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
3:05. You are right you free-wheeling world-traveler you. Please don’t live in Brookyn. Ass.
2:36
You’re right I am cheap and it has always served me well. Many of the places you name, London, San Francisco, Seattle, etc are famous for their excellent quality of life.
We are talking about Brooklyn here. The quality of life here is not all that great.
If anything Brooklyn is famous for its crime, dirt, and impoverished denizens. The cost of Brooklyn properties today is nuts. There is no there there. No reason for it to be so high. I would never buy here now, I’m too cheap. You’re right.
Even with $6k a month in income, why would a family that can come up with $2.7 mil want to live in a smallish two-floor-walk-up duplex?
If the intention is to use whole house, you in it for $3+ mil plus you’d be messing with the feng shuei of the im pei.
Did I. P. Freely do the interior design?
I 100% agree with you Fjorder.
This one’s a keeper. I’m guessing it will have a bid or two by this time next week…
strong period details like crown moldings? there are no “strong period details” in the rooms you’ve pictured with the recessed lighting. take another look. it’s okay to hate recessed lighting, mr. b., but you should just admit it’s an irrational hatred and not, in most cases, tethered historical appropriateness.
I. M. Pei! I.M. impressed!
—Lisa Simpson
IMHO, this home is a perfect storm—in a good way—of what many with families will view as the epitome of fine city living.
I have no doubt that this place will fetch at least $2.5M. 3rd street is Park Slope is topps for city living for families with kids—the home is within walking distance to so much, and it’s zoned for PS 321. And the place looks great.
Add that to two rental properties that’ll give the homeowner approx. $75K in yearly revenue, and they’ll be families tripping over each other to bid on this place.
I saw this place a couple of years ago. The IM Pei-ness of the place was a tad underwhelming. Downstairs apartments not great condition but with a facelift (perhaps already done) some decent rents to be had.
Pretty big pad. But IM Pei didn’t facilitate any outdoor space from upper duplex which, along with the price similar to today’s, kinda killed it for me in ’06.
sorry, we just think it’s looks bad to have recessed lighting in spaces that have strong period details like crown moldings…it’s a matter of taste, but, hey, it’s our bully pulpit…