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Starchitecture After the Bust
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Architect: Charles Gwathmey
Address: 445 Lafayette Street
Asking Price: $14 million
Broker: Pamela Huson, Prudential Douglas Elliman
True, not everyone was happy to see Gwathmey Siegel’s big glass tower arrive in the East Village. But the interiors are far nicer than detractors may realize, and this penthouse—all 4,411 square feet of it, spread over two floors—has a double-height great room that earns its adjective. The owner of this showpiece apartment seems to be holding firm on his price; the most recent deal in the building went for 12.5 percent off asking, and other listings have been removed from the market after significant price cuts.
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Architect: Robert A.M. Stern
Address: 15 Central Park West
Price: $16.5 million
Broker: Andre Rouach, Prudential Douglas Elliman
Stern’s limestone love letter to early-twentieth-century New York is a best-of-both-worlds proposition for a lot of people: all the detail and proportions, none of the aged plumbing and wiring. It’s also the most in-demand building in town, one where prices have continued to rise as if there were no recession. This apartment, now listed at $16.5 million, sold for $5.99 million in 2005. (Even here, though, deals are being made ever so slightly below the stratospheric asking prices.) This three-bedroom faces the park, and is being sold with its elaborate furnishings.
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Architect: Richard Meier
Address: 173 Perry Street
Asking Price: $11.5 million
Broker: Robert Browne, Chris Kann, and Gregory Sullivan, The Corcoran Group
Meier’s three West Village towers redefined the condo business, giving buyers a new alternative to prewar fetishism. This three-bedroom apartment combines two full-floor units, on the sixth and seventh floors, and includes a killer media room plus a dressing area larger than some studio apartments. After appearing on the market in 2008, then being removed, it’s recently been relisted with a $1 million price cut.
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Architect: Jean Nouvel
Address: 40 Mercer Street, Apartment 12E
Price: $9 million
Broker: Wendy Maitland, Brown Harris Stevens
Nouvel’s building—recognizable, inside and out, by the distinctive colored-glass bands atop the windows— had his own chic finishes in place when completed. Then the buyers redid much of this apartment, including a new kitchen and Venetian- plaster walls. The asking price has fallen 17 percent, from $10.85 million, since January.
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Architect: Annabelle Selldorf
Address: 200 Eleventh Avenue
Price: $17.5 million (penthouse)
Broker: Leonard Steinberg, Prudential Douglas Elliman
One of the final high-end buildings begun during the boom, Selldorf’s new tower near the High Line is nearing completion. The duplex penthouse (at left; a lower floor appears on the following slide) has proportions and light like very few other rooms in New York. It’s almost enough to make you forget the building’s most-discussed amenity— a garage/elevator that lets you park at your apartment door.
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Architect: Annabelle Selldorf
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Unknown (left) Utica Avenue and Fulton Street, Bed-Stuy. On October 18, 2007, an unidentified 25-year-old was killed by a speeding van. The driver pled guilty to criminally negligent homicide.
Andrew Ross Morgan Houston and Elizabeth Streets. On June 22, 2005, Morgan was biking to Blue Ribbon Bakery Market, where he worked as a manager, when he was pinned under the axle of a furniture delivery truck.
Jerome Allen (left) Hylan Boulevard and Lipsett Avenue, Staten Island. On April 26, 2005, during a daily sunset ride near his home, Allen was struck from behind by a Lexus SUV. He was a member of the Staten Island Bicycle Association.
Eric Ng West Side Highway and Clarkson Street. On December 1, 2006, Ng was struck by a BMW on the Hudson River Park bikeway. According to police, the driver reached 60 mph.
Carl Henry Nacht (left) West Side Highway and 38th Street. After dinner on June 22, 2006, Nacht, a doctor who often cycled to make house calls to his elderly patients, was hit by an NYPD tow truck crossing the Hudson River Park bikeway.
Shamar Porter Linden Boulevard near Williams Avenue, East New York. On August 5, 2006, Porter’s Little League team won its playoff game. He was struck by a minivan after leaving the field.
Reginald Chan (left) Third Avenue and 17th Street. On September 15, 2006, Chan was hit by a flatbed tow truck while making a delivery of Chinese food.
Brandie Bailey Houston and Essex Streets. On May 8, 2005, Bailey was struck by a private sanitation truck while on her way home to Williamsburg after waitressing at the West Village restaurant Red Bamboo. Bailey was a regular at CBGB, where a memorial was held in her honor.
