Cityfile: New York's Most Notable and Influential

• Lenny Kravitz has been trying to sell his penthouse at 30 Crosby Street for the past few years; most recently, he slashed the price of the loft from $18.75 million to $14.995 million. Is he now planning to give up entirely? Over the weekend, the listing for Kravitz's 6,000-square-foot pad (which used to be located here) was pulled down from the Corcoran website, although whether the rocker plans to try again with a new broker is anybody's guess. [Cityfile]
• Richard Gere and wife Carey Lowell aren't just trying to unload their apartment at Palazzo Chupi. They're looking to sell their farmhouse in Water Mill, too. The 1.2 acre estate, which includes a guesthouse, art studio, and pool, is currently listed at $8.8 million. [NYM]More

♦  Regis and Joy Philbin have put their Greenwich estate on the market for $5.4 million. They purchased the 5,919-square-foot mansion in 1992 for $2.5 million. [Big Time Listings, Sotheby's]
♦  Citigroup exec Leonard Ellis and his wife Nicole paid $6.84 million for a condo at 101 Warren Street, the Tribeca building developed by Ed Minskoff. [Cityfile]
♦  Celebrity hairstylist Serge Normant is selling his penthouse apartment at 161 West 16th Street. The 20th-floor spread, which features a wrap around terrace, is listed for $4.499 million. [Real Estalker, Sotheby's]

Answering machine at Regis and Joy Philbin's Upper West Side apartment.

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