Palazzo Chupi Raw, Chafed
The Chupi is getting a face-lift of some kind, and in the meantime it is not looking pretty. Observes Curb's Joey Arak, whose love for the Schnabel family compound is as great as ours: "Its skin is peeling and it looks like there are some deep gashes over its eyes!" Alarming. You'd think they'd at least swathe it in cotton and give it some privacy. [Curbed]

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