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Renovation of This $1.25M Greenwich Village Co-op Maximized Its Space to the Fullest
June 30, 2016

Renovation of This $1.25M Greenwich Village Co-op Maximized Its Space to the Fullest

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When it comes to maximizing all your space in an apartment, nothing does the trick like adding a loft. This one-bedroom apartment, at the Greenwich Village co-op 35 East 10th Street, did just that in a recent renovation. A well-designed loft of glass, steel and wood creates a nice big living room below, with a spacious sleeping alcove above. On top of that, a wall of glass in the rear of the apartment offers a seamless transition out to its own private patio. Amazingly, this unit sold for $500,000 just three years ago, and now it's on the market post-reno for more than twice that amount.
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Former Soho Loft of Artist Bill Alpert Hits the Market for $3.1M
June 28, 2016

Former Soho Loft of Artist Bill Alpert Hits the Market for $3.1M

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Here's a rare opportunity to own a Soho loft that was the longtime home of an artist--most of the artist apartments of the 60s and 70s have since changed hands. This apartment at 64 Grand Street belonged to Bill Alpert, who was known for his abstract paintings and lived here from 1967 until his death last year. It is very much a raw space, with the original hardwood floors, exposed ceiling pipes, a fire escape view and walls high enough to hang nothing but artwork. We can't imagine the price for it back in 1968, but now it's asking just a hair over $3 million.
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$1M Murray Hill Co-op Features 15-Foot Barrel Ceiling With Terracotta Tiles
June 24, 2016

$1M Murray Hill Co-op Features 15-Foot Barrel Ceiling With Terracotta Tiles

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Having high ceilings is a common feature of many New York apartments, but this is something different: the 15-foot-tall, barrel ceiling that's lined with terra cotta tiles in this co-op for sale at 372 5th Avenue, in Murray Hill. It's a stunning feature of the one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment, and a lofted bedroom means you get to enjoy the ceiling from up close. The apartment comes from an 11-story co-op that was built for clothing store Best & Co back in 1910.
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$2M Upper East Side Co-Op Boasts a Marble Mantle from the Plaza Hotel
June 23, 2016

$2M Upper East Side Co-Op Boasts a Marble Mantle from the Plaza Hotel

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When your home boasts a marble mantlepiece that originally belonged to the Plaza Hotel, you know you've got something special. Such an item can be found at this prewar co-op, on the market for $1.995 million at the Lenox Hill building 333 East 68th Street. The owner, a former Saks Fifth Avenue executive, took on the designer Lindsay Coral Harper to gut renovate it. She transformed a traditional two-bedroom co-op was into a luxurious bachelorette pad that melds new luxury finishes with restored historic details.
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Parlor-Floor Apartment With Four Palladian Windows Asks $1.2 Million Off Central Park
June 22, 2016

Parlor-Floor Apartment With Four Palladian Windows Asks $1.2 Million Off Central Park

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If you're going to live on any floor of a New York City townhouse, it may as well be the parlor floor as it's usually considered the crown jewel of the home. This $1.2 million co-op occupies 1,000 square feet of an historic brownstone building at 61 West 68th Street. The exposed brick interior takes full advantage of the massive Palladian windows that line the apartment. The location, right off Central Park West, is nothing to scoff about either.
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Pretty Top-Floor Co-Op With its Own Roof Deck Asks $1.2M in Park Slope
June 21, 2016

Pretty Top-Floor Co-Op With its Own Roof Deck Asks $1.2M in Park Slope

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Park Slope is known for its pretty real estate, and this top-floor co-op at 656 Carroll Street is no exception. Decked out with a wood-burning fireplace, arched doorways, exposed brick and stained glass, this is a one-of-a-kind interior that matches the historic vibe in the rest of the neighborhood. And it's all topped by a private roof deck offering 360-degree views of Brooklyn and the Manhattan skyline.
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Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent Sell Greenwich Village Penthouse for $9.8M
June 21, 2016

Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent Sell Greenwich Village Penthouse for $9.8M

