APRIL 2024 CITY NOTES

CITY NOTES

CURATED BY PATRICIA GREENE ISEN

April 2024
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APRIL 2024
Happy April!

I hope you like this months CityNotes!

I have been so incredibly busy that I didi a bit editied version this month. Hopefully you will find some great resources.

All I can think about is the beautiful weather and the coming of Spring.

I have included some art shows Im looking forward to as well as some new restaurants you may want to try.

I am so obsessed with flowers and the garden right now, I thought I would add some interesting outdoor and indoor pots to showcase all the beautiful flowers of spring! I included some of my favorite stores and did not keep it to Manhattan. Enjoy!

A couple of little extra notes.... I had included Hells Kitchen months ago when it was at the public and again last month as its now playing at the Shubert on Broadway. I was lucky enough to be invited to opening night of the previews and RUN to go see it! It was even better then the Public! Uplifting and joyful...not to mention INSANE choreography and music!

I hope you have a wonderful month!

Feel free to email me any friends you would like to add to the Citynotes distribution.

Remember to go to the links at the bottom of the newsletter.
which will take you to the current Market Reports.

A reminder, please go to my website PatriciaGreeneIsen.com to see all of my past issues of CityNotes.

Have fun! Be Safe!

Much Love to you & your families,

xoxoxoxox

Patty

ART

LES LALANNE: ZOOPHITES
KASMIN
April 4 – May 9, 2024
509 West 27th Street, New York
Kasmin Gallery

Kasmin is thrilled to announce Les Lalanne: Zoophites, an exhibition in homage to the acclaimed French sculptors Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, drawn entirely from the collection of their eldest daughter, Caroline Hamisky Lalanne. The exhibition will include major works by these inventive artists who consistently defied art-world conventions. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Les Lalanne’s first joint solo exhibition, which opened in Paris in June 1964, this exhibition borrows the title Zoophites, an obsolete French term for invertebrate animals that resemble plants in their appearance or growth patterns. The exhibition will be accompanied by a newly commissioned text by curator Paul B. Franklin.

WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2024: EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING
WHITNEY MUSEUM
MAR 20–AUG 11, 2024
99 Gansevoort Street
Whitney Biennial

The eighty-first edition of the Whitney Biennial—the longest-running survey of contemporary art in the United States—features seventy-one artists and collectives grappling with many of today’s most pressing issues. This Biennial is like being inside a “dissonant chorus," as participating artist Ligia Lewis described it, a provocative yet intimate experience of distinct and disparate voices that collectively probe the cracks and fissures of the unfolding moment.

The exhibition’s subtitle, Even Better Than the Real Thing, acknowledges that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is complicating our understanding of what is real, and rhetoric around gender and authenticity is being used politically and legally to perpetuate transphobia and restrict bodily autonomy.

CHRISTOPHER WOOL: SEE STOP RUN
LUHRING AUGUSTINE
101 GRENNWICH STREET
seestoprun

See Stop Run, a survey of Christopher Wool’s works from the past decade organized by the artist with curator Anne Pontégnie, in on view through July 31, 2024. The exhibition takes place on the entire 19th floor of an unoccupied space in the heart of the financial district. Wool has chosen an independent venue in order to escape the presumed neutrality of the “white cube” as an idealized context. The city permeates the presentation through windows that wrap around the full 18,000 square foot installation. This is Wool’s largest exhibition since 2014 and will run March 14 – July 31, 2024. The show is free and open to the public with hours Thursday–Sunday from 12–6pm. Capacity is limited to 75 persons at a time.

RACHEL WHITEREAD
April 25–28, 2024
548 W. 22nd Street

Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair (NYABF) is the leading international event for the distribution of artists’ books, celebrating contemporary artists’ publishing and the medium’s rich history. The Fair is located right around the corner from Printed Matter’s bookstore and will feature a broad range of artists and collectives, small presses, institutions, galleries, antiquarian booksellers, and distributors.

FOOD

SAN SABINO
113 Greenwich Ave
212-970-8808
San Sabino

San Sabino,owned by the power couple from Don Angie is focused on Italian-American seafood and handmade pastas. I cannot wait to try this!!!! Charlie wqent and said it was great!

DIN TAI FUNG
1633 Broadway

Din Tai Fung (DTF) has always been a favorite of our family. Whenever we travel if there is a DTF , thats our first stop! They are famous for their soup dumplings ( Long Bao) .DTF’s Xiao Long Bao became so popular that Mr. Yang phased out his oil business and turned DTF into the full-fledged restaurant that it is today. With a menu boasting far more than just Xiao Long Bao, the brand has won many awards—including the coveted Michelin star at its Hong Kong branch—and has become an internationally beloved brand, offering a taste of Taiwan to the United States, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, Europe, and Thailand.

