All About the Clocktower
The New York Times got their hands on the images way back in August but there’s finally an official website up to market the unique four-floor residence atop One Main Street in Dumbo known as the ClockTower. You see, when you’re asking $25 million, it’s worth building a standalone website. Pretty spectacular.
The New York Times got their hands on the images way back in August but there’s finally an official website up to market the unique four-floor residence atop One Main Street in Dumbo known as the ClockTower. You see, when you’re asking $25 million, it’s worth building a standalone website. Pretty spectacular.
(billionaires dont live in Brooklyn, much less have a pied-a-terre here.)
They’d probably buy in Manhattan. For $25M, you can get a gorgeous spacious apt. on Central Park (with views) or an entire townhouse in a prime location.
I guess you really have to love the view (of the city) to spend this kind of money.
According to the election guide we all got recently, there are 55 billionaires.
crazypants – billionaires dont live in Brooklyn, much less have a pied-a-terre here.
As for the worth – I am sure the views are spectacular but views do get old (i.e. you kinda forget about them after a little bit) and more importantly, you can get that (or comparably impressive) view for alot less – hell for $2000 a ft you could probably buy everyone out on the floors below this apartment.
“I like it but I have one pragmatic question – how (can you) control sun light through those clock faces? Can you put shades, curtains and or wall to block the sunlight?”
Funny, I was thinking the same thing. All that light would drive me nuts. But, I’m not really the 25 mil apt kinda guy.
My opinion is no one spends $25 million on an apt layout like this for their “Real House”. The Clocktower is a billionaire’s pied-a-terre, where they lay their hat when in NYC, or where there kids crash when they’re enrolled at NYU.
So for those of us w/ literally an extra $25 million dollars laying around, this place is perfect.
My concern would be not who fixes the clocks if they’re broken – but do you actually hear the works throughout the apt? They’re basically 4 massive machines that are ticking/whirring away 24hrs a day. Do you hear them when you’re sleeping on yor pile of treasure at 3am?
For $25 mil, it is not enough house. Completely impractical.
You’re paying a premium for the in-your-face “tempus fugit” factor. Living in a clock ought to get you to live your life to the max.
No idea how the pricing on something like this works, so no comment there. But the vent over the stove is just freaking stupid. They should have put the stove on the wall, and the sink on the island. That vent just breaks up the space and looks stupid.
I also think this would show much better if it were staged. Without furniture, it’s really hard to get a sense of the scale of this place.
I’ve been in the space and can tell you that the pictures definitely don’t do it justice. The windows do not feel small at all. I think the issue here is perspective – the ceiling heights are very tall, which makes it look like it has small windows. In real life they feel very generous, let in alot of light and frame some pretty amazing views. Obviously $25 million is alot of money, and I don’t know that I could honestly say that any house or apartment was “worth” $25 million. But all of you who are claiming some desgin fault with this place are just not understanding. It’s an extremely special place.