Craig Murphey (left) Ten Eyck Street and Union Avenue, Williamsburg. Early in the morning of October 18, 2007, Murphey was biking home from escorting his date to her South Williamsburg apartment. According to police reports, Murphey attempted to outrun a gas truck turning left on Ten Eyck Street. His pelvis shattered on impact, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. In his honor, over 40 friends have since received tattoos that read BE BETTER.
Frank C. Simpson Linden Boulevard near 175th Street, St. Albans. Simpson, a janitor returning from the evening shift at a Con Edison facility, was hit by a Dodge Stratus on November 9, 2006.
Jose Mora (left) North Conduit and McKinley Avenues, Cypress Hills. On September 4, 2006, 11-year-old Mora was on his way to the barber for a back-to-school haircut; that week, he was to start the sixth grade at nearby Junior High School 302. He was struck by a Honda while walking his bike across an intersection.
Jonathan Neese South 4th Street and Roebling Street, Williamsburg. On August 12, 2006, Neese, a bike messenger known as “Bronx Jon,” was struck by a livery cab while cycling from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
Sam Khaled Hindy (left) Base of the Manhattan Bridge. On November 16, 2007, Hindy was run over after mistakenly entering a Manhattan Bridge lane reserved for cars.
Habian Rodriguez Main Street and Horace Harding Expressway, Flushing. On September 1, 2007, Rodriguez collided with a city bus and died 30 minutes later.
Elizabeth Padilla (left) Fifth Avenue and Prospect Place, Park Slope. Commuting to the Brooklyn Bar Association on June 9, 2005, Padilla swerved to avoid the open door of a parked P.C. Richard’s truck. She lost control of her bike and fell underneath the wheels of an ice-cream delivery truck.
Juan Luis Solis East Gun Hill Road and Bouck Avenue, the Bronx. Attempting to pass a double-parked car on June 22, 2007, Solis was struck by a box truck and died of severe head trauma. The truck did not stop.
Jeffrey Moore (left) Chauncey Street and Rockaway Avenue, Bed-Stuy. According to witnesses, on May 29, 2007, Moore was run over (twice) by his girlfriend Jeanine Harrington. She was indicted on charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon (her Nissan Pathfinder).
Derek Lake Houston Street and La Guardia Place. On June 26, 2006, Lake reportedly skidded on a steel construction plate and was crushed underneath the wheels of a passing truck.
Elijah Armand Wrancher (left) Springfield Boulevard and 130th Avenue, Springfield Gardens. On August 28, 2007, 12-year-old Wrancher attempted to ride his bicycle while holding onto a moving truck. He lost his grip and fell under the truck’s rear wheel.
David Smith Sixth Avenue and 36th Street. On December 5, 2007, Smith was biking up Sixth Avenue when the passenger-side door of a parked pickup truck opened unexpectedly. He was knocked into the path of an oncoming truck.
Anthony Delgado (left) Palmetto Street and Central Avenue, Bushwick. Shortly after midnight on April 29, 2007, 13-year-old Delgado borrowed a bike to head home from his friend’s baptism party. As he crossed the intersection, he was struck by an SUV.
Carolina Hernandez 57th Avenue and Junction Boulevard, Elmhurst. On August 16, 2007, Hernandez was riding to a mall when she was struck and killed by a Chevy truck. The driver pled guilty to driving with a suspended license.
Anthony Delgado (left) Palmetto Street and Central Avenue, Bushwick. Shortly after midnight on April 29, 2007, 13-year-old Delgado borrowed a bike to head home from his friend’s baptism party. As he crossed the intersection, he was struck by an SUV.
Carolina Hernandez 57th Avenue and Junction Boulevard, Elmhurst. On August 16, 2007, Hernandez was riding to a mall when she was struck and killed by a Chevy truck. The driver pled guilty to driving with a suspended license.
Anthony Delgado (left) Palmetto Street and Central Avenue, Bushwick. Shortly after midnight on April 29, 2007, 13-year-old Delgado borrowed a bike to head home from his friend’s baptism party. As he crossed the intersection, he was struck by an SUV.
Carolina Hernandez 57th Avenue and Junction Boulevard, Elmhurst. On August 16, 2007, Hernandez was riding to a mall when she was struck and killed by a Chevy truck. The driver pled guilty to driving with a suspended license.
Anthony Delgado (left) Palmetto Street and Central Avenue, Bushwick. Shortly after midnight on April 29, 2007, 13-year-old Delgado borrowed a bike to head home from his friend’s baptism party. As he crossed the intersection, he was struck by an SUV.
Carolina Hernandez 57th Avenue and Junction Boulevard, Elmhurst. On August 16, 2007, Hernandez was riding to a mall when she was struck and killed by a Chevy truck. The driver pled guilty to driving with a suspended license.
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