people who live in Glass Farmhouse
Unit 6F at 448 W 37 Street is so new this morning that Anthony Gentile at PruDE does not have a floor plan or any interior photos up yet. He says “over 1,200 sq ft”, though our building data shows this unit at 1,340 sq ft. The asking price is $1.149mm, with $1,106/mo in taxes and common charges.
This is one of those ‘true loft’ buildings that carries a significant neighborhood discount due to its location overlooking the Lincoln Tunnel from the far west side.
Lincoln Tunnel taketh and giveth
That location also provides the singular charm of amazing views and light to the south and east, over the various tunnel spillways.
true loft
I don’t know the history of the building, but it clearly has an industrial pre-residential past. With high ceilings (12 ft in #6F) and the large windows that frame that big sky, it is classic loft space. My guess is that the windows bring in so much terrific light, that the original post-industrial users (photographers, designers) did not need very large spaces to get very good light. Hence, many units are relatively small for classic lofts – 1,000 to 1,50 sq ft.
The listing refers to a 24 –hour doorman, which would be a change from the part-time status of the recent past. (Guessing – again – that there were enough people running businesses with deliveries out of this building that the condo owners at some early point opted for a daytime doorman.)
Chelsea Kitchen???
I am not sure how to react to Gentile’s clever location locution. He calls this area Chelsea Kitchen, though it is well north of what people have recently considered to be Chelsea proper, and well within the area commonly referred to as Hell’s Kitchen. Too clever by half, or just clever enough?? Not sure….
Gary Kahn of Corcoran has been marketing #11F since April, “1,543 sq ft” and 14 foot ceilings for $1.375mm and $1,528/mo (down from the original price of $1.4mm). While waiting for the #6F photos, check out the Corcoran pix from the 11th floor. The Unit 11F floor plan exemplifies the difficulties with most units in this building that are not on corners: the beautiful windows are along only one wall and provide so much light that it is a shame to close any windows off with a bedroom. The result is the interior bedroom plus guest sleeping loft used in #9F, or some similar solution. (BTW, the #11F listing says “part-time” doorman, so either the change is very recent, or PruDE’s #6F listing is wrong.)
Spoiler alert: I have seen (but can’t find a link now) news reports about a rental tower to be built somewhere over those tunnel spillways. If the planed building is, in fact, built, it will take away some slices of some sky for some residents at the Glass Farmhouse.
If you go, ask!
© Sandy Mattingly 2007
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