Tasteful friends and gurlfriends - have you seen Joel Grey's NYC loft...sorry, "magnificent home"?

Love the windows and the view.

When I was a teenager I longed to live in a loft, but they've lost their appeal to me. As an adult, I get how impractical they are.

Oh, and William Windom. A little.

Boyfriend looks like Roy Cohn.

"The Cut" videos are so affected; all rather vapid but trying to come across if they have substance (but I still watch them, it's a guilty pleasure).

Insert lots of name-checks to confirm how insecure you really are.

BF looks like Mr. Roper!

no one wants to watch a video

Hey, no one - why do you say that?

Tiresome old NYC arts gays. I never want to listen to another one talk.

The bedroom and the kitchen need a wall.

What was that odd shaped piece of canvas on the wall? Was it a blank whatever the currently PC name of a gypsy robe is called now?

It's horrible and all those "erotic" framed photos in that awful bathroom.

[quote]What was that odd shaped piece of canvas on the wall?

I don't know - but who the fuck would want it on the wall? It's hardly aesthetic.

I thought it was fun, though I would have walked right past him on the street without recognizing him. He really should take those pictures out of the bathroom, they are quite valuable and very sensitive to moisture, i.e., mildew, warping, etc. Thanks, OP

His boyfriend? A mummified corpse.

Boyfriend = less toothy Bobby Morse

I love Wendy Goodman, total yenta who just barges into people's homes.

That's not his boyfriend. His name is Sam Shahid and he's a pretty famous creative director. They are old friends. Sam is the one who created ad campaigns for brands like Calvin, Banana Republic, A&F and many others.

I like it- not everything, but most of it looks pretty cool. It also looks livable and lived in which lots of places all gussied up do not.

Is he a fag? I thought the daughter was in Dirty Dancing!

No idea who TF he is, but ok place.

He came out years ago. Love that he has had a late-life resurgence with FIDDLER.

Does Liza visit when she's in town?

[quote]I love Wendy Goodman, total yenta who just barges into people's homes.

She's GREAT with the gays.

Actually, I love it.

Love this! Possibly my favorite tasteful home. Light, airy, open and full of stuff you like. The other guy reminds me of a butch Leslie Jordan. I absolutely love Wendy G. I follow her on Instagram. Every now and then you get a post on the absolute wrongness of DJT.

Is he pregnant?

That loft looks so uncomfortable.

All these heterosexuals all over the place.

All those windows facing west with a view of the Hudson? That loft is going to heat up like a microwave oven every summer afternoon.

Lofts are over. They’ve run their course since the late 60s. Lived in one late 90s /early 00s and will never again. Privacy and human scaled rooms make a home comfortable to live in. Loft was great for drama - and hence parties. But traditional rooms - perhaps with higher than average ceilings - are much more appealing and livable.

I'm sure assisted living is much better, doll.

Joel should enter the Democratic primary. He's quite spry!

Joel never "came out". He was always thought to be gay but is actually straight, married with two kids.

Joel appears to be in his 3rd trimester.

That's all wrong, R33. All wrong.

You got stuck in the Wayback Machine.

R33 From the NYT:

Although Mr. Grey came out as a gay man, publicly, last year, in an interview with People magazine, the book, written with Rebecca Paley, may surprise readers with the extent of his candor about his past relationships and his many years of hiding, both inwardly and in public, the true nature of his sexual identity.

I wish they showed more of the actual apartment and how he dealt with the spaces. Spent too much time showing his collection of art. Couldn't even tell where the bathroom was in relation to the living / kitchen area. The ceilings weren't excessively high, which I liked. Overall, I liked his loft.

Yes, Joel Grey is the father of Jennifer Grey, the actress in "Dirty Dancing."

I didn't notice his stomach popping out so much. Could be diabetes.

R33-- He came out a few months ago, maybe longer.

MONTHS AGO R38???? How about four-five YEARS ago.

R33, is that you gramps? Call me :)

Wasn't Joel at one time married to a stinkfish?

The first time I saw Joel Grey on a record album flashing his nipple for God and everyone to see, I knew he was gayer than Gay Gayerson. It's almost as if he rushed to the photo shoot straight from the Continental Baths and hadn't had time to get dressed properly.

Joel's loft is on the site of 12 West, where I danced my legs off.

