House of the Day: 49 8th Avenue
Sweeeeeet! Check out this 25-foot-wide corner brownstone at 49 8th Avenue in Park Slope. While whoever can end up affording the $3,200,000 price tag will inevitably want to gussy it up a bit (even the listing says it’s “in need of repair and renovation,” we’re loving what we can see of the house in its…
Sweeeeeet! Check out this 25-foot-wide corner brownstone at 49 8th Avenue in Park Slope. While whoever can end up affording the $3,200,000 price tag will inevitably want to gussy it up a bit (even the listing says it’s “in need of repair and renovation,” we’re loving what we can see of the house in its current unfancified state. It’s got 42 windows and, on the parlor floor, a ballroom. Overall, there’s more than 6,500 square feet of space. Ah, to dream.
49 8th Avenue [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
OMG – I met David Gahr
he was a funnny old timer who would ALWAYS get into my building and eat at our cafe. I presume he would just call up the many publicists he was friends with and gain access
RIP!!! – he was sweet
I have to agree with Wasder this will sell close to ask
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Hopefully it won’t be “renovated” into a pseudo nouveau monstrosity devoid of all character.
unless a celebrity moves in, the only kinds of people who can afford this house will inherently “devoid of all character.” i know i KNOW just because someone that monies out the wazoo doesnt mean they are boring people, but 99.9 percent of the time, it does. unless they are a celebrity of course.
*rob*
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25 foot corner house on corner of named street and 8th ave in the slope is going to sell for a pretty penny no matter what photos they put up or don’t.
THAT’S NOT THE POINT! THE POINT IS THAT A BROKER MAKING SUCH A HUGE COMMISSION ON SUCH A HIGH PRICED HOUSE SHOULD HAVE TO UM I DONT KNOW DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK! I DONT CARE IF THE HOUSE CAN SELL ITSELF, IF THAT’S THE CASE, THE HOUSE SHOULD GO ALL AMYITYVILLE HORROR ON THE BROKER’S A$$ AND MAKE THE COMMISSION ITSELF!
*ROB*
SORRY FOR THE CAPS
It’s a fabulous structure, if someone can afford the asking price the cost of restoration shouldn’t be a problem.
Hopefully it won’t be “renovated” into a pseudo nouveau monstrosity devoid of all character.
42 windows…. that’s a lot of glass to be perpetually dirty.
Posted by: tybur6 at November 2, 2009 1:26 PM
tybur6, people who pay this amount of money have their windows cleaned for them. They are usually never dirty. I would hire non union window cleaners though.
It’s a 2-fam, probopop. A family size rental in this part of town will move.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/arts/music/29gahr.html?partner=rssnyt
This is the former home of David Gahr, who just passed away last year…
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David Gahr (Sept. 18, 1922 – May 25, 2008) was an American photographer. He was one of “the pre-eminent photographers of American folk, blues, jazz and rock musicians of the 1960s and beyond.” (Bruce Weber, The New York Times, May 29, 2008).
An OHP 6ML franchise player. This one goes for within 10% ask. There are many brownstones. There are few BROWNSTONES. Love will conquer all on this one.
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