• Marc Brown, the author and illustrator who created the Arthur series of books as well as the animated PBS show by the same name, has dropped the price of the 8,300-square-foot Tribeca townhouse (left) that he shares with his wife, Laurie Krasny Brown. The five-story building at 19 Jay Street, which the couple bought for $6.15 million in 2004 and put up for sale for $15.85 million in 2006, is now listed for $9.995 million. [Cityfile, BHS]
• Rory Tahari, the social fixture and wife of fashion mogul Elie Tahari, has unloaded a two-bedroom loft at 72 Mercer Street. The 2,142-square-foot apartment, which Tahari bought for $3.165 million in 2008, sold for $3.2 million. [Cityfile]