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New York Post
6 days ago
- Business
- New York Post
A rarely available home on Pomander Walk in NYC is for sale
A home is now available on one of New York City's most exclusive streets — and it's straight out of an old English play. The $749,000 two-bedroom unit sits along Pomander Walk, a 104-year-old gated enclave on the Upper West Side. The idyllic co-op community — with its mock-Tudor style, plus blue, green and red shutters and doors — is like nothing else in Manhattan. Advertisement 11 The quaint street looks otherworldly compared to its urban surroundings. Stephen Yang 11 Pomander Walk was landmarked in 1982. Stephen Yang 11 This 600-square-foot unit is on the market for the first time in roughly 30 years. Vistabee Advertisement 'It feels like you're on a TV series from BritBox,' said Compass agent Cole Burden, who is co-listing the property with Nest Seekers' Natalie Weiss. 'It's a very special experience.' Listings on Pomander Walk are exceedingly rare. The secret street's 27 homes, totaling 60 units, reside off of the city's standard street grid — akin to Sylvan Terrace in Washington Heights. The micro-neighborhood is tucked away between West 94th and 95th streets, just blocks away from Riverside Park and Central Park. 11 A rendering shows a furnished vision of the two-bedroom home. Vistabee Advertisement 11 The larger bedroom. Vistabee 11 A second bedroom can double as a workspace. Vistabee 11 The kitchen. Vistabee 11 An idyllic view from one of the home's windows. Vistabee Advertisement The 600-square foot unit currently on offer last sold roughly 30 years ago, according to Burden. The home includes two bedrooms and one bathroom, with a small kitchen and neat built-ins. Burden said he was originally brought in to prepare the apartment for sale through his company SimplifyNYC, which he co-owns alongside his partner Caleb Dicke. Burden described the home as a renovation project. 'We've priced this in a place where buyers have some opportunity to really come in and make this property their own,' he said. Burden and Weiss both have a special connection to the unique community — Burden told The Post that he first discovered the close-knit community in his 20s, through a close friend that lived there, and Weiss grew up on Pomander Walk. 11 A still image from the 1910 play 'Pomander Walk,' by Louis N. Parker. NYPL 11 The community's developer was inspired by the theatrical set of 'Pomander Walk.' demerzel21 – 11 A gate maintains the exclusive community's privacy. Stephen Yang The highly private community was built in 1921 by the architectural firm King and Campbell, and commissioned by Irish developer Thomas Healy. Pomander Walk's bucolic, old-world charm was directly inspired by the set of a popular play of the same name. The historical British comedy 'Pomander Walk' premiered in 1910 and details nine days in the lives of couples living along a row of houses facing the River Thames. Advertisement The property, which counts among the city's few remaining mews and mew lookalikes, was landmarked in 1982. It has been reported that stars like Humphrey Bogart, Rosalind Russel and Lilian Gish once owned homes along the otherworldly lane. The home includes a $2,000 monthly maintenance fee, according to the listing, with amenities like a live-in super, porter service, bicycle storage and private storage units available to residents.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Bears Coach Confirms Luther Burden III Will Get Opportunity to Beat Out Former Pro Bowler for Spot
Bears fans should be excited about the addition of Luther Burden III. As much as we might love Colston Loveland, Joe Thuney, Drew Dalman, Grady Jarrett and other new Bears, the 2025 offseason might ultimately be remembered as the year the Bears got Burden III. He's that explosive and exciting, and I can imagine his jersey sales being right under Caleb Williams if the Bears reach their potential. A recent declaration from the Bears' coaching staff confirms LB3 will have an opportunity to make an impact similar to Devin Hester. Getty Images Chicago's special teams coordinator Richard Hightower confirmed what many fans had hoped: Luther Burden III will be in the mix for the team's No. 1 punt returner spot. Advertisement Burden will compete with Pro Bowl return man Devin Duvernay. Hightower says LB3 is 'a different dude with the ball in his hand.' The Bears want to use him in multiple phases of the game. Here's what Hightower told Bears Wire's Alyssa Barbieri: 'He's going to have a chance just like everyone else, but you see it on offense and saw it in college, how electric he is when the ball is in his hands. Like, he's a different dude with the ball in his hand. So all we're looking for is playmakers that will help us change field position and win games. In case you haven't seen LB3 in action, take a look at this highlight reel: Burden's usage will be one of the most closely watched developments in Chicago's preseason. He's the kind of player you don't want to limit. While Devin Duvernay brings experience and past accolades, Burden brings that edge-of-your-seat energy the Bears have desperately missed in the return game. Advertisement The battle between the veteran and the rookie could shape how the team opens games, flips field position, and steals momentum. In case you're not aware, Williams could have this suite of weapons at his disposal if the team uses a two tight-end set: WR, DJ Moore, Rome Odunze, LB3/Swift, TE, Colt Kmet and Colston Loveland. The matchup problems that the Bears can present teams with is scary. I can imagine a situation where LB3 is in the backfield taking pitches. Don't be surprised if LB3 is one of the breakout rookies on offense in the NFL in 2025. Burden may have been drafted for his offensive upside, but his impact could start with field position—and that's how legends like Devin Hester got started in Chicago. With the coaching staff clearly on board, and the competition wide open, all signs point to LB3 becoming a key contributor right away. Advertisement Related: Bulls Big Man Zach Collins Says His Teammate 'Could Be More Selfish' Related: Nike Dropped a Jordan 6 Rings Graphic Tee and It Goes With Almost Everything
Metro
