13th floor

it's silly and in reality in those buildings, 14a is on the 13th floor.

But if you sxip the 13th floor, you can charge an extra $50K for the higher floor, no?

what did you think of the apartment at 5RSD?

The whole 13th floor thing is so funny--remember, that in many apartment buildings the '12th' floor is actually the 13th story, so if you live on 12, you actually live on 13...

Oh, and for what it's worth, I currently live in a building with the street address 666 and it's never bothered me, though some friends get a bit weirded out. Interestingly, though, they skip '13' here as well... guess they didn't want to risk a superstition double-whammy :-D

By the way, dmf, 5 RSD 13C looks like a really pretty apartment and it's great that you can use the foyer as a dining area.

I have a birth mark just under the hairline........6....6....5!
so close yet....so far.
Anyone know anything about this building or apartment?
I haven't visited but the pics and floor plan are very interesting.

I'm not superstitious at all just interested in genesis of numbering-bet it has some religious roots like I think 666 has. I though the apt had great views.

In the relatively recent past, I have had several broker types tell me that this is the board of all boards. But, who knows, and a couple of years have passed. Nice apt. I guess the board should be the seller's worry, not the buyer's? I'm sure they're all very decent folks defending their investment, and why shouldn't they? I'm going the condo route, but best wishes, really nice apt, if a bit rich.

The A line, IMO is far superior to C at 5RSD. Esp. if they are converging to close to same price point.

A few years ago the shareholders were assessed to defend and settle a suit against the building, but all back to normal now.

Only problem with 13C is, only the LR windows have been replaced. I generally like steel casements, but especially on RSD you pay for those aesthetics with noise and cold, so good solid double-paned tilt/turn would be better.

A buyer'd better move fast on new windows. 5RSD will be landmarked soon (http://westendpreservation.org/WestEndCollegiateExtension.pdf) and it'll be much more of a hassle to do.

All the landmarking means is that the windows will have to resemble the original ones. It does not mean the windows cannot be replaced.

Of course not. As I said, it makes it more of a hassle, more expensive, etc. Though at this point 5RSD is such a hodge-podge of different windows, the whole thing would have to be done over to make it consistent.

I hope the extension goes through, as it'll further protect my slice of river view.

On second thought, I take back the hassle part. The co-op pays to develop a window plan and get it approved by the LPC. After that, all the decision-making by individual owners is a cinch; they just decide on interior color and hardware. Any money difference wouldn't matter either way to anyone buying in 5RSD.

The extension is a done deal. I've been to most of the meetings. No organized community opposition, just random ppl grumbling about more regulations.

Good. What's odd is the exclusion of the Ansonia. Is that maybe already landmarked on its own?

Yup.

I miss the good old days, when Landmarks refused to bestow their status on any part of the UWS greater than a row of 5 buildings or so, on the premise that the UWS has "no cohesive architectural style" ... meaning basically that it's a gaudy hodgepodge of Gilded Era middle-class aspirational gewgaws. The highly-restrained Ansonia notwithstanding.

They're hanging their hat on "sense of place". One the sidestreets, there is little arch. - builders/speculators were building clumps of houses on the land they were able to purchase. As it became more profitable to build higher buildings, groups of rowhouses or older apt buildings were torn down willy-nilly to do so. Some of the original buildings lasted 20 or 30 years.

Excuse the typos - there is little architectural cohesion on the sidestreets.

Can't "eclectic" be cohesive?

I'm no architectural critic, but I understand "eclectic" to mean something like the 80th St. townhouses between Columbus & Ams or the south side of 73rd St. The houses are quite different but they relate to each other. Most rows don't have that because of those early speculator-builders. Or a nice row is rudely interrupted by those ubiquitous H-plan small apt buildings.

"meaning basically that it's a gaudy hodgepodge of Gilded Era middle-class aspirational gewgaws."

hot tramp, i love you so

The 13th floor is where they put the misfits. Usually the apartments there have some flaw in them, like a window in the shower.