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To me the sheer isimplicity was beautiful. There was no vetting of buyers beyond did they have the needed income and foreign speculation fueled sales. There was flack when it 'opened' in that no floor was finished, you bought bare concrete, had to do interiors yourself. Facade is 10' glass squares, six across each side. It was that it was symmetrical, only 92 or so feet square, rising upwards. I see this building most every daylight LIRR ride into NYC. we got on listing price and handed the building off to the HOA, so we're outta here, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! by Anonymous Your insurance agent will explain all of this to you though. we skimped on the plumbing and electrical too, but that's behind the walls so you'll never know until that GUARANTEED first flood, when we start to do band-aid repairs. Naive condo buyer, you just saved us tens of thousands of dollars per unit cause you just bought a developer grade box for millions of dollars, and we didn't even have to put walls in it! p.s. Naive and Stupid condo-buyer, will be paying higher monthly fees for said 'party room' that you will NEVER use! Oh, and thanks for being so gullible Mr. The developers most certainly have! Their research has confirmed that the upcoming condo buyers are easily convinced that they don't need an entertaining space in their million dollar condo why, they can just use the 'party room' on the top floor! Yes, come see our beautifully appointed party room with a craft kitchen! never mind that you, Mr. Offsite Link by AnonymousĪt these prices, you are sure the developers did their research. And '30,000 square feet of amenity space'? I'd rather have even a small second public space, an impressive entry hall, some sign of luxury. Like the lobby, the expectation is a luxury hotel or a luxury tower housing head offices of corporate headquarters. The entrance halls at 5' x 25' are too narrow to display big art, and short on any real sense of arrival or setting up an expectation for what follows. The living room-dining room is nice, but for a $9M, $11M, or $20M, having only one option for a public space seems mad. Run the budget up to $90M and you get 3 bedrooms and one public room, but one of the of those is noted as 'bedroom/library.' To me the lavish space spent on en suite bathrooms is overboard I would rather have stolen back some space and made a small study or office apart from the one public space, but the size of the windows, an attribute in other respects, limits the plan in its options for inserting room partition walls.: rooms are in necessarily in modular units of 10'+ at the exterior walls. Now it seems standard fare in a lot of new luxury condo construction. My parents' generation viewed such things as what 'kids' and singles and newlyweds who hadn't gotten it together financially put up with until they assumed a more adult architectural posture. he brought a nice clarity to the design that is admirable.įor $9M or $11M you get what used to be called a living room-dining room, and probably still is. If the design doesn't appeal to me, it's less the architect's fault than his design brief. nothing feels cramped and the minimalist detailing has some nice touches to emphasize the architecture.

#Down life supertall tower leaks creaks windows

The ceiling heights are good, about 12'-6' and the rooms scaled to look big the windows are 10' high the living rooms are about 550 sq.

The plans (except for the floor-through $90M option) have a logic to them, placing functions well and separating bedrooms for privacy. Nearly everything you like about the architecture and design of NYC, everything of note in architecture or urban design was designed by, paid for by, or intended for the use or reputation embellishment of the rich. So he worked with restaurant designers at Bentel & Bentel to come up with a grand space that would feel bustling even with only one or two tables filled. At 432 Park, developer Harry Macklowe estimates that only about half the building’s apartments will be occupied full-time. Another challenge: the limited clientele means the flow of business can be hard to predict.

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So in addition to their usual monthly charges to maintain the building and cover staffing, residents typically also pay fees to keep the restaurant going, plus a minimum dining charge. Managers of private restaurants say their operations can cost $1,000 a day, or more, just to staff. It's a $15,000 fee upfront, plus a guarantee to spend a minimum amount on dining at the restaurant?ĭevelopers and residents of such buildings say private restaurants rarely make enough money to cover their expenses. This place has a Michelin star chef just for residents. I'm a bit confused about the 'restaurant fee' at this building.