Deconstructing District With Amy Sacco

Would I be wearing a grin this big and this genuine
if I weren't happy to be moving to the middle of nowhere?Photo:Getty Image
"The building is so gorgeous."
Translation: I have a major stake in this place, so I am only saying nice things about it and the neighborhood, okay?
"I want to move in right now; I’m, like, claustrophobic in my place."
My closet is bigger than your entire apartment, loser.
"I’m doing a steakhouse with Steven Starr down there. So I figure I’ll call downstairs and I’ll get my room service from, you know, the steakhouse."
Since there isn’t another restaurant within a six-block radius.
The condo will also have a gym, a spa, and a salon. "Talk about in-house services!"
The people who live in the building will have to use these amenities, because there is nothing at all near this place. NOTHING AT ALL.
"I can’t wait!"
If I can pull this off, I am going to be so rolling in it it's not even funny.
"They have this machine, like this [gestures with hands, holds them up] on the wall, that’s got like a little keypad. And you can push Fresh Direct, and you can order food off your intercom!”
Intercom = no doorman.
The building will also have rooftop cabanas. "I’ll be in the cabana with my laptop. That’s going to be my new office. I’m not going back to my office! Are you kidding me? Not when I saw the wading pool, the showers, and the bamboo. I’m like, forget it."
Once they start building that new “transit hub” a block over on Fulton Street, getting in and out of this neighborhood will be a nightmare for like eight years. People will have to stay home all day, eating from my steakhouse and going to my spa. And then I'll really be rolling in it! Hahahahahahahahhahaa. — Bennett Marcus
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