November 19, 2025
What Up Family?!
Welcome to The Edit with Aaron Seawood, a lifestyle letter serving a weekly dose of real estate, culture, and wisdom—all in three minutes or less. Let’s dive in.
Real Estate Remix
A Tribeca Unicorn Returns: The Footbridge Mansion Hits the Market 🌉
Tribeca’s most iconic skybridge is back on the market. The Footbridge Mansion, an 8,300-square-foot two-building compound connected by the famed Staple Street skybridge, has resurfaced at $29.99M, a sharp drop from its $50M ask a decade ago. Spanning a landmarked red-brick townhouse and a loft across the cobblestones, the property offers a rare architectural mash-up: one bedroom, four baths, a 1,200-square-foot private roof deck, a three-car garage, and more than 4,000 square feet of air rights. The 118-year-old bridge once ferried patients between New York Hospital buildings; today it’s one of downtown’s most-photographed symbols.
My Compass colleagues, Clayton Orrigo and Stephen Ferrara, call it a level of flexibility that simply doesn’t exist downtown, and they’re not wrong. The listing comes to market just as another two-building Staple Street compound hits the market for $30M, creating an unusually serendipitous moment for anyone channeling full “Master of the Universe” ambitions.
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NYC Insider: What’s Happening This Week
Where NYC Lights Up the Holidays 🛷
If you’re looking for peak winter magic, two of the city’s most iconic spots flip the switch this season. Lightscape at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden turns the grounds into a full-on luminous dreamscape. Think over a million lights, immersive art installations, and the showstopping Winter Cathedral tunnel that basically begs for a camera roll takeover. It’s the kind of date-night-meets-friend-hang moment that feels effortlessly Brooklyn. Enjoy it from Nov 21, 2025–Jan 4, 2026 at 990 Washington Ave, Brooklyn. Get tickets here.
Uptown, the Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights goes maximalist. LEDs everywhere, glowing animal lanterns, snow tube slides, and even an illuminated ice throne for the kids (or the adults who act like them). It’s the borough’s annual reminder that holiday cheer hits differently when it’s wrapped in wildlife. Experience this from Nov 21, 2025–Jan 4, 2026 at 2300 Southern Blvd, Bronx.
Weekly Gem 💎
Integration Before Acceleration
Last week I shared my spiritual awakening, and this week I want to share how to move after a breakthrough.
The temptation is to sprint: new plans, new declarations, new everything. But transformation doesn’t lock in during the high. It locks in during the after.
Right now, you don’t need to push. You need to integrate.
Let the clarity settle into your bones. Let the new version of you take the wheel. Let the old stories dissolve.
Breakthroughs aren’t events, they’re initiations.
And the real magic is in how you live the next quiet steps: the way you speak to yourself, the choices you make, the boundaries you honor, the energy you refuse to shrink.
This week, don’t rush back into performance.
Be still long enough to let the upgrade become your new baseline.
Your spirit already shifted.
Now let your life catch up.
Family: If my weekly gem isn’t enough, I’m Broadcasting from the Bright Side every day. If you need encouragement, a place to be heard, or someone to remind you of your greatness, please call me at 646.699.3969. You’re not alone. I got you.
The Best Home on the Market This Week
Here’s a special listing that caught my eye that I think you should consider if you’re in the market. I’m prioritizing quality, soul, and a space that truly speaks.
Listed by Thomas Wexler, Tyler Wexler and Hannah Hebda
121 East 61st Street
$6,995,000 6 Beds / 3 Baths, 3 Half Baths Lenox Hill
Prime Upper East Side Townhouse with Endless Potential
Welcome to 121 East 61st Street, a five-story townhouse offering the rare versatility of residential, professional, and investment potential, all in one of Manhattan’s most coveted blocks. Currently configured as a three-unit building, it features a medical office on the garden level, professional suite on the second floor, and a spacious three-story residential triplex above with a formal dining room, wood-burning fireplace, and private terrace. With its flexible layout and timeless elegance, this property is ideal for a live/work setup, premium investment, or single-family conversion.
🔑 Best Features
- Prime East 61st Street address off Madison Avenue
- Configured as 3 units: medical office, professional suite, and residential triplex
- Private outdoor terrace + wood-burning fireplace
- Elegant prewar details and hardwood floors throughout
- Steps from Central Park, world-class museums, shopping, and dining.
Before you go…
☕ New Yorkers will tolerate sirens, scaffolding, and subway delays, but a noisy macchiato? Absolutely not.
🥛 If you thought NYC was expensive, try living in a zip code where milk costs more than rent elsewhere.
🧷 In 2025, diaper changes need baby approval.
🦃 Forget the family drama! Grab a table at one of NYC’s hottest Thanksgiving spots.
🌭 Top Chef flavors, streetwise NYC style, this Friday, hot dogs reign.
🎤 Take the mic under the Brooklyn Bridge! Sid Gold’s makes you the show.
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