Hell’s Kitchen continues to sizzle

It calls out to real estate buyers like an anguished Stanley Kowalski: Stella…Tower! Stella Tower is the latest condo to land in Hell’s Kitchen: a sleek, 51-unit building on West 50th Street, nestled between 9th and 10th Avenues. The building is not close to the subway — to put it politely. It is in a neighborhood that has “hell” in its name, and which was once the stomping grounds of the Westies (the Irish gang) as well as assorted hoodlums with names like Joseph “Mad Dog” Sullivan and Eddie “the Butcher” Cummiskey. Less than two avenues west the landscape is dotted with car dealerships. And yet Stella can claim some serious bragging rights. “We’ve had a couple contracts signed at...