Thoughts on this relatively recent sale?

love it. maybe not the gold leaf ceiling tho

I just looked up the buyer - the UK UN Mission. So now at least 4 of the townhouses on Beekman Place are owned by UN Missions - Luxemburg, Qatar, Tunisia and the United Kingdom.

I'm going to go with Luxemburg

Luxembourg

I was wondering about the spelling but too lazy to look it up. Thank you for the correction.

you are welcome

Wow this place is old school.

Well, it's been owned by a string of people to whom price was probably not in their top 10 list of concerns. Somebody along the way probably saved the current owner $10m in legal fees & filings in getting the title free and clear of the 1979 owner.

I have a neighbor here in Columbus who is watching Feud and was talking about Babe Paley. That is what caused me to go back and take a look at what was going on with this house. I am sure Babe is resting happily in her grave with the new owners, while Eleanor Biddle Shipman has likely not found a moment's peace in the afterlife since Qatar purchased her pride and joy.