Forward, O'!
Last Updated: 4:19 AM, April 7, 2011
Posted: 10:19 PM, April 6, 2011
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Tatum O’Neal wants to leave the Forward Building behind. The actress has put her Lower East Side apartment at 175 East Broadway, the condo conversion of the former offices of the Jewish Daily Forward, on the market for $1.495 million.
O’Neal, who won an Oscar at the age of 10 (more than 35 years ago, when many of the hipsters now bouncing around the Lower East Side weren’t even born!), bought the two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment for $1.425 million in 2006 and lived there until she moved to LA in 2008.
The 1,435-square-foot apartment has a domed ceiling in the great room, a big walk-in closet and a soaking tub in the master-bedroom suite and Sub-Zero and Miele kitchen appliances. The Corcoran Group’s Tim Cass has the listing.
In O’Neal’s 2004 autobiography, “A Paper Life,” she wrote about her struggles with drugs and depression and claimed that her father, Ryan O’Neal, was abusive and that she had been molested by his friends. It looks like they have since reconciled and are shooting a reality show called “Lost and Found” for Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network that will debut in June.
Bling Crosby
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz have a new neighbor at 30 Crosby St. whom they could invite over for jam sessions. Musician/producer Kevin Rudolf, best known for “Let It Rock” featuring Lil Wayne, is renting a three-bedroom, four-bathroom duplex with an asking price of $23,500 per month in the SoHo boutique condo building.
The 3,523-square-foot unit was also listed for sale for $6.5 million.
The duplex comes furnished with pieces selected by interior designer Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz. It also includes silver-leafed, original cast-iron columns, a stainless-steel staircase, smart-home technology, a wine cave with room for 500 bottles and a private back garden.
As we previously reported, Keys and Swizz Beatz bought Lenny Kravitz’s 6,000-square-foot penthouse at 30 Crosby last year. They paid $12.75 million — way down from its $19.5 million asking price in 2007.
Rudolf’s broker, Robin Schneiderman of Halstead Property, declined to comment.
On the Edge
Julianna Margulies, Chris Noth, Christine Baranski and Alan Cumming were spotted in Williamsburg, where they were filming a scene for “The Good Wife” inside one of the residences at the Edge condo complex. Available units in the two-building development, according to Streeteasy.com, range from a 509-square-foot studio for $429,000 to a 2,530-square-foot, three-bedroom townhome for $2.735 million.
The amenity-laden development includes a full-size basketball court, a spa, two gyms and a screening room.
SoHo search
It’s been a bloodbath at AOL, which has been firing scores of freelancers. But the company’s new content boss, Arianna Huffington, who recently sold the Huffington Post to AOL for $315 million, is sitting pretty. And she’s continuing her search for a high-end downtown rental.
Huffington recently toured a $25,000-a-month, seventh-floor, three-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment at 55 Thompson St. in SoHo.
While she was there, she also looked at a $35,000-a-month three-bedroom, 3½-bathroom, three-story “townhouse” residence. That home includes a patio with a grill on the first floor and a balcony off one of the third-floor bedrooms.
Last week, we reported that Huffington visited a $25,000-a-month rental at 40 Mercer St., also in SoHo.
Model home
You might not be equipped to become a supermodel, but you can live like one for $7,995 a month.
Lily Donaldson, the striking face of Burberry, wants to rent out her uber-cool East Village two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment on Avenue B, directly overlooking Tompkins Square Park. And she seems motivated to make a deal — the price has just been reduced from $8,500.
Donaldson, who has also worked for Dior, bought the 1,700-square-foot apartment for $2.2 million in 2008 — a hefty $1,294 per square foot in Alphabet City. Fit for a model, the master bedroom offers lots of closet space and a separate dressing area.
Prudential Douglas Elliman broker Jared Seligman declined to comment.
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