All Along the Clocktower
Back in June, we heard that David Walentas was finally putting the clocktower apartment at One Main Street (shown at right under construction earlier this year) on the market. The New York Times reported on Friday that this colossal triplex is finally posted, for $25 million. The Times notes that the highest price ever paid…
Back in June, we heard that David Walentas was finally putting the clocktower apartment at One Main Street (shown at right under construction earlier this year) on the market. The New York Times reported on Friday that this colossal triplex is finally posted, for $25 million. The Times notes that the highest price ever paid for a home in Brooklyn was $11 million in 2006, and the highest for a condo was $7 million, also at One Main Street, in 2008. Even though the market is in a slump, Mr. Walentas said that the space, a three-floor, 6,288-square-foot apartment with four functional 14-foot clocks, is such a unique home that it will require a one-of-a-kind buyer willing to foot the bill. GMAP
Walentas Putting Clocktower Manse on Market? [Brownstoner]
No Need to Wear a Watch [New York Times]
The Best Bet [New York Magazine]
I think Walentas is dealing with the reality of a space like this, which is no matter what you put in the kitchens, baths, etc., whoever buys a place like this will just rip it out anyway. Trump is the master of understanding this, you should see what he used to put in his new condos…
You can see the pre-walentas loft space in the background of this music video:
http://www.tmbg.com/VIDEO/3.mov
“For $25 million, I want original detail and NO recessed lighting.”
And an apartment number that is not “P315” or some such thing! My personal pet peeve.
Anyone ever been inside a functional clock tower as it began ringing? It is seriously cool to witness a twelve foot gear begin stirring to life and the mechanism spin.
Loc: Rock Island, Ill.
For $25 million, I want original detail and NO recessed lighting.
bxgrl, if you saw my place, you’ll understand that you’re asking the wrong person for help. I gotz a longggg way to go to help anyone out with $25mil.
G-d, what a gorgeous space. I would still have to seriously do something with that kitchen though. But if I had bucks, oh yeah. (Maybe not 25 mil- I can negotiate! Kens- you’ll help a fellow Yid? 🙂
some people doing some strange strange things – ie why pay 500 for a burger; what, just so you can brag to others about eating a 500 burger? So pad needs to locate that person who’s able & willing to drop 25 LARGE so he/she can brag “yeah, I dropped 25 big ones on this pad”
If I was a rich boy, la la la la, I would buy this place and reset all the clocks with different times just to F*&%k with people, la la la la la laaaaa.