Gold-leaf wallpaper painstakingly restored in historic NYC mansion ruined by neighbor’s water leak By Kathianne Boniello Published July 19, 2025, 8:36 a.m. ET ...

In the 1700s, there were about 300 artisans making gold leaf in the city. Now there is just Marino Menegazzo, who is also one of very few remaining in Europe.

Michael Loeb, who bought the four-story, Neo-Grec townhouse at 41 East 72nd St. in 1998 for $4.1 million, claims next door neighbor Elliot Levine has ignored his five notices about the leak ...