50 West 86th Street Tom Cruise has been on the news and in the papers these past few days for being fired by Paramount pictures for jumping on Oprah's couch and talking about Scientology. Since this is a real estate blog I won't comment on that. However I will comment about the building that both Tom and I Lived in circa 1981. My first Manhattan apartment was a studio with a sleeping loft complete with brick wall and huge windows. It was onĀ the parlor floor of a limestone mansion built in the early 1900's. In the photo it's the apartment (8 comments)