307 W. 121st Street. Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Douglas Elliman |
Happy belated Earth Day! While Tesla stock has plummeted, an 11-home, Tesla-powered eco-enclave in Houston is selling out fast, according to brokers in the area. In other real-estate news: Timothée Chalamet’s mother is a New York City broker, which tracks, and poor Kelsey Grammer continues to get blowback from the English town of Portishead after he announced he wanted to raze and rebuild a 200-year-old cottage he purchased. Anyway! This week, I stuck to the isle of Manhattan — starting north in Harlem and Morningside Heights and making my way down through Turtle Bay, the (yes, the) East Village, and Tribeca.
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$2,350, studio: The ingenuity of designing for a New York studio is really present here. I like how economic that bureau/bed/desk is.
$6,795, 2-bedroom: Duplex in a 19th-century firehouse. Need I say more? |
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307 W. 121st Street. Photo: Douglas Elliman |
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$10,250, 3-bedroom: The exposed brick is intense and the black wrought-iron staircase is not my favorite, but I love the kitchen and the picture windows. |
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$2,300, studio: Gotta give it to the East Village and its gardens. The neighborhood knows how to let them run wild while also maintaining their good looks. The apartment itself is tiny but sweet.
$2,600, studio: This place has seen better days, but it’s on the larger side for a studio (though the ceilings seem quite low).
$2,725, studio: A slight upgrade from the above. The dresser in the middle of the space is ugly and imposing, so I’d get rid of that if I were you. |
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102 St. Marks Place. Photo: Highline Residential |
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143 Avenue B. Photo: Corcoran |
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$5,800, 1-bedroom: What did I say about dark brown or black accent walls! It ain’t working, people. Luckily, the garden makes up for the gaffe on this one.
$5,400, 2-bedroom: My kind of colorways. The pink checkered backsplash in the kitchen, the orange and blue (go Knicks!) tile in the bathroom … |
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347 E. 5th Street. Photo: SERHANT |
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$7,500, 2-bedroom: Torn between ugly and luxe here. The design choices aren’t ideal, but the kitchen is pretty, the windows are in great shape (though I wonder about the originals), and I love the yellow tiling on the mantel in the bedroom. |
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$6,500, studio: I mean, sure, if you can swing it? Seems a little obscene, but the view is killer and there’s a swimming pool on the premises. |
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30 Park Place. Photo: Compass |
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$3,350, studio: Sorry for shoving so many studios in front of you this week, but this one is good because of the sunken living room. A prewar building is always nice. |
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246 E. 46th Street. Photo: Bond New York |
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$4,995, studio: A touch expensive but totally lovely one-bedroom in one of the coveted Tudor buildings of U.N. Plaza. The fridge might have two freezers. Which is cool, I guess? |
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865 United Nations Plaza. Photo: Platinum Properties |
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$7,500, 2-bedroom: Oversize windows and a fun curved balcony are the highlights here. Some of the design choices are very 1996, like the lighting fixtures |
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