Friday, September 26, 2008

bohemians on bowery

these two probably aren't sweating the current financial crisis.

photographer jay maisel bought this 72-room abandoned german bank for $102,000 in 1966. Now it's worth at least $30 million, maybe as much as $70 million.

this "house" is crazy. this is just a hallway. the plastic sheeting is the air-conditioning system maisel fashioned for the building from the ventilation material used in greenhouses.

he currently lives in the building with his wife and daughter, who is pictured below on her awesome bookshelf/bed. she recently discovered a whole new room in the house that no one knew existed: a mezzanine between the first and second floors that is full of mirror pieces.

the elevator


read the article (and check out more pics) at NYMag: Is 190 Bowery the Greatest Real Estate Coup of All Time?

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