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Metro
Alfie Burden talks World Seniors redemption, online abuse and Q School bloodbath
Alife Burden heads to the 'bloodbath' of Q School this week as World Seniors champion, proud of his achievement but having to avoid criticism that has come his way. The 48-year-old beat Aaron Canavan 8-4 to win the Seniors title earlier this month at the Crucible and has quickly had to turn his attention to Q School, where he will try and regain professional status. 'I'm getting a bit old you know, 20 years ago I would have probably been out for three days,' Burden told Metro of short-lived celebrations. 'I've got a club now, so there's commitments to running that, and I've had to prepare for Q School.' Burden first turned pro in 1994 and has been on the tour for the vast majority of the time since then, but never been beyond a ranking quarter-final. A day in the Sheffield sun was a proud moment in a career which he accepts could have been better if he had dedicated himself more. 'It meant a lot to me and to my family,' he said. 'For my children to be there, they've suffered with me through my career. I haven't achieved what I know I could have achieved and I put that in my lap really, I haven't been dedicated enough, I've not lived correctly. 'We are where we are, you can't live in regret, I've had a decent enough career without it being brilliant but I'm proud of it. My kids were proud of me, my family were proud of it and it's something that I'll always remember. 'I'm not stupid enough to think I'm the best over 45 player in the world. Everyone knows that there's players over 45 that still dominate the game. But in the field that was in front of me I was the best player. I'm always one to sort of knock myself and maybe I should take a bit of credit rather than try and downplay it.' Burden lost in the final of the Seniors to Jimmy White in 2023, feeling like his attitude let him down in defeat to his old pal, the Whirlwind. He is glad to gain some redemption by winning this year, but has been hit with social media abuse, which he feels comes from a place of ignorance. 'In 2023 I let myself down in different ways in the final,' he said. 'I always have that regret but I felt I put a few wrongs right this year and I'm proud that. 'I take a lot of a stick on social media. In the middle of the tournament I started flicking on a few of the World Senior feeds and I see I was getting a lot of abuse. People who don't know me just saying nasty stuff, so I stopped looking at that because I'm thinking there's no value. 'What I did take from it is that in the flesh people do enjoy watching me play. I think I play a nice brand of snooker and the crowd really enjoyed it and only had good things to say. 'People shouldn't judge a book by its cover. I'm a bit loud and brash at times but that's just me, anyone who knows knows me knows what I'm all about. You read some of this stuff online and it's not pleasant. 'I've chosen to stop reading that sort of stuff, I think that's the right thing to do.' Burden now heads to Leicester looking to come through Q School for a third time and fulfil an ambition of being a pro at 50 years old. 'I thought that would have been a good good feat, being on tour at 50,' he said. 'I'm still able to reach that goal by getting through Q School. 'But it is a real bloodbath up there. Listen, I'm not saying everyone can get through because they can't, most of them ain't good enough and that's the brutal truth, but there's probably 30 players that you know have got a good chance of getting through and only eight of them will. 'I'm not one to really give it the big one, but getting through twice is very impressive because I challenge anyone, no matter who you are, to go there and get through. It's not an easy format and anyone can beat you in a best of seven. 'I'm definitely hitting the ball well, there's no doubt about that and obviously I'm going there full of confidence there's no one no one I won't fancy beating.' MORE: The 10 greatest graduates from snooker's Q School as latest hopefuls attend class MORE: Snooker prospect Ronnie Sullivan doesn't love obvious comparison: 'It does my head in' MORE: World Women's Snooker Championship draw, schedule and how to watch
USA Today
19-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Bears rookie Luther Burden is candidate to return punts
Bears rookie Luther Burden is candidate to return punts The Chicago Bears landed an explosive playmaker in rookie wide receiver Luther Burden III, so naturally they'd like to get him the ball as much as possible. While Burden will play a key role in Ben Johnson's offense -- most likely in the slot, where he thrived in college -- he'll also have the opportunity to compete on special teams for the punt returner job. 'He's going to have a chance just like everyone else, but you see it on offense and saw it in college, how electric he is when the ball is in his hands,' special teams coordinator Richard Hightower said. 'Like, he's a different dude with the ball in his hand. So all we're looking for is playmakers that will help us change field position and win games. So, that's what I see in him, along with our other returners that we acquired this offseason as well.' Burden served as a punt returner at Missouri, primarily during his freshman season, where he returned 12 punts for 151 yards (12.6 average), including a punt return touchdown. In his final two years, Burden returned a total of 12 points for 101 yards (8.3 average). The Bears will have quite the competition at the returner position, which includes newcomers Olamide Zaccheaus, former Pro Bowl returner Devin Duvernay, Maurice Alexander and Burden, as well as returning veterans Travis Homer, Tyler Scott and Josh Blackwell. Follow Bears Wire on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
State Rep. Fred Crespo ousted as committee chair for working on a separate budget plan
