The big NYC residential real-estate headline of the week is that the penthouse apartment of the Woolworth Building — one of the most beautiful skyscrapers in the world, and the world’s tallest building for 17 years — is going on the market at a price of $110 million.
Many people have had grand plans for this grandest of spaces, but the one I remember best was back in 2000, when the top floors were going to be — plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose — turned into a glamorous penthouse apartment.
