When Huguette Clark died at the age of 104 last year, all eyes were on her estate, and specifically her massive 5th Avenue apartments that have long been shrouded in mystery. Curbed now points to the 17,000 square foot mansion's floor plans, which the Real Deal got a hold of recently. The space is separated into three apartments, but the reclusive Clark was the only inhabitant of all three... unless you count her dolls. That's right, there was a creepy doll collection, which the cleaning staff (the only people allowed inside the hospitalized heiress's digs) attended to. Appraiser and real estate broker Barbara Fox declared, "There were dolls everywhere"—she is one of the only realtors allowed inside of the space, which the site offers a little history on: more ›

The 5th Avenue Apple Store, which opened back in 2006 and in 2010 was named the 5th most photographed NYC landmark, will soon be missing from the street's landscape. A $6,661,050 renovation has begun, which has the glass cube currently covered up while it's being prepared for its removal. more ›

The Jalili family had been a permanent fixture at the corner of 37th Street and 5th Avenue since 2003, selling halal dishes from their food cart. But now Ezatullah Jalili, who has been running the cart since 2008, says the Grand Central Partnership is trying to edge him out with the cunning use of flowers and benches. more ›

Last year, a treehouse was spotted on lower 5th Avenue, bringing NYC real estate envy to a whole new level. Recently the Wall Street Journal was invited over to the West Village pad, owned by painter Melinda Hackett, where we are reminded that with every fun thing in New York, comes curmudgeons who will complain about it. more ›

In 1965, the Brokaw Mansion, which stood at 1 East 79th Street, was destroyed to make room for this high-rise apartment building. The mansion was built during the years of 1887 and 1890 by Rose & Stone, for Isaac Vail Brokaw, who later built more houses nearby. To the east of the Brokaw Mansion, at 7 East 79th Street, was a building he designed as a wedding gift for his daughter Elvira. Later he built twin Gothic houses at 984 and 985 5th Avenue for his sons Howard and Irving. more ›

A former Gucci salesman at the 5th Avenue flagship store has filed a $5MM lawsuit saying he was discriminated against because he's straight. Adolfo Mendez says his manager at the store, Michael Daly, crept up behind him and gave him a shoulder-to-ass massage, reports the Daily News. Mendez claims he froze the first time it happened, but upon the second he told Daly, "Look, I really don't appreciate this. You touched me. I don't think it's professional." Allegedly Daly was stunned and gave him a "how dare you" look. more ›

Parade routes always seem to be changing, but for many years it was 5th Ave that was seeing all the celebratory marching action. After the avenue became so popular, however, the city adopted a new policy and refused all new parade requests. more ›

Hot dog vendor Pasang Sherpa made headlines a few months back for his big six-figure bids to guarantee lucrative space slinging franks outside the Metropolitan Museum, paying out $643,000 annually to the Parks Department for his spots outside the Met. At the time, he said that he didn't want to pay the city his big rent bills because he contended that nearby construction was having too negative of an impact on his business. Now after following through on his threat to hold off rent, the city has responded by evicting him. A Parks Department spokesman says Sherpa had fallen $310,000 behind in rent. Sherpa told the News that he was "going crazy" and didn't know what to do or where to go. Even more lost though were some Rhode Island tourists outside the Upper East Side museum, one of whom told the paper, "We don't know the area or where else to eat but here. There's no other place to eat around here." When Sherpa's original beef was reported in January, the Post said that another nearby vendor on 5th Avenue was set up and operating without permission or paying anything because of "a regulation that lets veterans like him bypass the bidding process." more ›

Every year on Easter, the city bans cars from Fifth Avenue between 49th and 57th Streets for several hours, transforming the avenue into a leisurely promenade filled with costumed revelers of all ages. And despite the cool temperatures, the throngs amassed outside Patrick's Cathedral seemed even more numerous than usual, perhaps because Cardinal Egan was inside delivering his last Easter mass as head of the New York Archdiocese. Of course, this being New York, the elaborate Easter attire on the avenue was irreverent as ever, ranging from men in pastel drag to Victorian-era dandies to a woman strolling around inside an enormous cake. Feast your eyes by clicking on Katie Sokoler's photographs above. more ›

Last week the NY Times' House & Garden section took a look at the mysteries planted by an architect in a ritzy Fifth Avenue apartment. This week, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety report that Paramount has purchased the rights to the article for a feature to be produced by J.J. Abrams. Writers Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky have already been hired to adapt the piece into a film. more ›