The Vermeil: Sterling Place Crash Pads
There are no photos up and no text, but Brown Harris Stevens is already teeing up listings at the Sterling Place crash site condos which are being called The Vermeil. There’s been a sign on the building for the last week or so as well. Right now they’ve got a 1,927-square-foot place listed for $985,000….
There are no photos up and no text, but Brown Harris Stevens is already teeing up listings at the Sterling Place crash site condos which are being called The Vermeil. There’s been a sign on the building for the last week or so as well. Right now they’ve got a 1,927-square-foot place listed for $985,000. Any other info?
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The memorial for the little boy at the hospital could include a memorial for all the passengers of the plane, even if the rest didn’t survive long enough to arrive there after the crash.
There IS a plaque, in Methodist Hospital, but IIRC it’s only for the little boy who briefly survived the crash.
American Airlines #587 that went down in Belle Harbor, Queens in November 2001 topped this as worst plane accident in NYC history. If a plaque or other memorial hasn’t gone up by now, it ain’t happening – I can’t imagine a developer wanting to remind potential buyers of the history of the site.
I think it’s shameful that there’s never been any kind of memorial or plaque to mark the spot where 90 or so people died in 1960. In fact, the Sterling Place crash is still the worst plane accident in NYC history (bearing in mind that 9/11 was not an accident). I hope the new developers plan to put something there as a tribute.
B-stoner, here’s some other info that I find newsworthy and great, however inflated the prices or square footages on this place: The developer IS topping the place off with a great looking cornice–something you had wished for in your original, fairly positve posting about the building–based on the rendering at thevermeil.com. Which is great for the block. Pretty handsome building for a newbie.
$1300/sf? $60K for a parking spot? All that and a noisy busstop too! Wow.
Somehow I don’t see the appeal of naming a condo after former eagles coach Dick Vermeil.
thevermeil.com
Where’s the floorplan?