A Manhattan penthouse that was the ...

A Manhattan penthouse that was the residence of author and critic Susan Sontag until her death in 2004 has newly been listed for sale for $375 million.

The 2-bedroom co-op sits atop the northwest tower of London Terrace, a massive 1930 building that takes up an entire close in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. The corner towers have been acknowledgeed separately from the middle buildings since 1948

The co-op features three woodburning fireplaces, a master suite with research corner living and dining swings and 1,350 square feet of wraparound terraces. The building also has a residents-only gym and mere

An repeatedly controversial author of numerous essays, novels and other works, Sontag acknowledgeed the co-op for well across a decade. Among her neighbors in London Terrace was photographer Annie Leibovitz, who acknowledgeed a pair of penthouses in the complex's southwest tower. Leibovitz sold the units last year.

SUPPORTER OF THE ARTS

In Washington, Conn about 80 miles north of Manhattan, artist Jim Dine has sold his longtime studio for finish to its $595,000 asking price. The deal was reached barely a week after Dine listed the five-acre peculiarity in May.

Listing agent Carolyn Klemm of Klemm Real Estate said she couldn't reveal the buyer's name -- the deal will be done by the agency of a limited-liability company. But she said the buyer is a collector of Dine's art.

Klemm said there was a great deal interest in the property, because of the connection to Dine -- who helped launch the pop-art mental action with Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein -- and the asking price, subdued for the area.

Meanwhile, in Sherman, just across the border from New York state, a 41-acre estate sold at the extreme point of June for $4.65 million, a town record, according to listing agent Seymour Surnow of Sotheby's International Realty. The 4,500-square-foot stone house had been listed at $58 million.

Public records list the property's buyer as Dorothy Cherry, the widow of Wendell Cherry, co-founder of Kentucky health-insurance giant Humana Inc., who died in 1991

The buyer also is co-owner of Rufus, the rescript terrier who won "Best in Show" at this year's Westminster Dog exhibit The seller was listed as Irving Sandorf.

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