tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post1994319390452764805..comments2023-11-05T01:14:14.295-07:00Comments on The Real Estalker: Thursday Morning Mish MashYour Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14600002907755148264noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-3686909922805775512010-04-12T13:25:55.050-07:002010-04-12T13:25:55.050-07:00Where can is see pictures of these houses.Where can is see pictures of these houses.Mayhttp://www.mayleisuen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-1733934554602957832009-06-13T05:20:43.814-07:002009-06-13T05:20:43.814-07:00Harry Langdon is a famous photographer in Los Ange...Harry Langdon is a famous photographer in Los Angeles. He was very famous in the 80's. He did the cover for Donna Summer's Bad Girls, iconic photos of Ann-Margret and Cher. Jane Fonda's Work Out book. Hard worker.MH Criticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-89912274509246562992009-05-31T00:25:02.551-07:002009-05-31T00:25:02.551-07:00The size of the Browns' master bath is proof posit...The size of the Browns' master bath is proof positive that rich New Yorkers have NO priorities. You KNOW if Paula Abdul went house shopping in TARZANA, and they showed her one that dinky, she wouldn't even look at the rest of the house.<br /><br />Hey Browns! You got sitting rooms all over the house already, you need ANOTHER one on this floor? eally? Come on loosen up, live a little, let the sun shine in!<br /><br />To paraphrase Gertie Stein: "One can not Live like a King, if One does not Shit like a King."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-72313221298124818992009-05-30T13:23:48.895-07:002009-05-30T13:23:48.895-07:00How many floors was that again?
LOLHow many floors was that again?<br /><br />LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-73123692598865851422009-05-30T01:19:15.661-07:002009-05-30T01:19:15.661-07:00" skinny New York townhouse..."
8 floors people! ..." skinny New York townhouse..."<br /><br />8 floors people! <br /><br />Mom, don't ever complain about multi level, califor-nine-a hill side real e-state again.<br /><br />8 fookin floors. 8.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-68392854923809641492009-05-29T20:38:12.302-07:002009-05-29T20:38:12.302-07:00I LOVE floorplans! Visually, I can relate to them ...I LOVE floorplans! Visually, I can relate to them the best.<br />THANKS for your groovy postings. 'Curbed LA' seems so, so 'blahhh'<br /><br />Thanx Mama!Starck Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05608390964188305181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-28509240871079249622009-05-29T20:15:35.919-07:002009-05-29T20:15:35.919-07:00You don't need two means of egress from every floo...You don't need two means of egress from every floor in a residential single family home in NYC. I've been to plenty without it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-32304648027820799322009-05-29T10:43:30.252-07:002009-05-29T10:43:30.252-07:00Maybe I'm getting old but I can't believe some of ...Maybe I'm getting old but I can't believe some of you have never heard of Harry Langdon. Maybe it's a West Coast - East Coast thing? His studio is/was in Beverly Hills on Wilshire near Rodeo Dr. He does or did a lot of celebrity photography - album covers, press photos, concert photos. Don't konw that he did much fashion photography so maybe that's why some don't know of him.<br /><br />To be honest, I would have thought him to be retired by now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-38915408430438402182009-05-29T09:52:34.741-07:002009-05-29T09:52:34.741-07:00Don't tell me Cruise is buying Meryl-and-then-Dian...Don't tell me Cruise is buying Meryl-and-then-Diandra's (I think Diandra's) house at #19? Busy block.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-971272240493445162009-05-29T03:55:19.847-07:002009-05-29T03:55:19.847-07:00Building codes here require two ways out from ever...Building codes here require two ways out from every floor, even in sprinklered buildings. The back door doesn't cut it.luke220https://www.blogger.com/profile/07809763931071806294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-55426305851387943832009-05-28T18:33:32.646-07:002009-05-28T18:33:32.646-07:00No 2nd means of egress? There's rooftop and back d...No 2nd means of egress? There's rooftop and back door, that makes three ways out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-85843718353606154142009-05-28T18:18:33.307-07:002009-05-28T18:18:33.307-07:00Harry Langdon huge in the 70s? No - Scavullo, Pen...Harry Langdon huge in the 70s? No - Scavullo, Penn, Avedon, and Newton were huge, not him. Rather a nobody today to qualify as celebrity. We all know what great art celebrity cosmetic ads are...LOL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-9190930503669807772009-05-28T18:04:39.785-07:002009-05-28T18:04:39.785-07:00Sounds like Paul Abdul was maybe looking at Chris ...Sounds like Paul Abdul was maybe looking at Chris Tucker's place that is in Mulholland Park Estates for $3.8M. If that is it, I can't believe he wouldn't take $3M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-51619138915824901322009-05-28T16:28:12.672-07:002009-05-28T16:28:12.672-07:00The Noel house looks like it was designed for mode...The Noel house looks like it was designed for modern day living. It's a house of average width, 20 feet, not grand width of 25 feet, which is much less common. As it's been noted here, the kitchen was traditionally on the floor below the formal dining. But even in a modern, completely redesigned town house, the dimensions do not really allow for having formal living, formal dining and a modern, good-size kitchen all on the same floor, so you either have the kitchen and formal dining on one floor, or, as most prefer, the formal dining and living on the same floor. In this case, they've combined the dining and living - some like this, some don't. <br /><br />Luke, as for the egress, there's the main entrance on the parlor floor, a door at the front on the garden floor (near the staff room), and the door to the terrace in back - pretty typical for a NYC townhouse.<br /><br />As for the stair hall, it's much less than a quarter, and includes the short hallway between front rooms and back rooms. True, the curved staircase takes up more room, and maybe it's not ideal in a house of this width, but it really adds to the richness, and with six floors plus a cellar, there's a lot of space.<br /><br />Not crazy about the powder room access through the butler's pantry on the parlor floor, and that windowless BR must be an error, since it's not legal, but for the most part, this looks like a pretty good plan, although there are a few compromises, like in almost all townhouse plans and NYC apartments.<br /><br />Great location, but $12M for a 20 foot gut job might be too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-49420216227486184692009-05-28T15:11:09.014-07:002009-05-28T15:11:09.014-07:00Harry Langdon was a huge photograper in the 70's a...Harry Langdon was a huge photograper in the 70's and 80's. Yes he did headshots, but he also shot majot ad campaigns (cosmetics, perfumes,etc), usually with celebrities,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-91345551715880160482009-05-28T14:57:39.255-07:002009-05-28T14:57:39.255-07:00Hey mamma
I am a photographer, so I had a look at ...Hey mamma<br />I am a photographer, so I had a look at www.harrylangdon.com and saw that he is a 'headshot' photographer...and not a particularly good or inventive one. Like Viva! said up above...you won't find his work in Vogue or Vanity Fair...LOL. That is not enough of a celebrity for me to qualify as a 'celebrity' owned house!!!Ernestonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-69661385218025474512009-05-28T14:21:48.360-07:002009-05-28T14:21:48.360-07:00Harry Langdon who?
