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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Livvy Dunne struck out in bid to buy Babe Ruth's NYC home after she put it on social media, ticking off co-op board: neighbor
Livvy Dunne's no Babe. Olivia 'Livvy' Dunne struck out in her bid to buy Yankees' great Babe Ruth's former New York City home because the former LSU star gymnast overshared about the purchase on Instagram, The Post has learned. The co-op board in the Upper West Side building rejected Dunne's purchase — a $1.59 million, all-cash deal — days before she was going to collect the luxurious pad's keys, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model revealed Tuesday in a TikTok video titled, 'I'm just disappointed that's all.' Dunne claimed to have 'no clue' why she was rejected, but one resident in the West 88th Street building said the viral sensation was simply too online for the board's tastes. 'She messed up,' the neighbor said. 'The board got pissed because she put it on her Instagram.' Sure enough, Dunne shared a video to her 5.4 million Instagram followers in May that showed her bikini-clad, skipping along a beach with a caption boasting: 'bought a nyc apt.' The alleged overshare and grumpy co-op board vote now puts Ruth's historic pad — a seventh-floor, three-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom pre-war residence at 345 W. 88th St — back on the market. Ruth, the legendary 'Sultan of Swat' lived on the property with his late second wife, Claire Merritt Ruth, and their late adopted daughter Julia Ruth Stevens, from 1920 to 1940. The building even has a commemorative plaque honoring the New York Yankees great. Dunne, who made an estimated $9.5 million through the 'name, image and likeness' rules in the NCAA, entered the picture after the apartment went on the market in March. The building resident said they spotted Dunne and Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher and boyfriend Paul Skenes visiting the co-op in the run-up to the aborted sale — which the influencer said would be her 'first real estate purchase' ever. 'I have to admit, when I saw her from behind I didn't think she was an adult,' the resident said. 'I thought she was a little boy. She's so little, like a child.' Things apparently went well enough that Dunne said she and Skenes even hired an interior designer to decorate the apartment. 'It got to the point where the realtor was so confident, Paul and I went, I got an interior designer because I didn't want to bring my college furniture to Babe Ruth's apartment, that would be like, criminal,' Dunne dished in her TikTok video. But the co-op board had other plans. Dunne said in her TikTok video that she learned the board denied her purchase, but she didn't know why other than it wasn't financial. 'It could have been, for all I know, they could have been Alabama fans and I went to LSU,' Dunne quipped. 'Maybe they didn't want a public figure living there,' she said, inching closer to the purported truth, 'but I was literally supposed to get the keys and that week they denied me.' The seller's agent from Compass said they were 'all shocked and displeased' by the board's rejection, and tried unsuccessfully to get them to reconsider. 'The managing agent got back to me days later and said the board decision was final and that was it,' the seller's agent said. 'The seller's real estate attorney liquidated (Dunne's) deposit and that was it and we're back on the market.' The board doesn't have to disclose why they turned Dunne down, the agent noted. 'This is New York City, this is co-op stuff,' said another building resident who declined to give her name. 'It's different than condo. It happens all the time.' One resident who only heard about the rejection from an online article from The Post was bummed to learn she was almost neighbors with the social media star. 'I wish her well,' she said.'Who knows why they rejected her.' Dunne summed up her misadventure with a warning to her eight million TikTok followers. 'Long story short: don't try to live in a co-op,' she said. 'You might get denied and you won't get Babe Ruth's apartment.' Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
20-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
'Help! I Live Next Door To A Loud Masturbator'
With a population of over 8 million people ― many of them living in older apartments with paper-thin walls ― there's bound to be some issues with noisy neighbors in the city that never sleeps. This column's question comes from a New Yorker who's feeling secondhand embarrassment for her new neighbor ― a man who hasn't learned to use his indoor voice while masturbating. Help! I live in a New York City studio apartment with cement walls that are apparently a little too thin. I know it's expected that when you share walls with neighbors you'll hear, uh, intimate noises from time to time, but I have a new neighbor whose solo activities are so vigorous that I can hear the festivities quite regularly. It doesn't bother me personally, but I'm embarrassed for him and wondering if he has any idea he has so little privacy. Should I somehow let him know by slipping an anonymous note under his door? Or do I let him go on and mind my own business? ― Blushing In Brooklyn We asked Thomas P. Farley ― a nationally regarded etiquette expert who goes by Mister Manners ― to tackle this very specific noise complaint. (Loud neighbor sex we've heard of, but loud neighbor masturbation is a different story.) 