Prime townhouse not keeping up with inflation

@300 -- I think Ken Griffin was the most recent buyer there, so yes. (His ex-wife probably knows these things.)

@nada -- This is where we diverge on rooms: I want lots of wall space to hang my collection. The modern all glass units may have spectactular views, but insufficient walls. I'd be happy with the middling views (tree-level on the park), and I like a multitude of specific-purpose rooms.

Ha! It's interesting, I do like all of the rooms, I'm just not sure what I would do with them all? I have the same feeling about these giant mansions that the wealthy buy, what do you do with 20-25,000? Ft²!? It just seems like such a giant waste, and a massive flex of the ego..

If you got 3-4 kids of different ages running around, I can understand the case for separation of spaces - 4-5 bedrooms + staff room, library (really home office these days), sound proof music room for the kids to practice, kid's play room / game room, media room etc as long as they don't come at the cost of a large living space. But that only takes 7-8000 suburban sq ft max.