SPRINGFIELD — A veteran Illinois lawmaker was ousted from his committee chairmanship post after apparently angering House Democratic leadership by working on a budget plan separately from his caucus during the final weeks of the spring legislative session, according to a Crespo staff member and legislative sources. State Rep. Fred Crespo, a Democrat from Hoffman Estates, was removed on Wednesday from his position as head of the House General Services Appropriations Committee, which considers budget requests for the state's constitutional offices, according to Crespo's office and legislative sources. A state representative since 2007, Crespo is a fiscally moderate Democrat who voted against last year's budget, which included about $750 million in tax hikes. Crespo was also stripped of his position as co-chair of the Legislative Audit Commission and was disinvited from internal House Democratic caucus meetings, sources said. Additionally, Brady Burden, a budget analyst for Crespo told the Tribune he was put on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into his conduct. Neither Crespo nor a spokesperson for House Speaker Emanuel 'Chris' Welch, who controls committee assignments, would comment on the situation. The moves under Welch could be seen as another indication of the difficulty Democrats face in crafting a final spending plan before the General Assembly's scheduled adjournment on May 31. Lowered state revenues and uncertainty about federal funding have made this one of the most challenging budgets in recent years, as lawmakers try to cover a shortfall estimated at about $1 billion. 'This is certainly a tough year, but I will remind you that if you look around the country, every state is facing this challenge right now,' Gov. JB Pritzker said Thursday at an unrelated event. 'It's partly because of the slowdown, the expected slowdown, of the overall economy since the new administration came into office' Pritzker said Thursday that he had heard about Crespo's ouster but 'I don't know a lot of the details of why that occurred.' A source close to Welch, who spoke on a condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment on the situation, said every appropriation committee was given tasks that included analyzing and identifying their budgetary priorities, but that Crespo had not kept in touch with the House's chief budget negotiator. The source said Crespo was the only appropriations committee chair to not complete these tasks. The source also said Crespo was trying to put together a budget without collaboration from his Democratic colleagues. Burden defended Crespo's efforts to craft a budget plan separate from that of House Democratic leadership. 'He has valid concerns and he's trying to provide solutions,' Burden said. Burden said he alerted the appropriate staffers about what the lawmaker was doing. 'There was no secrecy to the fact that he had been expressing interest in doing that,' he said. Crespo was spurred to work on his own spending plan, which among other things called for the state to withhold some funds that could be restored if revenue estimates brighten, by the threat of reduced federal funding under Trump, Burden said. Burden has previously run afoul of Welch. In 2023, he led an effort for him and about 20 other House staffers to be recognized as a union. Under pressure from that effort, Welch introduced and pushed through legislation in the House to allow General Assembly employees to be unionized but the bill never made it through the Senate. Burden and other staffers later sued Welch, alleging he deprived them of their rights to organize as a union. That suit is pending. Lawmakers have until a scheduled May 31 adjournment to pass a budget, although that deadline is not absolute. Pritzker in February introduced a $55.2 billion budget that kept spending flat in many areas and cut some programs favored by the governor, including healthcare insurance for immigrants under 65. But an April report from the legislature's Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability projected that state revenue growth fell $471 million short of the figure Pritzker used in his proposal. And this week, Pritzker's budget office projected that revenues were short of more than $500 million compared to the revenue figures in the governor's February plan. Testifying about projected revenue before a House committee early Thursday, Alexis Sturm, who heads the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, said the office has had to deal with uncertainty at the federal level as it has made its recent revenue projections. 'Every year comes with a new challenge. This year's challenge that we've been struggling to try to assess the impact of is the ongoing and shifting federal landscape that's currently negatively impacting the national economic outlook,' she said. The office has not made specific adjustments to the proposed budget from February, she added. 'A lot of the revenues are flattening out, but there's obviously obligations to fund — pensions and health care costs, those things are increasing — and we did try to do it in a balanced way in the introduced budget. But we are reassessing, obviously, some of the numbers,' Sturm said. Pritzker's budget proposed no new taxes. But his plan includes increased tax rates on table games at casinos outside Chicago, putting blackjack and roulette on the higher rate used for slot machines. The proposal also calls for a pause in the final shift of state sales taxes on motor fuel purchases to the state's road construction fund, as well as an amnesty program for delinquent taxpayers. Together, those three changes would generate an estimated $469 million, the governor's office has said. On Thursday, lawmakers and labor interests held a news conference to discuss another budget pressure: A fiscal cliff facing Chicago-area public transit and much needed transit infrastructure and operations improvements. Advocates have been trying to come up with a solution in Springfield to plug a deficit for Chicago-area transit systems estimated at more than $700 million. State Sen. Ram Villivalam, a Chicago Democrat who is one of the leaders of the transit reform efforts, said conversations on that issue are continuing. 'No matter what, whether it's health care, public safety, education and other issues, we need to be able to make the case that there are programs and services that will be provided for our residents,' he said. 'People want safe, reliable and affordable transit, period.' Olander reported from Chicago. Tribune reporters Dan Petrella and Addison Wright contributed.
