Anderson & Jude Neighbors

Anderson Cooper Takes Over Firehouse – Village People Are Excited

As if having Matt Damon, Anna Wintour and Jude Law living in the area weren’t enough of a reason to love going to this school, it appears that everyone’s favorite cable guy is moving in on West 3rd Street, right behind the King Juan Carlos Center.

Via the New York Post, Anderson Cooper of CNN and [Benjamin Maisani of the] Eastern Bloc fame will be moving into the old Fire Patrol 2 firehouse, that cool building with Garfield and Mercury chilling on its façade. You’ve definitely seen this place before, and it’s certainly one of the prettiest buildings in the Village. Plus, the building was just nominated for the National Register of Historic Places by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation.

The building was run by its old owners (a bunch of – you guessed it – firemen) from 1908 to September 2009.

So keep your eyes peeled! When the place is ready to house the good man who is currently carrying boys from street fights in Haiti, let’s not piss him off like we did to Jude Law [see below].

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Jude irked by NYU dorm's-eye view

By Amber Sutherland and Jeremy Olshan
Last Updated: 9:31 AM, November 20, 2009
Posted: 3:13 AM, November 20, 2009

When Jude Law moved in next door to an NYU freshman dorm, he didn't realize he'd be giving away front-row seats to every performance -- and he's hardly pleased with his "audience."

Star-struck students say they race to their dorm windows whenever the actor sets foot on his Washington Square balcony, as seen above in photos taken by one of the kids.

"There is pretty much chaos on every floor when he comes out," said Priya Vij, 18, who has a direct view of Law's balcony from her Hayden Hall window.

"People start screaming, 'Hey, Jude' -- and it's clear he can hear us."

Erica Rose, 18, keeps a pair of binoculars at the ready.

"We have the best view on the floor," she said. "It is exciting to have a celebrity living right next to you. He is really attractive. He's rugged and scruffy."

The star of Broadway's "Hamlet," who uses the balcony to play with his son and work out with his personal trainer, apparently does not appreciate the attention.

In Shakespeare's day, audience members heckled actors by hurling rotten fruit. But a few weeks ago, when Law's yoga session was interrupted, the fruit flew in the opposite direction.

"He noticed we were there and we started waving at him. Then he went inside and came back with two oranges," freshman Neha Najeeb told The Post. "He threw them at our window, but he missed." Law then went back inside and returned with two additional oranges, she said.

"This time, he hit the windows -- there was orange pulp on the glass for a week -- and then he went back to working out," she said. "Now we don't like Jude Law anymore."

Law couldn't be reached for comment.

Naheeb's roommate, Kaitlin Coari, said Law should stick to throwing the slings and arrows of his "Hamlet" role instead of produce.

"We couldn't believe it when the orange hit the window," she said. "I'm supposed to go see 'Hamlet' with my sister this Saturday. It's awkward -- I should bring some oranges, I guess

When Jude Law moved in next door to an NYU freshman dorm, he didn't realize he'd be giving away front-row seats to every performance -- and he's hardly pleased with his "audience."

Star-struck students say they race to their dorm windows whenever the actor sets foot on his Washington Square balcony, as seen above in photos taken by one of the kids.