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Interior design couple Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent listed their pristine Greenwich Village penthouse in November of last year for $10.5 million. Though they undertook a beautiful update (which was featured as the cover story in last September's issue of Architectural Digest), this was a steep increase, so it's not a total surprise that the selling price came in slightly lower at $9.8 million. According to the Observer, the buyer is "financier-slash-jewelry designer" Charles de Viel Castel.
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Alan Cumming Sells $2.2M East Village Co-op in a Month
June 14, 2016

Alan Cumming Sells $2.2M East Village Co-op in a Month

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Star of "The Good Wife" Alan Cumming has sold his four-bedroom East Village co-op at 297 East 10th Street in just a month's time, the Observer tells us. After reports that he and his husband, graphic designer Grant Shaffer, were renovating a nearby 19th century townhouse they bought in 2013 for or $4.65 million, the couple listed the charming East Village apartment for $2.2 million last month. They bought the home on the third floor of a brick rowhouse in 2005 for $1.7 million and undertook some renovations, but were sure to maintain the historic details like an original wood-burning fireplace with a carved wooden mantel, wide-plank hardwood floors, architectural moldings, and beautiful built-ins.
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$1.6M Floor-Through Loft Is All About Minimalism in the East Village
June 14, 2016

$1.6M Floor-Through Loft Is All About Minimalism in the East Village

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When an apartment has really good bones, there's no need to crowd it with stuff. Or at least that's the thinking behind the interiors at this floor-through loft in the East Village at 432 East 10th Street. Now on the market for $1.595 million, the two-bedroom, 1,400-square-foot pad basks in details like high ceilings, big windows, and exposed brick. (Even the brick's been painted white to minimize its appearance.) Top that off with smart, if sparse, design, and it makes for an impressive space.
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Live in Molly Ringwald’s Stylish East Village Duplex for $1.8M
June 13, 2016

Live in Molly Ringwald’s Stylish East Village Duplex for $1.8M

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Molly Ringwald has come a long way since her Brat Pack days of awkward teenage angst, evidenced by her super stylish and grown-up East Village pied-a-terre, which she's listed for $1.8 million, according to the Observer. The duplex co-op at 122 East 10th Street is located in an historic townhouse along the Renwick Triangle in the St. Marks Historic District. These Anglo-Italianate houses were designed by famed architect James Renwick, Jr. in 1861, and historic details like ten-foot exposed beam ceilings, antique wood windows, and two wood-burning fireplaces still exist.
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$850K for a Romantic Top-Floor Townhouse Apartment in the West Village
June 13, 2016

$850K for a Romantic Top-Floor Townhouse Apartment in the West Village

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There's definitely something dreamy about being perched on the top floor of a West Village townhouse, looking at the neighborhood's charming residential streets from above. At 226 West 11th Street, a 19th century townhouse, the top-floor co-op apartment is now for sale, priced just under $1 million. The one-bedroom pad is just as romantic as the neighborhood below it--the listing even goes so far as to call West 11th Street "the most romantic enclave in the West Village."
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A True Loft at Brooklyn’s Former Ex-Lax Factory Asks $875K
June 7, 2016

A True Loft at Brooklyn’s Former Ex-Lax Factory Asks $875K

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There are a lot of New York apartments trying to sell themselves as lofts that just aren't. That makes it especially refreshing to see this loftier-than-thou apartment, from the former Ex-Lax factory at 423 Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, hit the market. The factory was constructed in the 1920s and was eventually combined with adjacent buildings that were being used as a bottling plant. In 1981, the complex went co-op -- and as a residence it still retains some of the Ex-Lax advertising memorabilia. This apartment was designed by an architect to maximize all available space. They especially took advantage of the 15-foot ceilings, building out not one but two lofted living spaces.
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$1.5M 10th Floor Co-Op Comes With Fantastic Views of Upper West Side Landmarks
June 6, 2016

$1.5M 10th Floor Co-Op Comes With Fantastic Views of Upper West Side Landmarks

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Views are king at this one-bedroom apartment from the Sexton co-op, located at 530 West End Avenue on the Upper West Side. From its 10th floor perch, this corner apartment looks out to the north and west with views of a historic church, the Hudson River and fellow apartment buildings along West End Avenue and Riverside Drive. The interior is charming, too, with high beamed ceilings and a decorative fireplace.
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A Gracious Floor Plan for this $1.25M Upper West Side Co-op
June 1, 2016

