false, pointy beard of Zero Mostel, in costume for a revival of Fiddler on the Roof. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 60% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Jenna Lyons’s Old Park Slope Townhouse Is for Sale And she would like us to know it’s not her décor.]( [A Three-Bed, Two-Bath, One Open Street Apartment How a pandemic-era open-space program became a hot real-estate selling point.]( By John Surico [This Week’s Worth-It New York City Apartment Listings One appears to have a ziggurat fireplace.]( By Nora DeLigter [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [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 © 2024, All rights reserved