The Concrete Clock Tower of Robert Gair, an Iconic Dumbo Building
One Main Street, the tallest and most prominent of the Robert Gair buildings, is one of the neighborhood's best known buildings.
No Longer Empty heads to LIC with an exhibition in the old Bank of Manhattan
If you’ve gotten on or off the E, M, or R Trains at Queens Plaza, you may have noticed an old, elegant, tan-colored office building topped with a clock-tower situated across from the park, rising above the elevated curve of the N train.
Will Brooklyn’s Priciest Condo be a Pied-à-Terre?
In case you were worried that a few weeks would go by without news regarding the possible sale of the triplex penthouse at Dumbo’s One Main Street, fear not, as the hype machine refuses to take the summer off: Sarah Ryley reports in The Daily that developer Two Trees is saying the 7,000-square-foot condo may be purchased as a humble pied-à-terre. The latest bit of gossip about the condo—which is asking $23.5 million, making it the most expensive listing in Brooklyn—comes by way of a Two Trees vice president denying that Esquire magazine is purchasing the condo as a party space since “the prospective buyer is actually a ‘human being’ looking for a pied-à-terre.” In the event the unit does sell, at least we can live vicariously via some of the photos Ryley shot of the condo, more of which live on the jump. The unit was briefly listed as a $50,000-a-month rental last month.
Gossip Briefs [The Daily]
Brooklyn’s Priciest Condo Now its Priciest Rental [Brownstoner] GMAP
Brooklyn’s Priciest Condo Now its Priciest Rental
A couple months ago Dumbo’s ultimate trophy property, the Clock Tower penthouse at One Main Street in Dumbo, came back on the market with a slightly lower asking price: $23.5 million, down from the $25 million it was listed for in ’09. And while it’s still for sale, it’s now also being offered as a rental for a mere $50,000 a month. That makes the 7,000-square-foot triplex far and away the most expensive property for rent in Brooklyn. (According to StreetEasy, second-place honors go to 11 Cranberry, which can be had for $22,000 a month.) Of course, if the property ends up selling anywhere near its asking price, it’s sure to be the biggest residential sale in Brooklyn history.
1 Main Street PHA [Gumley Haft Kleier] GMAP