tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post4885569922097433485..comments2023-11-05T01:14:14.295-07:00Comments on The Real Estalker: Friday Floor Plan Porn: 720 Park AveYour Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14600002907755148264noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-62993842115271055552013-05-04T08:44:18.526-07:002013-05-04T08:44:18.526-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.KMK Real Estateshttp://kmkrealestates.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-33940594661987386932013-04-09T19:58:28.421-07:002013-04-09T19:58:28.421-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Alekoawninghttp://www.alekoawning.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-65581795004461209322013-04-04T04:16:41.162-07:002013-04-04T04:16:41.162-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15143498687534053230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-79596613919366118482013-04-03T21:36:21.224-07:002013-04-03T21:36:21.224-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Escorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375414882018276390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-62284660169771520122013-03-28T21:48:19.140-07:002013-03-28T21:48:19.140-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Polystickhttp://www.polystick.com.au/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-63722555982747375032013-03-19T00:05:20.096-07:002013-03-19T00:05:20.096-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.jake fernandezhttp://www.optimalspaces.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-78097951827564938752013-03-14T13:40:42.430-07:002013-03-14T13:40:42.430-07:00They lived on a set in Culver City...
;-)They lived on a set in Culver City...<br /><br />;-)lil' gay boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115496241247504856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-64531494250201805572013-03-14T08:47:51.836-07:002013-03-14T08:47:51.836-07:00Did Oliver and Lisa Douglas live in a real, honest...Did Oliver and Lisa Douglas live in a real, honest-to-goodness, Park Avenue penthouse, or merely in a high-floor, set-back apartment, perhaps at 720 or 778?<br />Studly TowerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-12811599280459603072013-03-14T08:21:32.382-07:002013-03-14T08:21:32.382-07:00It is interesting to compare the apartment at 720 ...It is interesting to compare the apartment at 720 with Celeste Bartos' apartment at 778 park which just hit the market. The overlap between the two is remarkable. Rarely can you find two high floor apartments in top buildings that are so similar on the market at the same time. It will be a horse race to see which sells first.<br /><br />http://streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/832744-coop-778-park-avenue-upper-east-side-new-york<br /><br />And speaking of penthouses - neither 720 nor 778 is a penthouse. It is silly to call them penthouses. They have setback terraces, but if you get in the elevator at either building (720 has an elevator man, 778 doesn't - I go frequently to both buildings) there are numbers for all floors up to the actual penthouses, which are only the very top apartments. Silly marketing ploy by brokers to call them anything other than their correct apartment designations - the coop shares will read 16A or 17. NYC brokers seem to be trying to change apartment names to defeat searches on streeteasy of previous sales and listings. Still a mystery how the previous sale of 720 park 16a has managed to escape all public records (it sold feb 2004)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-57801994754722845622013-03-13T23:09:22.851-07:002013-03-13T23:09:22.851-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Ranvijay Thakurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06953435568908202157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-38782369440923111402013-03-13T23:08:47.836-07:002013-03-13T23:08:47.836-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Ranvijay Thakurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06953435568908202157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-75992912586522918052013-03-13T21:02:06.879-07:002013-03-13T21:02:06.879-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03686714119702540838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-43680087587788776342013-03-12T23:55:12.851-07:002013-03-12T23:55:12.851-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.office for sale leedshttp://www.j7offices.co.uk/offices-for-sale.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-66251803171923674292013-03-12T09:49:41.624-07:002013-03-12T09:49:41.624-07:00Hey 7:05pm: Regarding the terrace: My bet that fur...Hey 7:05pm: Regarding the terrace: My bet that furniture and greenery in the distance is intended to pull the eye further back in case prospects would otherwise miss how large that terrace actually is. <br />Mama has scolded us repeatedly to look at the bones rather than decor because that's what new buyer will get and potentially gut to their taste. But dissecting stager missteps, as our snarky opinions dictate, is still good clean fun!<br />I'm lovin' the dining room furniture, or lack thereof. Seems dwarfed and in aesthetic opposition to the other rooms. IMHO, that shot should have skipped. I need a respirator. I can smell the dusty, though pricey, area rug from here. Betting stager started with a blank slate. Perhaps their more appropriately-scaled dining room inventory was in use on another project. Meow. The entire place, sans (cough, cough) dining room, may be directed toward a younger demographic. All kidding aside, it’s a beautiful apartment.<br />LGB, you always offer up the best sidebars to Mama's featured properties.Sandpipernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-14058377994011149662013-03-11T21:16:26.924-07:002013-03-11T21:16:26.924-07:00The New York Times explains the actual (as disting...The New York Times explains the actual (as distinguished from the legally formalistic) this way:<br /><br />"Co-op boards have the legal right to chose whom they please as neighbors and they may reject buyers for any reason so long as they do not violate the buyer's civil rights. Discrimination may not be based on race, creed, color, age, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, handicaps or families with children, and the City Council may soon add ''lawful occupation'' to the list.<br />But this is more of an honor system than a legal one because no law requires boards to explain their admissions policy or furnish reasons for rejecting buyers. Boards are not inclined to volunteer such disclosures because buyers could use them as a basis for litigation."