A Gracious Floor Plan for this $1.25M Upper West Side Co-op

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The 1920s were a great decade for New York City floor plans, with architects like Rosario Candela designing elegant mansions in the sky. In 1922, architect Michael Zenreich designed the brick apartment building at 250 West 75th Street, in the Broadway Corridor of the Upper West Side, with those high standards in mind. The floor plan at this apartment has a wonderful flow, dedicated dining and living areas, and two spacious bedrooms. The building was converted to co-ops in the 1980s and this unit is now asking $1.25 million after last selling in 2012 for $815,000.
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A Classic Prewar on Riverside Drive for $2.65M, Dazzling Sunsets Guaranteed
June 1, 2016

A Classic Prewar on Riverside Drive for $2.65M, Dazzling Sunsets Guaranteed

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This two-bedroom prewar co-op on a pretty stretch of Riverside Drive on the Upper West Side has all the necessities in place to be, as the listing says, a retreat from busy city life–like closets galore and a layout built for convenience (laundry room, office, bedrooms opposite the living area). The corner unit means plenty of windows for enjoying the view, an unobstructed eyeful of the Hudson River, Riverside Park and the evening sunset, depending on the time of day and which direction you happen to be facing. For $2.65 million you could easily move in, forward the mail and call it a day, but there are plenty of improvements, enhancements and personalizations to be made–give that kitchen some love, for example, since there’s plenty of space to elevate it to eat-in status.
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Celebrated Neurologist and Author Oliver Sacks’ West Village Apartment Lists for $3.25M
May 31, 2016

Celebrated Neurologist and Author Oliver Sacks’ West Village Apartment Lists for $3.25M

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Oliver Sacks, British neurologist, author and enchanted, inspired seeker of the human mind finally succumbed to cancer last August at the age of 83; the good doctor’s apartment (used as his office in recent years) in one of the city's venerable prewar apartment buildings developed by the legendary Bing and Bing at 2 Horatio Street is now for sale for $3.25 million. Apartment 3G (fittingly, somehow, as we can imagine the denizens of the soap-noir newspaper comic strip living in one of these prewar classics) is one among many in the developer's iconic Manhattan residences that boasts lovely prewar architecture, generously-sized rooms and enduring modern design.
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Historic Casement Windows Line This $1.3M Corner Loft in Greenwich Village
May 25, 2016

Historic Casement Windows Line This $1.3M Corner Loft in Greenwich Village

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The International Tailoring Company Building, located at 111 Fourth Avenue in Greenwich Village, is historic and stately from the outside, light and lofty from the inside. It's been converted into co-op apartments, and this one-bedroom duplex is now on the market for $1.3 million. Its attributes include 13-foot ceilings, six original industrial casement windows--two of which are 10 feet tall, the other four are eight feet tall--and views of sky and the city skyline. A recent renovation brought in some modern-day luxuries as well.
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Parker Posey Models in Listing Photos for Her $1.45M Greenwich Village Co-op
May 24, 2016

Parker Posey Models in Listing Photos for Her $1.45M Greenwich Village Co-op

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After the recent debacle when Ta-Nehisi Coates' purchase of a Prospect-Lefferts Garden townhouse went public, and he subsequently penned an essay on why he wouldn't be moving in after all, there's been a debate surrounding how much privacy celeb real estate buyers are entitled to. But quirky Indie actress Parker Posey is clearly not concerned, considering she's posing in the listing photos for her Greenwich Village co-op. The $1.45 million listing at 30 Fifth Avenue hasn't gone public yet, but Curbed has obtained the photos, which show the now-blonde Posey lounging in her bedroom, reading Mary Louise Parker's "Dear Mr. You" along with her Bichon Frise Gracie.
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Live on Half a Floor of a Stately Limestone Mansion in Fort Greene for $1.1M
May 20, 2016

Live on Half a Floor of a Stately Limestone Mansion in Fort Greene for $1.1M

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This Victorian mansion, a limestone beauty at 26 South Oxford Street in Fort Greene, is so spacious that you can fit an entire two-bedroom, two-bathroom co-op on just half of one floor. (There are eight units in the mansion total.) Now on the market for $1.1 million, the apartment boasts quirky, modern upgrades to the historic interior with details like carved woodwork and a beautiful bay window in tact.
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Alcove Studio Asking $465K in Gramercy Packs in the Prewar Charm
May 19, 2016

