Philip Johnson Will Help You Tap That


Wednesday, February 15, 2006, by Joey

2006_2_urbanglass.jpgWe're not sure whether this is a serious dispatch or just somebody's parody of the "type" of buyer he or she thinks will be purchasing in Philip Johnson's Urban Glass House, but either way it's going to help get you through a Wednesday. The subject line of the email is "ye olde Urban Glass House is raising prices anyday now...":

Was chilling down at the sales center last week and i picked that up. I just went to contract on a unit in the A-line for some serious BLING, and they assure me that the building is still ahead of schedule, and prices are getting jacked ASAP, with completion slated for early July... heading towards 50% under contract.... PS, my hedge fund friends and I have nick named the building The Urban Ass House, for the insane amount of hot females we will be bringing back from SWAY to BLING it in my kitchen. American Psycho style. I want more coverage of the GLASS HOUSE Booyaa!!!!!
When we last checked, the rumor was that the building was 25% sold, so since then there's been a roughly 25% increase in ass futures. Not too shabby.
· Philip Johnson's Urban Glass House: Economy Starchitecture [Curbed]
· The Urban Glass House [theurbanglasshouse.com]


Filed under Architecture, Manhattan: Soho, Real Estate Development, Real Estate For Sale, Village Voice,

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1.

While tooling around Tribeca last week on my bicycle I paused to ponder the rising Glass House and couldn't help but notice that while the glowing rendering looks gorgeous, the actual building's west side faces some kind of windowless ventilation monolith. A rather bleak view for your millions. Let's hope the kitchens are nice.

By jeddx at February 15, 2006 10:45 AM

2.

Charming, Mr Hedge Fund. Let's hope those females you bring back to your pad don't mind the smell wafting into your unit from the sanitation truck garage across the street. They might just leave you for better hygene at 40 Bond. LOL...

By Anonymous at February 15, 2006 11:07 AM

3.

This building is a subpar piece of work from the hack extrordinaire of American architecture.

By GrandPa at February 15, 2006 11:10 AM

4.

I took a serious look at the building with the thought of buying a unit. Not only is the tunnel ventilation building an issue, but the building is also next to a very large parking lot of sanitation department garbage trucks and a handful of clubs. Given the glass walls of the building, noise will be a major problem for this building. I decided to pass.

By Anonymous at February 15, 2006 11:11 AM

5.

Michael Graves deserves the honor of hack extraordinaire. His teaming up wtih Trump for the Trump International Hotel and Tower Fort Lauderdale is a union made in the deepest depths of hell.

http://www.condohotelcenter.com/condo-hotels/featured-properties/trump-ft-lauderdale.htm

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