The Walt Frazier of real estate . . .

"provides the ideal setting for congenial and comfortable living"

is that a euphemism for split bedrooms? or his and hers bathrooms?

Sounds like a Douglas listing.

And I was right! He of the Fragonard windows/scene of CPW.

Well done, 10023.

I'm not sure the "B' line at 302 West 86th is even a particularly GOOD seven, let alone a great one.

He outdid himself with that ad. In person, he's not quite as dramatic. But it could be because I typically go to his "wreck"/estate open houses. Nothing to rhapsodize about.

I like that his colleague is named "Death".

Bizzaro layout, with the maid's room in the middle of it all, and one of the bedrooms right in the middle of the public rooms. 1930s splitup, or just bad reconfiguration?

AH: not that bizarre. Have seen that in a few buildings - esp. long skinny 6+ roomed-apts where only 2 rooms get the street exposure and the rest are all internal/rear-facing.

E.g., 258 RSD, where the southwest apt has that layout, but without a bath up front. Could serve as a library. (An apt in that line was Raymond's apartment in the 1962 "The Manchurian Candidate.")

Also 32 E 64, where each of the two lines had a couple of bedroom suites at the front, later carved out to make a third apartment per floor.

Yeah, or pre-pre-war apts (258RSD) often have diff. layouts.

And I thought the Six I grew up in was weird for having a bathroom shared by visitors and (non-ensuite) the MBR, while the second BR (presumably with sleeping children) had the ensuite bath.

But this layout, at http://www.corcoran.com/property/listing.aspx?Region=NYC&listingid=1873588 , has a second BR facing the street, and its ensuite bath is presumably also for visitors, and it's just a door between it and the foyer, where guests coming and going would make lots of noise. Noise is usually blocked by walls of closets in prewars. Maybe it's meant to be a guest room, but still. The Maid's and MBR both face back, although maybe the other exposure of the MBR is airier than the exposure that the Maid's and MBR share.

There's another building on 86th with the same (but mirror image) layout. I don't think people were too concerned with having ensuites back in the day. I saw a 7 at 161W74 with 2 Jack-and-Jill baths between 3 brs.

I loathe Jack & Jills -- my head explodes even trying to contemplate what you're describing. I hope it has something to do with two maid's rooms flanking a nursery, or the other way around, or something.

Done - http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/465312-coop-161-west-75th-street-upper-west-side-new-york

My assumption has always been that DD doesn't write his own copy. Like any boss, though, he's responsible for the product. And the product can be pretty funny.

I think he does. http://www.loremagazine.com/go/article_free.php?mp_id=103

Thanks, 10023. Ironic quote from that article:

"Douglas thinks brokers sometimes succumb to the temptation to overpromise and underdeliver."

DD is a successful broker who doesn't rile me. When he has OHs, he's pretty low-key. Stands back, answers question, not a hard sell kinda guy. Usually has a printout of closed comps, comps on market.

nyc10023: I totally agree. That's why I figured the florid prose was the work of a subordinate.

Met him once years ago at an Ansonia OH, and agree with you both. Maybe the prose is his bit of fun amidst all the PITA, with some of the required showmanship thrown in. Kind of like Brian Lewis having a ball with his videos, for which he got dragged through the coals here.

Post and toast in NYC in your exquisite pad in NYC. If you are a neophyte buyer, an $8,000 credit will provide an auspicious beginning to your new lifestyle! I love Clyde.

Hmmm could there be a market for re advertising copy that doesn't sound like the cover of an absoultely terrible romance novel? A freelance specialty service that spoke grown up to grown ups? Thoughts...

Remember the article about the woman in NJ who writes broker bios? IIRC she said she drew the line at ad copy. Her gorge rose, or something.

Someone who wouldn't say "Live-in super!" as if any building didn't have one. I do see, though, how they fall into Eve Harringon mode: "I had to say something, be somebody, make them like me."

Was crazed at work all day today & never got onto streeteasy until now . . . 10023 iou a shake or a burger. well done. as for DD & whether he's good or bad or whatever I certanly think he writes his own ads - have you ever read his bio on corcoran website?

http://www.corcoran.com/agents/profile.aspx?userid=DD&region=NYC

Now mind you, I think he wrote that himself but . . .

Next time I read one of those (cover your eyes kids) douchebag arguments on this board about who's smarter 'cause they went to which school, I'll link back to this thread and that curriculum vitae . . . he's the very epitome of a princeton and harvard man all the way thru as far as I can tell . . .

I had it with the second sentence. The first "Was there ever ...?" - I've seen that before & the second "baronial" - he says that for every 7+ prewar apt. Yep, good old DD at work.

Lp. But I'm much more impressed with the guy who learned English while sweeping floors and now owns $20 mm in bank and sending his kids to harvard and Princeton. That's just me, sometimes I wish I never did the ivy thing, maybe I'd have more street creds with the homies.

Trust me 67th - I am completely in agreement. I think for most people Ivy educations are a waste of money & the kids would be as well off at state schools but for the odious "connections" they make there that perpetrate the worst of the class system that still exists in the US. For the vast majority, I believe "Ivy" is an empty shell that then people hide behind for their professional careers.