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Say what you want about the design of the Oro exterior (we’ve heard a wide range of opinions), but the views from the top are going to be pretty killer. So we were interested to see an open house listed this past weekend on the top floor in Unit 40F. With three bedrooms and three baths, the 1,647-square-foot pad has definite family appeal too. The price of $1,610,000 is pretty high for the area, but there have been a couple of similarly-sized units at the nearby Belltel Lofts that have gone for around this price. We bet they’ll get within 10 percent of the ask on this one but, then again, we’re bullish on Downtown in general. (Disclosure: The Oro is a former advertiser on Brownstoner.)
306 Gold Street, #40F [Douglas Elliman] GMAP


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  1. yes every single developer and architect is a lazy intellectually bankrupt shell.

    – So says the collective genius known as the Brownstoner blog commenters

    BTW – if you disagree please site one recent comparable development/apartment that you praise.

  2. Everyone’s going back and forth on what ifs and what are good and bad about bldgs, but the point is if architects and developers are more creative, they can create amazing modern spaces in any area. And it need not affect so much the $$$ bottom line. Most of them are just intellectually lazy, in my very humble opinion.

  3. 3:56 here – not a broker at all; and I didnt say South Bronx either.

    In fact I am a bigger proponent of the Bronx and there ARE beautifully layed out family-sized apartments that are very affordable in the Bronx – but in the areas generally mentioned here- Manhattan, Brownstone Brooklyn, LIC and a few others – to get all that you are talking 3M+ – its not snobbery – its the facts.

  4. 3:56 sounds like the classic snooty-ass NYC realtor.

    my favorite snooty-ass quotes:

    “if you can’t afford three million, there’s always the south bronx for losers like you”
    or
    “I can’t hold this for you, you need to decide yes or no tonight.”
    or
    “What do you expect for a million three?”
    or the all-time classic:
    “I have another four families waiting to snap this up”

    -Realtor-speak. Tune it out.

  5. 12/17 3:59 – i’m drinking milk, so someday maybe …

    maybe this anecdote will please both the stoners and the doners on this thread. i viewed a nice bit of old meets new by way of entertainment displays when viewing a magnificent limestone for sale back in 2006. garden level floor was set up to be a completely open floor plan. brains completely blown out in the back and replaced with wall to wall sliding glass doors leading to back yard. back half of floor set up as open kitchen with eat-in area. living area on front half of floor. ceiling mounted retractable 6 foot projection screen drops down in front of street front windows for viewing from kitchen and living areas. twas rediculous.

  6. i personally love apartments where you walk into the kitchen dining area. it’s where the heart is. feels modern and casual and comfortable.

    think that brownstone owners believe that condo owners don’t cook or entertain, we do! just tend to be more hip and less old fashioned.

    also, we don’t wear mom jeans.

  7. And the comparisons to a Brownstones are also asinine.

    1st of all there are no (already renovated) Brownstones anywhere near this area for 1.6M and even if they were, the cost of ownership will be far far higher. The maintenance and taxes on this apartment is approximately 14,000 a year – which includes a doorman, a concierge, a gym with a pool and other shared public space and there are no Brownstones except maybe 3 dozen in Brooklyn Heights with these views.

    You are comparing apples and oranges but if your going to do so, at least be fair about it.

  8. Brooklynlove – a better, high end solution would be, a drop down screen recessed in the ceiling with projection TV of course also recessed. Maybe, you didnt’ know that, cause you didn’t step up your game enough!

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