How about owning just a sliver of paradise. Well for this edition of ONE ROOM, we’re going to visit paradise along the Hudson River, a private deck with a pool, water and sunset views. Albeit outdoors, this enviable space will serve as our latest “room” selection as we approach the dog days of August. Offering both calm and invigoration, this glorious oasis sets the standard for beating summer in the ...
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By our definition a dressing room is a closet that can fit furnishings. Well, this Park Avenue dressing room is so damn big it could actually eat up most studio apartments. Stupendous by anyone’s standards, this dressing room is enviable even in the noblest of circles. A center island dresser with an overhead chandelier, deep crown moldings with coved lighting and a wall of custom millwork would cause anyone with ...
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What if you re-designed your kitchen and forgot about installing the cabinetry. Well, this stunning open kitchen at the historic Gretsch Building in Brooklyn pulled off this rather unusual design trick by eliminating all of the upper cabinetry. Instead of the traditional cabinet design, the walls are adorned with slabs of a dark honed granite. Small wood shelves, randomly placed, break up the mass. Lacquered lower cabinets in an enchanting ...
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Although Nolita enjoys a prime downtown location it remains a bit of an enigma to most New Yorkers. Nolita, which stands for north of Little Italy, was pretty much annexed by the real estate community in the late 1990s and bestowed with a fresher, hipper name to increase the neighborhood cache and to drive development. 4 Center Market Place, which sits directly behind the former police headquarters building at 1 Center ...
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The month of April 2020 will probably be remembered for a long time as the apex of the co-op and condo sales market in New York City. The calm before the storm if you will, the last month before COVID-19 shut down the country and effectively put the real estate market on pause. So let’s take a look at the top ten apartment sales in Manhattan for the month of April. ...
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