Early this morning, a wealthy NYC real estate developer allegedly crashed his Porsche into a pole, left his dying friend on the ground without calling for help, and drove off, only to be captured by police a less than half a mile away.
Officials in tony Hamptons village Sag Harbor are battling art-dealing residents about removing a 16-foot sculpture from their yard. It is a $50,000 pair of legs by controversial artist Larry Rivers. Rich people fight about the stupidest shit.
• Filmmaker Danny Boyle is the new owner of an apartment in Chelsea. The Slumdog Millionaire director paid $1.7 million for a tri-level co-op at 334 West 19th Street, but he isn't planning to move in himself. Boyle reportedly purchased the apartment for his youngest daughter who is attending Parsons. [Real Deal]
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• Last month we reported that Westchester real estate developer Louis Cappelli had gone into contract to sell his 13-room duplex at 515 Park Avenue. The Post reports today that the deal has closed. The 6,500-square-foot, six-bedroom spread, which Cappelli and wife Kylie Travis bought for $15 million in 2002 and…
• Jason Rabin, the apparel mogul who sold his company less than two months ago for $401 million, has now unloaded his duplex at 850 Park Avenue, too. Ten months after listing the five-bedroom, 5,600-square-foot apartment for $9.9 million, Rabin and his wife Nicole have sold it to Martha Stewart Weddings editorial…