CHEZ FIFI
140 E. 74 Street ( near Lexington Avenue)
CHEZ FIFI

Joshua and David Foulquier, who opened Sushi Noz with chef Nozomu Abe in 2018, will open Chez Fifi, a French restaurant, in April. According to a spokesperson, the restaurant will have 40 seats spread across two stories of an Upper East Side townhouse . The dining room will channel old-school Paris with vintage chandeliers, high ceilings, and a warm fireplace.The boys mother Fifi passed away and the restaurant is in her honor. Fifi was an incredible human with a beautiful heart.

LITTLE MAVEN
30 W 18th St (btw 5th & 6th Ave)
Little Maven

I haven't been but my good friend from growing up in manhattan is having a birthday dinner there so I look forward to trying it.nWe shall see!

DESIGN PLANTERS FOR SPRING

MARCH
3075 SACRAMENTO STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115
415-931-7433
MARCH

Made in the United States.

A geometric planter in raw terracotta. Artist Bari Ziperstein, known as B Zippy, creates planters and vases inspired by the history of California ceramics, Brutalist design, and Cold War-era architecture.

Designed for indoor or outdoor use and built with a drainage

FAUX BOIS PLANTER
Orangerie Garden & Home
3424 Franklin Avenue
Millbrook, NY 12545
Phone: 845.677.4314
Orangerie

These charming garden planters were inspired by vintage French faux bois, a French technique meaning “false wood”, which typically uses concrete to evoke the look of natural wood branches and logs.

The small planter measures 7 inches wide by 10 inches high.

Medium: 6.5 inches wide by 7.5 high

Large: 8.5 inches wide by 9.75 high

MARBLEIZED TERRACOTTA POTS
Orangerie Garden & Home
3424 Franklin Avenue
Millbrook, NY 12545
Phone: 845.677.4314
Orangerie

Standard terracotta pot with a marbleized band. Comes in two sizes

Small: H: 7" Dia: 6"

Large: H: 9" Dia: 8"

TORA METAL PLANTER
PETERSHAM NURSERIES
Peteresham
England

Aged metal planter in a rust colour for indoor use.

Height 30 cm

Diameter 28 cm

EXCLUSIVES

No matter what your needs or neighborhood preferences are, we will work tirelessly to find what you want and make it happen for you.

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Full Floor
$18,800,000
6 beds, 7.5 baths
7,000 sf (approx.)
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$17,900,000
11A
6 beds, 4.5 baths
41 Central Park West

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$13,950,000
INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY
3,000+ sf (approx.)
The Hampshire House

820 Park Avenue
10/11S
IN CONTRACT
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15 Renwick Street 504
$3,450,000
2 beds, 2.5 baths
15 Renwick Street

563 Park Avenue 10E
IN CONTRACT
3 beds, 3 baths
563 Park Avenue

136 Waverly Place 12A
$2,750,000
2 beds, 2 baths
136 Waverly Place

808 Broadway PHF
$2,450,000
2 beds, 2 baths
808 Broadway

475 PArk Avenue UNIT
IN CONTRACT
1 beds, 2 baths
475 Park Avenue

MARKET REPORT

With the surge in mortgage rates, Manhattan co-op and condo sales slowed, and listing inventory declined. Listing inventory fell annually for the second time in a decade, and sales fell to their second-lowest level in seventeen years. Price trend indicators showed mixed year over year results, with median sales prices rising to the second highest on record. Sales declined annually at a similar rate across all apartment sizes. Months of supply, the market pace was on par with 2019 levels.

MANHATTAN COOP & CONDO DECADE REPORT

The Manhattan townhouse market ended the year with record prices, elevated sales, and inventory listed below pre-pandemic levels. Median and average sales prices rose to new highs in twenty-seven years of tracking. Listing inventory fell year over year for the first time in three years, while sales fell annually for the sixth time in seven years. Luxury listings fell year over year for the second straight year. Single family sales slipped year over year for the second time as price trend indicators fell. Two family price trend indicators surged year over year as sales declined for the second time. Three-five family price trend indicators surged year over year as sales declined for the first time in three years. The average sales sizes of two and three to five-family houses were the largest on record. The market share of townhouse sales as compared to total residential apartment sales remained just above two percent.

MANHATTAN TOWNHOUSE DECADE REPORT

Sales and listing inventory in the Manhattan co-op and condo market continued to fall as prices increased. Median sales price rose year over year for the first time in five quarters to the second-highest fourth quarter on record. Listing inventory declined annually for the third consecutive quarter as sales continued to fall at a diminishing rate. Cash sales surged to exceed two-thirds of all sales to reach a record-high market share. While resales slipped year over year, sales at or above the $5 million threshold surged. Co-op sales increased annually for the first time in six quarters, while the condo median sales price edged higher year over year for the first time in five quarters. Luxury median sales price increased annually for the third time and remained significantly above pre-pandemic levels, as luxury listing inventory fell annually for the third consecutive quarter. New development listing inventory declined year over year for the fourth consecutive quarter, and their sales declined year over year for the sixth time as excess supply was sold off during the pandemic.

MANHATTAN Q4 MARKET REPORT