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Ric Ocasek - The Cars

Started by flarf
about 6 years ago
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Member since: Jan 2011
Discussion about 140 East 19th Street
Ric Ocasek of The Cars died yesterday. He lived in a townhouse at 140 East 19th Street for 30 years. That's got to be an outlier in the music business. The prior owner of 140 East 19th? Bob Krasnow, who at one time was the chairman of Elektra Records, which was the Cars record label. He bought the place in 1983 and sold it to Ric and his wife in 1989. The place was listed for sale back in January at $15.25 million, and was cut to $13.9 million back in April. That pink-striped bedroom isn't just what I needed, but the rest looks pretty good to me.
Response by itesfai
about 6 years ago
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This place is amazing, not sure what it sells for but safe to say it has some unique features. The LR is just wow!

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Response by 300_mercer
about 6 years ago
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Stated Square footage does not exist.

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Response by itesfai
about 6 years ago
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Property Shark has it at 7589sf.

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Response by 300_mercer
about 6 years ago
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Can't get that even if you count the double ceiling area twice from the floor plan provided. I excluded basement as it is not even 7 foot height.

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Response by truthskr10
about 6 years ago
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Block: 874 Lot: 50
Property Characteristics:
Lot Area: 2,162 sq ft (23.5' x 92')
# of Buildings: 1 Year built: 1910
Building frontage: 23.5' (Building frontage along the street measured in feet.)
# of floors: 5 Building Area: 7,589 sq ft
Total Units: 1 Residential Units: 1
Primary zoning: R8B Commercial Overlay: None
Floor Area Ratio: 3.51
Max. Allowable Residential FAR: 4
Max. Allowable Commercial FAR: 0
Max. Allowable Facility FAR: 4

First 3 floors are likely around 70 feet deep
( 70 x 23.5 =1645 x 3 = 4935)
Last 2 floors @ 55 feet deep
(55 x 23.5 =1292.5 x 2 =2585)

4935 + 2585 = 7520

So this accounts for including the basement and lost footage for double height ceiling.

It is a beautiful home

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Response by 300_mercer
about 6 years ago
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Thank you. It seems that DOB included 6 foot 9 inch height basement and counted double height ceiling space twice. The description in the text of the listing is indeed in the correct range as it does not include basement and double count double ceiling height.

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Response by stache
about 6 years ago
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Not at all what I would expect from a rocker but good for him for being wise with $.

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