tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post9100624550214874546..comments2024-03-29T03:35:13.051-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Is this $30,000-a-month apartment the most expensive ever in the East Village?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-34334116015293178172010-12-05T23:49:18.772-05:002010-12-05T23:49:18.772-05:00Wow, this $30K apt is directly across from my old ...Wow, this $30K apt is directly across from my old building, which puts it within spitting distance of the most terrifying posse of rats that I have ever seen. Surely if you can afford $30/K month for rent you'll have someone scope out the area to ensure that you won't be confronted with rodents of unusual size every time you walk out the door?<br /><br />Oh Rat Lot....such fond memories....Rachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-82493988286918268382010-12-03T06:40:24.718-05:002010-12-03T06:40:24.718-05:00That place must be freezing in the winter!
I see...That place must be freezing in the winter! <br /><br />I see no sources of heat (maybe from the vents in the ceiling?) in those photos. <br /><br />With those high ceilings and huge, open rooms with no doors between areas, fuhgeddaboudit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-51714815714588099442010-12-02T21:30:48.585-05:002010-12-02T21:30:48.585-05:00Sorta reminds me of my 4th floor walkup on 4th and...Sorta reminds me of my 4th floor walkup on 4th and Ave D when I was a child.OWRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-71821776947766738932010-12-02T21:16:39.609-05:002010-12-02T21:16:39.609-05:00first street 1-2 is getting to be a rather glitzy ...first street 1-2 is getting to be a rather glitzy street, the avalon, whole foods, trendy stores and restaurants.<br />and when houston street is "redone" and green, it will continue "the corridor" that now starts on broadway heading east.<br />you can now buy a $1,500 jacket on the bowery.<br />i preferred the Dryer designer wnd treatments - sounded more lower east side and more exotic.blue glassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-70312122718130695032010-12-02T21:02:14.479-05:002010-12-02T21:02:14.479-05:00Well! I used to live on this block, in a toilet-i...Well! I used to live on this block, in a toilet-in-the-(gilt-free)hallway studio, 25 years ago. My first apartment in New York, coming from England, & even though a toilet-in-the-apartment would have been better, I've never loved any subsequent place as much, Guess I'll never be sufficiently aspirational.onemorefoldedsunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995652957356064546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-34515747714910927162010-12-02T19:46:52.333-05:002010-12-02T19:46:52.333-05:00You've got to have some serious commitment iss...You've got to have some serious commitment issues if you'd spend that much on an apartment instead of a home.I Dare You To Bidhttp://www.idareyoutobid.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-1706388818020694842010-12-02T18:41:40.886-05:002010-12-02T18:41:40.886-05:00There is an apartment in the glass building on ast...There is an apartment in the glass building on astor that is also being rented for 30k a month.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-29883704887793384732010-12-02T17:14:14.982-05:002010-12-02T17:14:14.982-05:00No bathroom at the south end? That's a 30k fa...No bathroom at the south end? That's a 30k fail.jasonhttp://www.ikillya.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-24378519315079700822010-12-02T14:52:13.658-05:002010-12-02T14:52:13.658-05:00Ya know what people want to see when the walk out ...Ya know what people want to see when the walk out the door of a $30K apartment? Central Park. It's gonna be really tough for this place to stay rented for very long when the folks realize they're in a tenement neighborhood.Bowery Boynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-35782171581732894922010-12-02T14:12:25.870-05:002010-12-02T14:12:25.870-05:00Is this in that converted school? Hmm, well, this...Is this in that converted school? Hmm, well, this block is absolutely awful at night...Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-71130626567223432352010-12-02T14:12:09.385-05:002010-12-02T14:12:09.385-05:00"this XXX mint, elegant home features 16 foot..."this XXX mint, elegant home features 16 foot ceilings, corinthian columns"<br /><br />What the hell does that mean? The only time I want to see XXX is on porn and a can of Ballantine Ale! Plus the word "Corinthian" should only be reserved for describing the fine, rich leather of a Cordoba. Let's have a little respect for Ricardo Montalbán, people!Marty Wombacherhttp://www.aguywalksinto365bars.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-28793353161018101152010-12-02T12:50:44.538-05:002010-12-02T12:50:44.538-05:00@Lisa Me too!@Lisa Me too!EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-37519952444833266182010-12-02T12:37:19.126-05:002010-12-02T12:37:19.126-05:00@esquared and anonymous 12:27 - both of your comme...@esquared and anonymous 12:27 - both of your comments made me laugh out loud. Thanks!Lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-72413737304141155422010-12-02T12:27:50.033-05:002010-12-02T12:27:50.033-05:00You know, cuz, sometimes even the sultan of brunei...You know, cuz, sometimes even the sultan of brunei likes to slum it downtown-style.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-54438805938702674442010-12-02T12:11:11.552-05:002010-12-02T12:11:11.552-05:00that comma will cost an extra $5,000 a month in th...that comma will cost an extra $5,000 a month in the rentesquared™https://www.blogger.com/profile/03535683572170541615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-5575036693917888402010-12-02T10:57:54.148-05:002010-12-02T10:57:54.148-05:00Someone forgot the comma after "dryer"; ...Someone forgot the comma after "dryer"; should be "dryer, designer window treatments". <br /><br />This place sounds ultra-tacky, nothing else.Lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-80749374549511074172010-12-02T09:54:54.315-05:002010-12-02T09:54:54.315-05:00well i don't know, i think the parquet floor i...well i don't know, i think the parquet floor in the ball room kinda ruins the whole thing.glammanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-36865638831063581632010-12-02T09:50:38.330-05:002010-12-02T09:50:38.330-05:00and just what are: Dryer designer "wnd" ...and just what are: Dryer designer "wnd" treatments?blue glassnoreply@blogger.com