The Buzz

DOGGIES IN THE SKY: It seems luxury-condo developers in Chelsea will stop at nothing to woo wealthy buyers these days. Witness the laundry list of amenities in many of the neighborhood’s newest projects. Celebrated architect Annabelle Selldorf’s much-hyped building at Eleventh Ave. at 24th St. will feature, among other things, an elevator that will allow apartment owners to drive their cars into garages adjoining their high-rise apartments. Architect Della Valle Bernheimer’s new building at 245 Tenth Ave., adjacent to the High Line, will have a randomly perforated steel exterior, ground-floor art gallery spaces and terraces looking out onto the elevated rail park. And at the Chelsea Stratus — billed as the tallest condo tower in Chelsea at 40 stories, in what was once the thriving Chelsea flower district, on the west side of Sixth Avenue between 24th and 25th Sts. — a rooftop terrace designed by landscape architect Thomas Balsley will feature a dog run, letting landlocked masters pamper their peripatetic pups in utter serenity, without having to hoof it over to the infamous, always crowded but ultra-modern dog run at Chelsea Waterside Park on 22nd St., off the West Side Highway.

Parade permit flap: Last Friday, the New York Police Department issued its latest proposed guidelines for parade permits, raising the number of bicyclists riding together who need a permit to 50, from its earlier proposal of 30. Council Speaker Christine Quinn believes this number is a good compromise. The Times reported Quinn has “embraced” the new rules and is vowing to monitor them “to ensure we strike the proper balance between protection of civil liberties with the need for public order.” But some of her Council colleagues disagree. “I think in New York City that’s an unrealistic number — and it still infringes on our First Amendment rights,” said Councilmember Mendez. “I’m not quite sure what the [right] number is. I’d like to have more discussions with advocates and colleagues.” Mendez has been meeting on the issue with a group of likeminded councilmembers, including Alan Gerson, Gale Brewer and Letitia James, the latter of whom represents Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The guidelines are primarily seen as a way to force the anarchic monthly Critical Mass bike ride to obtain a permit. Mendez will lead a press conference on the new guidelines on Wed., Jan. 31, at 12:15 p.m. at 1 Police Plaza near the Brooklyn Bridge.

Fun without football: “We’re a women-owned and -operated bar and we don’t have TV’s — or chicken wings,” said Amy McCloskey, owner of Madame X, at 94 W. Houston St. She was recalling the bar’s former dilemma that used to see its business totally dead on Super Bowl Sunday to the point that the bar just started closing for the day. The answer, McCloskey has found, is the Anti-Super Bowl Party, featuring “all kinds of pampering things for women.” This will be the third annual installment of the party at the nine-year-old bar, and they have grown in popularity each year. No men will be allowed from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., during which there will be massages, spray tans, makeovers, oils for hand massages, a psychic foretelling romance likelihood for the next year, striptease classes and “half-naked shot boys” pouring shots of Imperia Vodka. All for just $20 (online at madamex.com), or $25 at the door.