Never heard of him...but with ...Harry Langdon who?<br /><br />Never heard of him...but with a house that ugly.<br />.and overpriced...I'd expect as much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-16341533292590257002009-05-28T14:03:21.349-07:002009-05-28T14:03:21.349-07:00Geez Louise Mama, you're so on top of things ....Geez Louise Mama, you're so on top of things ... as always. Kudos and hugs. Wish I could pay your mortgage. <3sandpipernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-10187465901772896292009-05-28T13:41:30.099-07:002009-05-28T13:41:30.099-07:00Mama, I love you!
What a delightful laundry list ...Mama, I love you!<br /><br />What a delightful laundry list of real estate dish.Alessandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18219610307384386752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-61600933018107323212009-05-28T12:26:58.869-07:002009-05-28T12:26:58.869-07:00PS I see no second means of egress in the Brown ho...PS I see no second means of egress in the Brown home and no fire balconies. The building dept here in Boston wouldn't approve those plans.luke220https://www.blogger.com/profile/07809763931071806294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-55043829892300764422009-05-28T12:20:46.569-07:002009-05-28T12:20:46.569-07:00I'd buy Iris Cantor's before buying the Brown town...I'd buy Iris Cantor's before buying the Brown townhouse. Maybe I'm more apartment dweller than townhouse owner. Second thought, renting Cantor's unit is a better value.<br /><br />The center stairwell in the Brown home takes about one quarter of the floor area. Too bad to lose that space in living areas. I too would want a formal dining room.luke220https://www.blogger.com/profile/07809763931071806294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-362397292863922942009-05-28T12:00:49.726-07:002009-05-28T12:00:49.726-07:00A dining room is nice, I'll agree (and I love mine...A dining room is nice, I'll agree (and I love mine), but many modern people do not entertain in the same sort of formal ways so dining rooms are often wasted spaces used just once or twice a year. This set up doesn't bother me in the least in this situation because clearly, the family "lives" on the lower floor.<br /><br />and echoing what has already been said, a dumbwaiter allows for moving food from the kitchen to the dining room. <br /><br />It sound inconvenient unless you understand that if the Noel Browns (or whomever) were going to be entertaining, they would have staff (or caterers brought in) who would manage that so it's quite unlikely the homeowner would be stuffing a turkey in the dumbwaiter and then tramping up the stairs to the butler's pantry in a dinner dress. Rich people have people for these things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-31398761044417107262009-05-28T11:48:41.581-07:002009-05-28T11:48:41.581-07:00I will never understand why, with so much money an...I will never understand why, with so much money and so much square footage, a house like the Browns' doesn't have a <I>formal dining room</I>! It makes me crazy to have the dining room and living room all smooshed together in one space, however large.<br /><br />(P.S. to anonymous: there's a "butler's kitchen" next to the dining room. The kitchen slaveys do the work downstairs, and dumbwaiter the food up to the butler/footmen who are standing at attention waiting to make sure all is perfect before serving the guests.)Lilithcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00165155867167277588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-61615634844183319282009-05-28T11:48:32.807-07:002009-05-28T11:48:32.807-07:00Having a kitchen one floor lower than the dining r...Having a kitchen one floor lower than the dining room in a Manhattan townhouse is very traditional. Back in the day, the servants were the only ones who used the kitchen so the owner's didn't want to hear the commotion in the kitchen and thus, the kitchen was more suited on a lower floor where their quarters were in the house. Even though times have changed, many have kept this tradition by incorporating family rooms and informal dining rooms to the kitchen level. The parlor floor of a townhouse is traditionally the formal, impress the guests floor. Usually, as you see in this floorplan, there is a dumbwaiter or elevator so food can be brought up to the formal dining room where there is a butler's pantry. One thing about this floorplan is a problem to me. On the fourth floor, there is a bedroom with NO WINDOW. In NYC, you can't call a room without a window a bedroom, it's illegal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-37851269764988226292009-05-28T11:36:36.120-07:002009-05-28T11:36:36.120-07:00I dont care what ya say Mama (ducking from the woo...I dont care what ya say Mama (ducking from the wooden spoon) The Brown's townhouse with the kitchen on the other floor makes no sense to me, should not a kitchen be placed adjacent to the dining room?<br />Excellent post btw, thanks for taking time out for us East coasters!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com