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ASTORIA AT THE BATTERY
The Times has a feature on the wild turkey that has taken up residence at The Battery. Her name is Astoria, since that’s where she was first spotted. The Battery Conservancy has a note here on IG on how to care for her: in short, keep your distance.

HIDDEN UNDER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
The Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman has a video short about Gotham Park, aka the Brooklyn Banks, aka The Arches. He tours the nine acres of public land that was fenced off for a decade and examines its potential transformation.

$57 MILLION SALE AT 70 VESTRY
Turns out the penthouse that sold at 70 Vestry belonged to Julia Haart, who featured her former lifestyle in “My Unorthodox Life” after leaving an Orthodox Jewish community in the Hudson Valley. Her ex-husband, Italian entrepreneur Silvio Scaglia, bought it in 2018. The Real Deal reports that the triplex condo is “one of the most expensive condos sold Downtown, falling just short of the $60 million record set by Harsh Padia’s condo at 150 Charles. The 7,800 square-foot penthouse covers three floors with 16 rooms, a private elevator, two chef’s kitchens, five bedrooms, five full bathrooms, and over 3,600 square feet of terrace.”

CREATING LOVE STORY
Architectural Digest has a feature on the JFK Jr. biopic “Love Story,” and how they created the exterior and interior worlds he and Carolyn Bessette inhabited, including their loft at 20 N. Moore Street