'Noise issues arising from a space beyond one's own walls are among the most sensitive of topics for neighbors to discuss. As a member of my building's co-op board, I have heard innumerable tales of grief as adjacent neighbors recount the commotion emanating from above, next door or below ― from crying babies to loud music, piano lessons to hard-soled foot traffic. And yes, lest we forget, lovemaking. (Or in this case, solo love.) For the aggrieved party, the typical trajectory of these matters runs the course of surprise, annoyance, exasperation, and finally, either a temper eruption or frustrated resignation. Vexingly, the neighbor generating the noise is often completely unaware they are making any disturbance at all. This devolution is unfortunate. I believe firmly that if approached directly, politely and considerately, many (though certainly not all) offending parties will take steps to reduce ― if not completely eliminate ― clamorous incursions. I would advise anyone in a scenario similar to 'Blushing in Brooklyn's' to weigh the gravity of the matter and then tread carefully if at all. Is the peal of passion something you hear once or twice a month? Or is it morning, noon and night daily? A white-noise machine or a fan can drown out a whole lot. A pair of headphones even more. But if these tactics are incapable of restoring your peace and quiet, it is probably time to have a gentle word with this neighbor. Find a time outside of work hours (perhaps midday on a Saturday or Sunday) to knock on the individual's door and have a brief conversation that ― once the pleasantries have been exchanged ― segues into a version of: 'I'm sure you're not aware, and forgive me, because I know this is a bit awkward, but I've been having difficulty getting a decent night's sleep the past several weeks because of the activity that seems to be coming from your apartment around [fill in time] each night. I know sound travels in our building, and I'm wondering if there's anything you might be able to do to reduce the noise at all?' In the ideal world, the neighbor will apologize immediately and offer to make some significant adjustments. To which the petitioning neighbor should express great gratitude. Could an anonymous note do the job? In the interest of candor and transparency, I would counsel the neighbors have a respectful face-to-face conversation versus slipping any letter under the door of a noise offender. The moment a note is passed, a guessing game will begin and two possible outcomes may follow —neither ideal. First, the noisy neighbor may wrongly assume it was someone else who wrote the note and begin acting awkwardly around them with no hint as to why. Alternatively, by process of elimination, they may figure out the actual note-writer and — as their feelings quickly morph from embarrassment to incredulity — decide to take their decibels to the next level. If the neighbor is not conciliatory or makes a brief change only to lapse again into raucousness, the distressed party can elect to escalate the matter to a landlord or managing agent as a potential violation of a lease or of the building's house rules. In such scenarios, be aware that punitive action may be slow to happen ― if it happens at all. In this unfortunate instance, grim acceptance may wind up being the least contentious way forward, chalking the moans up to being among the many annoyances that arise when residing in such intensely close proximity with eight million other people.' When it comes to etiquette columns, the questions and advice tend to be a bit stuffy:Who really cares what fork you use at dinner? But that's not the case here: How To Be Decent will cover topics that actually affect people, like 'Should you recline on a plane?' and 'How do I tell my neighbors I can hear them having sex?' Got a question about a thorny interpersonal issue you're having? Email us at relationships@ and we'll get it answered. Related... Should I Call The Police If I Have A Noise Complaint? My Older Neighbor Asked For My Help. How Much Am I Supposed To Give Him? The Rudest Things You Can Do In Someone Else's House
Daily Mail
15-07-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
Livvy Dunne joins shock list of A-listers to have huge cash offers for New York apartments REJECTED... as realtor issues warning to buyers
Perhaps the members of the co-op board at Manhattan's 345 West 88th Street are die-hard New York Yankees fans. Maybe they hate Louisiana State University or find influencers downright annoying.
Entrepreneur
11-07-2025
- Business
- Entrepreneur
Global Britain Trade Expo Highlight: Clive Bonny, founder, Strategic Management Partners
Business News Former LSU gymnast and social media star, Olivia "Livvy" Dunne, says she was one week away from getting the keys to her new apartment — but was rejected by the co-op board.
New York Times
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Livvy Dunne Wanted Babe Ruth's Old Apartment. The Co-op Board Said No.
New York City co-op boards can be notoriously difficult to get past. It's not just about being rich and successful: Madonna, Mariah Carey, Calvin Klein and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. have all been rejected. But the social media influencer and former gymnast Olivia Dunne was still shocked that she faced the same fate when trying to buy Babe Ruth's former apartment on the Upper West Side. Ms. Dunne, a New Jersey native known as Livvy, shared her story with her eight million TikTok followers this week. 'I was gonna pay with cash, like I wanted this apartment bad. Like it got to the point where the realtor was so confident,' she said. Ms. Dunne, 22, continued: 'Then the week that I'm supposed to get my keys to my brand-new apartment, I get a call, the co-op board denied me. So pretty much the people in the building voted to not have me live there.' The apartment at 345 West 88th Street would have been Ms. Dunne's first real estate purchase, she said in the video. She had visited with her boyfriend, Paul Skenes, the star Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher, who, like her, was an athlete at Louisiana State University, where she made millions through endorsement deals. Ms. Dunne's representatives and the building's management office did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Under the co-op structure, boards tend to have lots of power, more than those of condos. They have the right to turn down any applicant, as long as it's not for reasons that are discriminatory or have to do with self-dealing from a board member. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
