Pondering life atop Wall Street
One Wall Street, large-format meals, La Chèvre d'Or, United Club, more
REAL ESTATE • FOUND Development
What’s for sale in NYC's largest office-to-condo conversion
One Wall Street, the largest office-to-condo conversion to date in New York City, carries all the hallmarks of the city’s new luxury buildings — a top-to-bottom redo by a name developer (Harry Macklowe), a private residents club, a 75-foot pool with sweeping views. But it’s not a building reserved for the super-rich, at least not by local standards. A large number of studios and one- and two-bedrooms, particularly in the darker, lower half of the building, are selling in the low millions.
But up where the skies open, towards the narrower top of the Art Deco building — which was first constructed 100 years ago, as a bank — there are some pricier gems to be had. Consider #3301, which closed earlier this month for $6.15 million. Due to the contour of the building and the setbacks, the apartment features a uniquely shaped great room, with terraces on its east and west. Further up, on the 41st floor, #4101 offers the above party-ready patio, plus 3BR/3BA, for $10.5 million.
→ One Wall Street (Financial District), 44 active listings from $1.13M to $19.05M. Listing broker: Compass Development Marketing Group.
NYC REAL ESTATE LINKS: Manhattan is neither a buyers nor a sellers market right now; sellers may have slight advantage in Brooklyn • Cuozzo reviews the NYC supertalls • Demolished Gay Street historic lot in Village lists for $4.5M • Superthin 262 Fifth continues rapid ascent in Nomad • Chelsea waterfront park opens after $15.2M overhaul.
RESTAURANTS • The Nines
Large-format meals
Momofuku Ssam Bar (Seaport), whole roast duck & bo ssam, 3-10pp, ~$90 per person, book ahead
Wu’s Wonton King (Chinatown), king crab feast, priced per pound (MP)
Dhamaka (Lower East Side), whole rabbit w/sides, 2-4pp, $210, 1 order/day available
Peasant (Nolita, above), whole roast pig, 6pp, $125 per, book ahead
Momofuku Noodle Bar (East Village), whole roast suckling pig (6-8pp), $398; fried chicken (4-8pp), $225; fried chicken + caviar (2-4pp), $600, book ahead
Semma (Greenwich Village), Kanyakumari nandu masala (Dungeness crab), 2pp, pre-order, $125
Cosme (Flatiron), duck carnitas, 2pp, $98
K’Far (Williamsburg), Persian lamb shank, 2pp, $95
Francie (Williamsburg), dry-aged crown of duck, 2pp, $135
Additions or subtractions? Reply to this email or to found@foundny.com.
CULTURE & LEISURE • Sat Night Tickets
→ Like Water for Chocolate, Christopher Wheeldon, American Ballet Theatre at The Met, Sat @ 730p, $192.50 per (orchestra)
→ KAGAMI, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Tin Drum, The Shed, Sat @ 730p, $50 per
→ Jeff Tweedy, Brooklyn Made, Sat @ 730p, $52 per
CULTURE LINKS: Inside Lower Manhattan’s new $500M performing arts center • 30 art shows to see in New York this summer • Where to be for NYC Pride Weekend 2023 • Moynihan Connector, High Line’s 600-ft-long extension, is open • New exhibit strings 15K yards of crochet in Madison Square Park.
GETAWAYS • Friday Routine
A city summer weekend kiki (and Kiki’s)
MANGESH HATTIKUDUR, co-founder of Kaleidoscope, previously co-founder of mental_floss Magazine
Neighborhood you live in: Boerum Hill
It’s Friday afternoon, how are you rolling into the weekend?
I just came back from a crazy reporting trip in India, so staying put in the city this weekend is a luxury. I save Fridays for joyous meetings (met Racquet co-founder Caitlin Thompson at Dimes to gossip about her Racquet House event at the French Open), or dreaming up fun ideas and chatting up friends and people I enjoy/admire, who as a rule, I try hard to work with. My friend Melissa came through today to chat about an audio doc, but we ended up talking about the specialized Japanese Highball Machine at Superiority Burger, and how good the high balls are (if you ask nicely, they will just give you the seltzer from the machine — she swears it’s the best seltzer she’s ever had).
Any restaurant plans this weekend?
We tend to get a sitter one night a week, so tonight we’ll get a cocktail by our house at Bar Goto. The drinks are wonderful, but the number of times I’ve told people that their celery appetizer is the greatest bar snack: Remarkable. My friend and collaborator Mark Lotto (editor on my astrology/memoir show Skyline Drive) has a birthday, so we’ll see him for dinner.
We’re considering having the launch party for our new podcast The Good Thief (dropping in July) at Kiki’s, so we’re going to swing by and check out the scene at some point, too. I’m keen to meet one of the owners — all I know about him is that he’s amazing, and also, paints his chicken’s nails (above), which endears him to me immediately.
