The West Village ‘Pink House’ Where the Naked Angels Play

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( FRIDAY, JUNE 28 UNDER RENOVATION [The West Village ‘Pink House’ Where the Naked Angels Play]( Developer Mark O’Brien bought a 185-year-old townhouse. Then he let actors take over. Photo: Mark Grochowski One winter evening on Bank Street, Mark O’Brien stood on the roof of a pink, four-story rowhouse with a welding tool in hand. The 61-year-old, strapped into a harness, began rappelling down the façade. He stopped at a top-floor window to flash its metal frame, but the woman dancing alone in the room didn’t stop to investigate the explosion of sparks. He passed another floor, where a man in a Victorian stovepipe hat looked out of a candelabra-lit room but didn’t say a word. When he finally reached the first floor, where a couple dozen people were gawking, PeterPaul Shaker, a 42-year-old attorney, was relieved. O’Brien was fine, but, perhaps more importantly, no one had called the cops. They would’ve had to reshoot the scene. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Core Club vs. Michael Shvo The private club on Fifth Avenue is suing the developer for failing to provide sufficiently luxurious accommodations.]( Photographs by Kim Velsey [This Week’s Worth-It New York City Apartment Listings A one-bedroom in a Philippe Starck building, a sublet in the Chatham Towers, and a tiny-but-great studio.]( By Nora DeLigter [What Superfund? Brokers say the Gowanus luxury market is impervious to toxic fumes.]( By Kim Velsey [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved