Sunday brunch on Duane Street? 3 open houses

Sunday brunch on Duane Street? 3 open houses

These 3 Manhattan lofts are at very different price points, but are within a few steps of each other and have overlapping open houses on Sunday (you will have to cross Hudson Street to see all 3). Only a rabid loft fan would tour such disparate properties, but maybe there’s one or more out there….

157 Duane Street 4th floor
$1.795mm and $1,700/mo for “1,700 sq ft” that I hit when it came back to market after New Years (Jan 8: 157 Duane also back from holidays); it has since had $100k haircut; here was my comment and question from that post:

That’s a pretty big 1 bedroom loft (what is a 1 bed wonder?), in a Long-and-Narrow footprint that is said to be 23.5 feet wide. This is one of those no-detail-overlooked designs that makes it difficult to change without ‘ruining’ it. Beautiful, yes, and it is what it is. One bedroom, one bath (and a window in the shower!). (Not to mention a flat screen television in the bathroom.)

The finishes are described as extraordinary (and look the same). So why so few dollars for so many beautiful feet?


(Hint: the answer to that question has to do with steps.)
On the market since October (off and on)

Open House Sunday, February 10 from 12:30 to 2 PM

161 Duane Street #4A
$3.4mm and $5,002/mo (condo) for “2,100 sq ft” at The Mohawk Atelier, a (long-delayed) luxury condo conversion (originally marketed in December 2004, occupancy was going to be Fall 2006, but they closed in May 2007); this 3 BR + 3 bath duplex looks like the first flip (this is the building where David Bouley was going to create a cooking school, restaurant, culinary center); I can’t see what it sold for, but this unit had been listed at $2.825mm in the original offering

new to market last week

Open House Sunday, February 10 from 1 to 2:30 PM

173 Duane Street #4
$4.875mm and $2,807/mo for “4,223 sq ft” that has been “seamlessly renovated by its artist owner to fuse its unique structural elements into its versatile and very functional layout”; the footprint is more simply rectangular than Long-and-Narrow, though it has windows only front and back (interesting that the master suite is in the middle, away from any windows); a ton of space for just over $1,100/ft with low maintenance per foot

on the market since New Year’s

Open House Sunday, February 10 from 12 to 1:30 PM

© Sandy Mattingly 2008

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