<br /><br />In Simpson v. Berkley Owner's Corp. the Appellate Division of New York stated that unless the plaintiff could submit evidence that the board did not act in the best interests of its shareholders, the court need not review the case. The Simpson case puts a tremendous burden on the prospective purchaser who feels that his or her denial is discriminatory: The buyer must obtain sufficient evidence that the board's actions were predicated on a discriminatory practice, a task that is all but impossible absent a confession from the board.<br /><br />The reality is that co-op boards and individuals can actually discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, age, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, handicaps or families with children. The (apparent) law to the contrary is an honor code and window dressing and a sham. The same goes with even more force with respect to individual home sales.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-83048158453742464552013-03-11T16:38:53.689-07:002013-03-11T16:38:53.689-07:00Actually, 12:30, you cannot refuse to sell based o...Actually, 12:30, you cannot refuse to sell based on race, religion or ethnicity, in a co-op or even with a private home. Co-ops have no right to do so. The problem, of course, is proving that the refusal to sell or pass the board is based on the protected factor of race or religion-the board can point to some other non=protected factor, such as finances. See the current case going against the board of the Dakota. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-32480180436991011302013-03-11T15:58:24.119-07:002013-03-11T15:58:24.119-07:00The buyer of the Spielvogel's place was Peter ...The buyer of the Spielvogel's place was Peter Kraus- formerly of Goldman Sachs & Merrill<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Petra'snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-66767130525720582322013-03-11T12:30:42.967-07:002013-03-11T12:30:42.967-07:00"720 Park Avenue was built so that wealthy Je..."720 Park Avenue was built so that wealthy Jewish folks who were largely forbidden from acquiring apartments in many of the swankier of the swank apartment houses that line Park Avenue. Of course, those sorts of restrictions aren't legally allowable anymore..."<br /><br />Actually, I don't think that is quite right. Co-op boards retain the right to veto sales on religious and ethnic grounds, even in New York. In the same way, individual home owners have a perfect and unrestricted right to refuse to sell to a perfectly good buyer on such grounds ... or no grounds at all. Fortunately, few people today are silly enough to exercise such a power. But I have heard that it occasionally does happen, even today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-79085820949879870832013-03-11T10:39:36.169-07:002013-03-11T10:39:36.169-07:00I love many of the old mansions that fell to the w...I love many of the old mansions that fell to the wrecking ball -- prevailing sentiment at the time was that they were no longer in fashion, and many, although unique & fascinating, simply no longer served their purpose. They couldn't even give the Schwab mansion to the mayor, for example.<br /><br />The over-the-top exuberance of the Senator Clark mansion is a good case in point; without the outsized ego of the Senator, the house kinda lost its purpose -- even after the family vacated, it was unsuccessfully converted to flats for a while; after taking more than a decade to complete (including the purchase of a quarry for the stone), it barely lasted much more than that:<br /><br />http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/02/09/looking_back_at_manhattans_lost_gilded_age_mansions.php<br /><br />Shame, really -- I would like to have experienced it.<br /><br />As for the "unwashed masses", that was merely a prevailing sentiment amongst some of the more privileged (and arguably less-educated) wealthy at the time. The layout of Paris was more about the city as an in-toto set piece with grand boulevards & vistas, meant to impress, from all angles near & far.lil' gay boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115496241247504856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-10256844535768989942013-03-11T10:24:49.276-07:002013-03-11T10:24:49.276-07:00But there was no love lost between you and houses ...But there was no love lost between you and houses like the Duke Semans mansion or the James B. Duke house?<br /><br />You still owe the reply about Parisian buildings being built for the poor to gawp at them from below in the streets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-18786201443872142912013-03-11T08:53:14.754-07:002013-03-11T08:53:14.754-07:00“French flats” — distinguished from tenement house...<i>“French flats” — distinguished from tenement houses by modern luxuries such as parlors, dining rooms, servants’ rooms, and indoor plumbing—caught on in the city after 1870.</i><br /><br />Although arguably "French" in style, the St. Urban is an apartment house; the term French flat was an attempt to make a new style of living more palatable to prospective tenants:<br /><br /><i>For much of the city’s history, any New York household that could afford it lived in their own single-family home. The idea of sharing a residence with other people? Very declasse. (...)But in 1870, a developer named Rutherford Stuyvesant tried something new with his Stuyvesant Flats at 142 East 18th Street, near Third Avenue.<br /><br />Inspired by new multi-family buildings that were all the rage in Paris, Stuyvesant spent $100,000 on his five-story structure, hiring architect Richard Morris Hunt to design 16 apartments and four artists’ studios.<br /><br />First dubbed a folly, these middle-class rentals near chic Union Square caught on quick. They ushered in demand for more apartment-style dwellings.</i>lil' gay boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115496241247504856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-47913101134013555552013-03-11T04:33:43.900-07:002013-03-11T04:33:43.900-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791411053493584639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-510568311663097642013-03-11T04:15:32.349-07:002013-03-11T04:15:32.349-07:00the coffee tables and terrace furniture? i don'...the coffee tables and terrace furniture? i don't understand - i realize the settings may be staged, but still i don't understand. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-52349460018388397642013-03-11T03:57:16.519-07:002013-03-11T03:57:16.519-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10067179511686761493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-84479750712507524402013-03-10T23:49:27.652-07:002013-03-10T23:49:27.652-07:00Also, the April issue of Architectural Digest has ...<i>Also, the April issue of Architectural Digest has a feature on a one bedroom penthouse with a wrap terrace which, IMHO, is a near perfect Manhattan apartment. </i><br /><br />It's not on the web-site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com