Two for one: The trend of restoring brownstones to single-family use continues: The buyer of 429 East 85th Street has already started combining its apartments. It was a yearlong path to the sale, as several deals fell through and two Realtors jumped ship. "It wasn't a problem property," says Lydia Rosengarten of Leslie J. Garfield & Co., who finally sold it. "The seller just wanted her price." Alas, she never got it: She asked $2.7 million and sold for $2.275 million.
Email
Print
The Transformation of TV Into an Art Form
The Draw of Dream Worlds in Film
Gosselin, Prince of the Professional Nobodies
A Decade of Defining Moments in Pop-Culture
The Invention of New York's Local Cuisine 
Thirty-Five Short-Lived Looks of the Decade
Two Views of a Swath of the Upper West Side
An Older Generation Moves Into Williamsburg
Ten Years That Changed Everything
A Generation of Overparenting
The Sports Rivalry of the Decade
What Is the Point of the United States Senate? 