Reply With QuoteI love the Laurel Condominium and I bring buyers to it. But I normally work downtown so I don't see it every day; curious to know what the experience has been of buyers who have closed so far.
ali r.
{downtown broker}
More on the Hearst Show Houses at the Laurel . . .
They're open to the public this Saturday the 15th, with the $30 ticket price going to the charity mentioned above.
www.designervisionsonline.com
ali r.
{downtown broker}
Hey Laurel buyers -- nine closings so far, any reports?
I love the Laurel Condominium and I bring buyers to it. But I normally work downtown so I don't see it every day; curious to know what the experience has been of buyers who have closed so far.
ali r.
{downtown broker}
I used to live in this area which is a bleak dump. These buildings need a steam cleaning, and many of them need their cornices and other details to be restored. I find it inconceiveable that anyone would pay a fortune to live in the Laurel, as this area is disgusting.
Negative Nelly, on and on. This stretch of Broadway a "dump" ? Hope 2011 finds you in a more chipper mood.
I'm no negative Nelly. The UES east of 3rd is sad. I love the Village, SoHo, Tribeca, Wall St., UWS, the UES betweeen 5th and 3rd and some other areas. However, practically the whole stretch east of 3rd from 34th Street to 125 Street is worn out and ugly. The buildings are not cared for.
Every time I walked that stretch of First Avenue, I found it to be morose.
I hate this.
I love this.
And I love this.
Last edited by londonlawyer; December 28th, 2010 at 01:19 AM.
LL, that pic is hardly representative of the Upper East Side. I know the area very well, and have no clue where that is. It looks more like Midtown or something.
If that's on the Upper East Side, then it's, by far, the worst block in existence. Hardly representative.
The photo in post No. 37 depicts the east side of 3rd Avenue and 44th. It was representative of my statement that the whole east side (east Lex) between 34th and 125 is grungy. Many areas in NYC are beautiful. This area is not. However, most people who live there probably dislike beautiful areas for the rich and cringe when working class people are displaced by new "luxury" construction like the Laurel.
Last edited by londonlawyer; December 28th, 2010 at 09:25 AM.
Nice. Large windows - but not floor to ceiling - and plenty of masonry on the facade. An all glass curtain wall on a boxy, rectilinear, building like this would have been too "typical" looking: just another 'building standard' bore.
The stone panels (limestone, I think) on the facade looks great when viewed in person: as usual, the photos do not depict the color/texture of the limestone very well.
Handsome looking building; and thanks for the photos - no harm intended on the color/ texture remark. BTW
The facade might be limestone (a bit of it anyway), but when I walked by this one a couple of weeks ago those facade panels sure seemed like pre-cast something or other.
I believe it's limestone on the base and panels above. Not the worst way of doing it.
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