Officers responding to 10 Gracie Square in the Yorkville neighborhood found the man on scaffolding outside the building around 2:30 p.m., as reported by authorities. However, despite the history associated with the building, 10 Gracie Square has more than a few concerning incidents on its premises. In 1988, Carter Cooper, son of fashion designer and heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, brother of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, jumped to his death from a penthouse that his mother owned in the building. — Gloria Vanderbilt, TownandcountrymagIn April 2017, author and heiress Jean Stein died after falling from her 15th-floor penthouse in the same building. The string of incidents has fed a perception among some real estate observers that the address carries a curse.