The Beresford Bill Ackman, reporter John Stossel, musician Laura Nyro, film producer David Brown, editor of "Cosmopolitan" magazine Helen Gurley Brown, and film director Mike Nichols. The Beresford The Beresford, at 211 Central Park West, between 81st and 82nd Streets, is a luxury, 23-floor "pre-war" apartment building in New York City. Designed by the architect Emery Roth, The Beresford, completed in 1929, is one of the most prestigious addresses in Manhattan and one of the city's most elite co-ops running along Central Park West. In recent years, apartments have sold for between $3 million and $22 million. One unit is currently listed
Helen McCully then spent ten years as food editor for "House Beautiful". By 1960, McCully had become an icon in the food industry, bringing noted chefs together, serving as a mentor, a contact with peers, and hosting regular culinary salons in her Upper East Side apartment. Though she had a somewhat abrasive manner, McCully was very influential counting among her friends both American and foreign chefs. Helen Evans Brown and James Beard were close friends and colleagues. While running the kitchens for "McCall's" magazine, she allowed Beard to use the kitchens for his cooking school and helped many chefs gain notice. When