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
Brown Institute for Media Innovation Brown Institute for Media Innovation The Brown Institute for Media Innovation is a research institute that funds projects at the intersection of journalism and technology. It is a joint initiative between the Stanford University School of Engineering and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The Brown Institute funds research through awarding annual "Magic Grants" to projects which develop applications that create technologies which foster journalistic pursuit, and through direct support to several Brown Fellows at both institutions. The official name of the program is The David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation, although it is commonly referred