Alcove Studio Asking $465K in Gramercy Packs in the Prewar Charm

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Just because an apartment is small doesn't mean it can't have lots of personality. That's the case for this alcove studio at The Gramercy House, a co-op at 235 East 22nd Street in Gramercy Park. The building itself makes quite a statement; it was designed by architects George and Edward Blum in 1931 as an impressive Art Deco apartment building. Historic interior details have managed to carry over into this apartment, with moldings, hardwood floors and even a corner wood-burning fireplace.
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This $3M Duplex Townhouse Was Carved Out of a 1902 Waterworks Building in Brooklyn Heights
May 17, 2016

This $3M Duplex Townhouse Was Carved Out of a 1902 Waterworks Building in Brooklyn Heights

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If you're looking for a home that feels like a townhouse, co-op and loft all rolled into one, this Brooklyn Heights property may be your best bet. It's located at 25 Joralemon Street, a waterworks building constructed in 1902. It has since been converted into six co-ops, each laid out like duplex "townhouse" units. All six townhouses have their own separate entrance and a unique floorplan, with this one boasting a totally lofty aesthetic.
There's also a private courtyard entrance
$2.5M Chelsea Co-op Has Custom Everything and Plenty of Space For Art
May 10, 2016

$2.5M Chelsea Co-op Has Custom Everything and Plenty of Space For Art

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Right in the heart of Chelsea, a neighborhood known for its art galleries, is this $2.499 million apartment at 143 West 20th Street, being marketing for art lovers. The two-bedroom co-op was gut renovated by its developer-owner, who created a flexible, open floorplan with plenty of opportunities to hang artwork. It's been smartly designed with custom everything -- from the china cabinets in the dining room to the Murphy bed in the second bedroom.
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Rare and Spectacular Light-Filled Penthouse Overlooking Gramercy Park Asks $2.5M
May 6, 2016

Rare and Spectacular Light-Filled Penthouse Overlooking Gramercy Park Asks $2.5M

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From the outside, the Gramercy Park townhouse at 132 East 19th Street is immediately impressive. According to this Streetscapes column, it was a brownstone completely redesigned in 1908 by the innovative architect Frederick Sterner. Now the facade boasts a light stucco and huge windows that lend to lovely, bright apartments. The building's penthouse unit has hit the market and is showing off massive floor-to-ceiling clerestory windows, under 14-foot ceilings, that offer a view over the other landmarked townhouses of Gramercy Park.
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A Quiet Oasis on the West Village’s ‘Sex and the City’ Block for $720K
May 5, 2016

A Quiet Oasis on the West Village’s ‘Sex and the City’ Block for $720K

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Home to movie stars, models, moguls, designers and plenty of lucky mortals in possession of a small fortune (at the very least), the West Village is one of New York's most sought-after neighborhoods. This one-bedroom co-op at 77 Perry Street on the famed "Sex and the City" block is all sunbeams and charm when the afternoon sun shows off its exposed brick walls, 10-foot ceilings and beautifully restored original hardwood floors. Its ask of $720,000 definitely reflects the neighborhood's cachet, but anything with even a memory of six figures in this neighborhood could be considered a find.
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Hedge Funder Daniel Nir’s $52M Co-op Sale Is This Year’s Biggest
May 2, 2016

Hedge Funder Daniel Nir’s $52M Co-op Sale Is This Year’s Biggest

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When Daniel Nir, founder and CEO of hedge fund Gracie Capital, and his wife, philanthropist Jill Braufman, listed their sprawling Upper East Side co-op for $48 million a year ago, it certainly caught raised a few eyebrows. But the 16-room home at 4 East 66th Street has actually sold over ask for $52 million, making it this year's biggest co-op sale and the seventh biggest co-op sale to date. It's also the first time this pre-war building has cracked the top-ten list. The couple bought the home in 2007 from hotelier Robert H. Burns for $29 million, leaving them with a nice chunk of change.
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