House of the Day: 491 3rd Street
[nggallery id=”21393″ template=galleryview] At least we know where I. M. Pei stands on the recessed-lighting issue! At some point, the famed architect designed the upper duplex of this four-story brick house at 491 3rd Street in Park Slope. (The lower two floors are floor-through apartments.) The design is nice enough, but other than the archway,…
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At least we know where I. M. Pei stands on the recessed-lighting issue! At some point, the famed architect designed the upper duplex of this four-story brick house at 491 3rd Street in Park Slope. (The lower two floors are floor-through apartments.) The design is nice enough, but other than the archway, there aren’t a lot of strong statements going on as far as we can tell. According to the listing, the two lower floor-through apartments have retained their historic details and will be delivered vacant. Given the location, the asking price of $2,795,000 probably isn’t too far off the market. The first open house is on Sunday from 12:30 to 2 p.m.
491 3rd Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Hey 9:23am…don’t be a hater.
Can you even afford properties such as this?
Designed by IM Pei? Himself? Uh, no. At best it’s 6 degrees of separation. It was a draftsman who may have been able to claim a remote relationship with IM Pei.
Okay 10:15 and 10:27 am, there’s alot of square footage but 2 bedrooms are 6 x 14 which are extremely small for anyone, even a child. Perhaps the floorplan isn’t accurate. And, having only one bath on the floor with 4 bedrooms means always going downstairs to bathe. Yes, it might not be that big of a deal, but the more “typical” family-sized brownstone is 4 floors, with 2 floors of bedrooms (each bedroom being fairly sized) and baths on each bedroom floor.
Someone may fall in love with this, but it’s still hard for me to believe that someone with a 2.8 million budget might not keep looking a bit to try to find something better, especially something with outdoor space. But good luck selling it, it is still a nice house, just not the ideal configuration for most buyers.
“Sadly, there is a LOT of harrowing poverty in the US and Brooklyn.”
NYC has a huge multitude of social programs, privately funded, on top of programs that are funded with public money. There is more poverty than there should be in the U.S. and NYC of course, but in any family where the poverty has become “harrowing” it’s because of substance abuse and neglect from parents. Nothing creates poverty like alcoholism and drug abuse. Nothing. And those addictions happen because of a general childish outlook and total lack of responsibility.
We have to prevent poverty. Prevent substance abuse. Not keep paying out money for band-aids.
I just saw this house and it’s pretty amazing. The space is laid out incredibly well in the upstairs apartment with really beautiful light from the third floor windows. The two downstairs apartments have clearly been really tastefully renovated. The middle one has gorgeous high ceilings and the basement apartment has woodsy charm (original fireplace and mouldings, etc.) It seems like a really good price for so much space considering the block and the amenities… Great garden too.
I have been in 491 3rd Street and the owners’ duplex is HUGE. It has four bedrooms and really high ceilings and a beautiful layout with the living room and dining room and kitchen. I also love the garden apartment, which has two bedrooms and feels like an English cottage. If I had the money, I would buy this place immediately. The house has wonderful flow and feels very special.
7:59
What the F%^k??? “harrowing” poverty?
What is it with you people who think that “poverty” is a problem in the US. It is categorically NOT a problem in the US as opposed to much of the rest of the world. Unless of course you define “poverty” as having only one television with cable, a one bedroom apartment, approximately 30 thousand in yearly entitlements, oh and 3 meals a day with approximately 50 pounds of exess weight (i.e. obesity). And you read that right, the “poor” in america are getting the equivalent of about 30 thousand dollars in entitlements when you add up the housing subsidies, the food subsidies, the daycare subsidies, the medical subsidies and the fact that they do not pay taxes. Oh, one last thing, EVERY single one of those folks in “harrowing” poverty in the USA is entitled to a free education. Nothing against the poor, in fact I was “poor” once, just the idea that there is a screaming social problem being unaddressed in this nation when in fact it is the poor personal and social choices that people make in life that are responsible for many of the “harrowing” situations we see, not the lack of abundant opportunity. compare that to Russia, China or India for instance. Comparisons to northern european socialized nations of roughly 1/50th our population and 1% immigration and zero birth rate do not count.
@8:05,
i’m not exactly a biff fan. i find him often annoying and sometimes enterntaining, but to threaten someone like you did really isn’t cool, just like the What threatening brownstoner isn’t cool. this is a blog for goodness sake.
i prefer not to sign in, but we shouldn’t punish those who do and are more “accountable” for their comments by using information they’ve shared against them.
8:05#1, you’re hilarious. You really think I’m worried about some guest threats? You know approximately what streets I live near, that I may or may not have a wife (why don’t you add in that I may or may not be gay and I may or may not have a job, etc). Any idiot can repeat the vague information you’ve given. People talk…OOOOOOHHHHHHH. A lot of people in these parts read Brownstoner. Yeah, ok. So what are you going to do, tell the wife that I may or might not have that I’m not popular with all the posters on Brownstoner? Are you going to tell my imaginary kids (thanks for proving you are totally off base) about their “daddy”? You are so sad.
8:05#2, please try to at least be entertaining. That post was very bland.