How about a little leisure or culture?
On Saturday mornings, in Red Hook, I play soccer with a bunch of older European dads who are much faster than me. It’s both too early for me and too much exercise, but I can’t quit! Going to see Monsoon Wedding at St. Ann’s Warehouse — I’m curious to see how it’s staged. Mira Nair is one of the few Indian directors you’d hear about as a kid, and I have a soft spot for her.
Do you get away anywhere regularly for the weekend?
The past few years, we’ve tried to get out to Fire Island or Greenport. But we’ve been trying to just explore NYC of late… City Island, the Rockaways (with Thai Rock for dinner), the lavender fields at Governor’s Island, the beautiful Shirley Chisholm park, and so on.
What was your last great vacation?
We had really lovely vacations in Rome and South Goa last year (I got to visit my grandfather’s old ice cream factory, which was sold off when I was a kid, and somehow still exists!). But oddly, the one we keep thinking about is Nova Scotia. Neither my wife nor I had time to plan anything, so we just bought tickets, got a rental, and drove. And ate fresh berries, fresh corn, and hiked — cooled our heels in streams under waterfalls and ate good seafood. The whole trip was just so easy and pleasant and beautiful.
GETAWAYS • Riviera Report
Une table pour deux
In the French Riviera, one particular setting offers the ideal dose of breathtaking seascapes and captivating personalities, the combination that makes the Côte d'Azur so alluring. A special outdoor table for two with a jaw-dropping view is tucked back from the bustling walkway that passes through the renowned bar at the Château de la Chèvre d’Or (translation: The Golden Goat).
Perched atop the sprawling, funkily opulent hotel, the Chèvre d'Or’s restaurant boasts two Michelin stars. A cast of international characters stroll through the classic cocktail lounge highlighted by its golden club chairs. Nearby, the infamous pure-gold goat statue rests — a regal and worthy guardian of this lodging legend.
Upshot: The Italian bartender Claudio’s signature cocktail is his Negroni, easy on the sweet vermouth (his motto: “anything with gin”). An alternative on a hot summer day is a bottle of the 2016 white Cuvée Classic or the popular French blonde beer 1664. Claudio will stuff a champagne ice bucket with a six pack, if your plan is to chill all afternoon or to make an offering to a passing traveler.
Tip: To secure the special spot near the bar, ask Monsieur Claudio for Bradley's table (no verifiable connection). –Brad Inman in Èze
GETAWAYS • Airports
→ EWR: The larger United Club in revamped Newark Terminal A is set to open Wednesday June 28, per TPG. The terminal will also be home to a new Delta Sky Club, American Airlines Admiral Club, and American Express Centurion Lounge, all slated to open by the end of the year.
→ JFK: As promised, the JFK Vision Plan — for those just joining us, the LGA-esque remaking of JFK with new Terminals 1 and 6, expansion of Terminals 4 and 8, and demolition of Terminals 2 and 7 — kicked into gear earlier this month. First pain points: the closure of some roads around Terminal 1, along with Terminal 1’s AirTrain stop, and changes to taxi and rideshare pickup at Terminals 5 and 6. For the payoff (above), see you in 2026.
→ JFK/SWF: Routing updates: Delta will offer daytime flights JFK-Paris starting in 2024… JetBlue adding flights from JFK to St. Kitt’s/Nevis and Belize this fall… New York area’s first direct flights to the Faroe Islands depart later this summer from Stewart Airport (upstate).
GETAWAYS LINKS: World’s 50 best restaurants 2023 (no 1, Central in Lima, Peru; no 8, Atomix, NYC) • Maine boutique hotel scene heats up with Nordic spa concept • How to love a New Orleans summer (and what’s new there) • New business class coming to some Air France planes • Send your kids to summer camp — in Bali.
LOST & FOUND • Behind the Paywall
Dispatches from the frontline, from FOUND subscribers for FOUND subscribers:
Additions, subtractions, and other notes on last Friday’s Upstate restaurants Nines:
Don’t forget The Heron in Narrowsburg. If it was in NYC, the lines would never end. Love the list, but the Arnold House isn’t even close to this place.
Two more upstate dining faves I'm surprised you didn't have on the list — Silvia (Woodstock) and Brunette Wine Bar (Kingston)!
Champetre in Pines Plains, from Michel and Patricia Jean, who put Stissing House on the eating map. Also: Oakhurst Diner in Millerton.
Good Night (Woodstock): amazing appetizers, attentive staff, consistently mildly disappointing entrees.
A handful of favorite restaurants from this week’s new subscribers: Llama San (Greenwich Village) • Locanda Vini e Olli (Clinton Hill) • Salinas (Chelsea) • Bar Bête (Carroll Gardens) • Ernesto’s (Lower East Side, “especially when sitting at the bar — either with my wife, a friend, or solo”).