Since Mummy and Daddy had rhinoplasties, daughter Jennifer (left) must have been VERY surprised when she grew up, hence her career ending surgery.

[quote]hence her career ending surgery.

Her career didn't end because of surgery. Her career ended because she had no talent.

I've always confused him with Joel Brooks.

Actually, Jennifer has talent. Making herself unrecognizable was a fatal error.

I can't imagine why her plastic surgery would have ended her career. She looked considerably better. Her previous nose looked like it could operate as a coin changer.

[quote]Actually, Jennifer has talent. Making herself unrecognizable was a fatal error.

It didn't hurt my career.

People knew about Joel decades ago. When I was in college in the early '80s, we used to go to a local art cinema to see old movies. Once I went with friends to see Bergman's The Magic Flute. There was a commotion from the projector room and someone announced that the wrong reel had been sent and that instead of The Magic Flute we would be seeing Cabaret. An old man in a front aisle stood up and groaned "CABARET? With Joel Grey? You mean instead of The Magic Flute we're getting The Singing Fruit?".

R47, you don't seem to be aware that Jennifer's nose job has been a joke line for decades.

Jennifer's own friends didn't recognize her. That's bad.

Since people are using "WW" to like a post like the "like" button on Facebook, how about Datalounge actually add a like button?

Wow, r49. It's rare to find that kind of wit outside the Algonquin Circle.

R53 Park it Parker!

They just suck.

W&W for r49!

I love every part of his home, beautiful.

Looks like Grey's got electric shutters that come down to block out the sun. However, with those high ceilings and open space, must be hell to keep warm in the winter.

[quote] Lofts are over.

I'd suppose the two big draws of lofts are A) no upstairs neighbors practicing clog dancing and B) you're as far above the ground as you can be in that building which makes you part of the penthouse "elite".

You can have upstairs neighbors in lofts.

Loved the apartment but not a huge fan of the cowhide tablecloth, and he needs to size up on his hoodies.

Nice loft but he's losing his view as the trees get taller and fill out. His AC bill must be huge during the summer with western exposure.

Videos are a pain in the ass. I’m not watching these two old queers.

Joel is definitely gay- and out- and a very nice man. Spent an evening with him and a few others at Seth Sike’s show at 54 below (the former basement of Studio). We were sitting at Andy Tobias’ table- Andy produce’s Seth’s shows.

R54 nobody cares and nobody here thinks you’re important or hot shit. It’s nothing to brag about you old hag.

R64. Not R54

Nobody likes a name dropper, R64. It's tedious for those around you and there is no better way to display your own insecurities.

Rory Calhoun -- and Rin-Tin-Toon!

Neither do I Butthole-Breath, neither do I. Why does seeing Seth Sikes at 54 Below make me important or hot shit? Andy perhaps ‘cause he produced the show. But he doesn’t think of himself as hot shit either. Anyway, your bile and idiocy won’t keep me from posting.

Charlie's been name-dropping for at least 15 years. If you're not used to it by now, that's on you.

r8, I don't like videos because watching them means having to turn off my music.

The open floor plan is probably good for someone like him who is headed to a wheelchair. It does seem livable rather than stark although some of the artwork isn't very good. He's always been a stereotypical theater queen and pinged to high heaven. He did NY-based talk and game shows even before Cabaret. Like Phyllis Newman, Betsy Palmer, etc. he was a celeb but you had no idea why. His father was a vaudeville performer. He was a child actor at Cleveland Playhouse--probably destined for this kind of life. Some of his photography is quite good, but a little of that botanical close-up stuff goes a long way. He doesn't look pregnant as much as he looks pretty schlubby and a hoody doesn't really work for him.

R62--I have a Western exposure---close the blinds in summer, and keep them all the way open in winter. It's probably only cold in the interior areas and late at night in winter.

Schlubby. He's 87 years old, fer chrissakes.

All he needs to be at this point in his life is vertical.

I would NEVER have western exposure. Never.

Joel seems very likeable and before R64 posted I was think he'd be fun to go out with and have a few drinks.

Thanks R64. Sounds like a nice evening. Love the place.

Thank you R67. What the hell is gossip if you can’t name drop? As I’ve said many time that and a Metrocard gets me a ride in the subway. However it’s fun to do on DL. Why not? Especially if it confirms the question.

Don't stop, —charlie. Don't ever stop.