customized space, customizableThe Manhattan loft #5S at 149 Franklin Street that just sold has a very idiosyncratic character and a fascinating (odd) floor plan. No one who has seen it was surprised to see that it was the long-time live…
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famous artist buys (another) loft at 173 Duane Street
if at first you don’t succeedFrom the buy side, you have Richard Serra and wife, who apparently have lived at Manhattan loft building 173 Duane Street since 1977 (the first year his name shows up on The Shark’s page for…
Tagged with: 1977, Artist, Berke, Columns, Combination, Comps, Duane, Failed Contract, Neighbor, Serra
Soho in 1983: $211,000 for 3,300 sq ft; still an artist's loft
nice bit in the Times todayManhattan Loft Guy bait in the Habitats feature by Constance Rosenblum on the front page of today’s New York Times real estate section, with a back-in-the-day piece that touches on both Tribeca in the 1970s…
Tagged with: 1970s, 1983, Artist, Habitats, Hotel, Ny Times, Renovation, Soho Grand, Walker, West Broadway
prime Soho original artist loft at 100 Wooster sells immediately for $600/ft
another one bites the dustThe “2,000 sq ft” “classic”, “quintessential”, “rare”, “authentic” artist loft I hit last week (July 21, no mistaking the condition of artist loft at 184 Grand Street that sold for $710/ft) sold for (you guessed, right?)…
161 Grand Street loft closes up almost 1% over 2007
streets not as mean a bit westYesterday’s post (no mistaking the condition of artist loft at 184 Grand Street that sold for $710/ft) hit a very primitive artist’s loft on Grand Street near Mulberry Street, in the immediate Johnny Boy…
Tagged with: Artist, Authentic, Classic, Conversion, Film, Grand, Little Italy, New Development, Renovation, Scorcese
no mistaking the condition of artist loft at 182 Grand Street that sold for $710/ft
“classic”, “quintessential”, “rare”, “authentic”The Manhattan loft #2E at 182 Grand Street was marketed with a historical marker (“currently serves as the studio for a working artist”) and every picture in the listing tells that story. Yes, the floor plan of…
political response to Soho artist +/or zoning 'problem'?
how grassy are your roots?I attended the community meeting in Soho last night previewed (briefly) in yesterday’s New York Post, along with (I estimate) 250 to 300 others. Before seeing notices for this meeting, I had not heard of the…
16 Greene Street loft sells as endangered species (with a scarcity premium?)
(not that there’s any protection for them)It is nice that the Manhattan loft #2N floor of 16 Greene Street came with a warning label as an “authentic SoHo artists loft, a real throwback to the 70s”: “COULD BE THE LAST…
66 Crosby Street loft sells for $868/ft as a very tall project
how much for just the ceilings and the windows?The second floor in many classic Manhattan loft buildings is like the parlor floor in a brownstone: the ceilings are disproportionately high. In the case of the Manhattan loft #2CD at 66…
Tagged with: Artist, Classic, Crosby, Duplex, High Ceilings, Mezzanine, One Bed Wonder, Photgrapher, Renovation, Windows
what is the opposite of Soho?
this post is not about Soho (much), though it does involve Soho artistsAfter playing in the Soho artist-in-residence/real estate sandbox yesterday and again on Saturday, Manhattan Loft Guy takes a break to hit a town in Texas that might just…
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