Brooklyn Heights Blog

Comment from David
Time: October 22, 2009, 5:45 pm

If I lived there I’d be having sex around the clock.

Comment from bornhere
Time: October 22, 2009, 8:23 pm

In some masochistic tribute to “So, let’s have a look at what I’ll never have,” I watched the video pitch for this apartment. Talk about ambivalence on crack — the views of Brooklyn and the City can bring me to tears; but the look on Walentas’ face when, at the end, he points out that it’s not an apartment everyone can afford … well, words fail me.

Comment from AEB
Time: October 22, 2009, 10:02 pm

Chump change….

Comment from Publius
Time: October 22, 2009, 11:31 pm

Gaffaw. It’s worth 9 million tops. Some people think it’s still the bubble.

Personally, I’d rather buy 25 $1 million apartments.

Comment from my2cents
Time: October 23, 2009, 12:29 am

The views are jaw dropping, but honestly I don’t really like the space at all, and the windows are pretty small due to the limitations of the building. I would rather have 5 spectacular homes around the world for 5 million a pop than have this….and you could still get a pretty amazing place in Dumbo for 5M. The only reason they can justify this price is simply that the place is truly one of a kind. There is really only one place like it in the whole city, I will give them that!

Comment from Resident
Time: October 23, 2009, 8:48 am

I would imagine the views at night are equally spectacular. They certainly are from other apartments in that building. I wonder why there was only one evening shot (at the end of the video) in the entire website.

Comment from Heights Neighbor
Time: October 23, 2009, 9:14 am

Wow…talk about stripping out all of the character. A shame.

Comment from AEB
Time: October 23, 2009, 9:55 am

Real estate porn. But I think my five-year-old dracaena marginata

http://en.academic.ru/pictures/enwiki/68/Dracaena_marginata_IndoorPlant_0605k.jpg

would do nicely there…..

Comment from Wow
Time: October 23, 2009, 10:27 am

If you can afford a $25 million apt, how much do you tip the super? The Fresh Direct delivery people? Do you use Windex for the windows, or is there a special ingredient used for those with $25 million apts?

Comment from Timeless
Time: October 23, 2009, 10:32 am

Will the apartment’s new owner be allowed to stop or reverse time (sort of like Superman flying backwards), or must they allow the clocks to always remain running?

I can just imagine the clocks breaking (they did a while back) and some greasey mechanics coming in on their $25 million floors…

Comment from zburch
Time: October 23, 2009, 10:50 am

tick tock tick tock. Thats quite a chunk of change to be reminded so dramatically of time slipping away. A good place to go truly bonkers!

Comment from John Wentling
Time: October 23, 2009, 11:09 am

I can see someone of average height (judging by the salesman/tour guide in the video) having issues with the master bedroom and bath - you’d really have to be careful, that’s a concussion waiting to happen.

Comment from AEB
Time: October 23, 2009, 12:08 pm

The awful truth–for the Walentas, that is–is that the apartment is not really suitable for inhabiting comfortably/furnishing–which is to say, it’s an object: beautiful in itself, undoubtedly, but….

It would be perfect, though, for a small business of the “creative” type.

Let’s have fun watching the price drop….

Comment from travy
Time: October 23, 2009, 2:57 pm

friends of friends lived here in the late 90’s–though it may have been the other clock building and i believe i recall being told they paid under a million. yikes!

Comment from bornhere
Time: October 23, 2009, 3:28 pm

I’m also thinking that whoever buys it will likely need to save some dollars for therapy — not only to address having spent way too much money but also for having to watch clocks that work backwards. Yippee.

Comment from RatNYC
Time: October 23, 2009, 4:33 pm

We all know that apartment will end up being inhabitted by a super villain. It looks to me like the perfect hang out to plot taking over the city, or the world. Certainly worth a lot more than $25 mill.

Comment from mc
Time: October 23, 2009, 5:33 pm

For 25 million I don’t want an open kitchen which is just an expanded version of every other renovated kitchen in Dumbo. I want someplace where the servants can lurk unseen, provide my guests and me with lavish meals, then slip off to wherever they go when not waiting on me hand and foot.

Comment from tb
Time: October 24, 2009, 1:40 pm

at the very least you could throw some kick-ass parties!

Comment from nabeguy
Time: October 24, 2009, 6:35 pm

RatNYC, you nailed it. The whole place has the taint of a demonic bald-man Dr Evil-cum Lex Luthor lair. Mwahahaha.