The novelist Katherine Dunn once said, "Every doorway, every intersection has a story." Nowhere is that truer than in the eclectic and elaborate upper Fifth Avenue apartment of interior designer Howard Slatkin, where objets d'art abound but the doors—each a separate work of imagination and craftsmanship, using Delft plaques, tortoiseshell, ... More

In 1914 at the age of 27, Marjorie Merriweather Post became the wealthiest woman in the world after inheriting $27 million from her family’s cereal company. While such a windfall might have been unmanageable for many, Post exhibited the dynamism and impeccable social skills that would make her a philanthropic ... More

Open for Business: Steven Alan Home Shop, 158 Franklin Street, New York, NY. (646) 402-9661 Atmosphere: Comfortable and urban, Steven Alan Home Shop in TriBeCa looks like any New Yorker’s dream apartment – from small green plants in handmade ceramic pots hanging in white-washed windows to charmingly ... More