I almost fell off my chair after coming across this article in today's New York Times. Partly because I only live about 8 blocks away from the building and have not noticed this construction happening at all and partly because suburban homes are being built on top of a 7-story prewar Upper West Side apartment building. What? Gabled roofs? Decks? ATTICS? WHAT?!
OK, the units are cute. And most certainly original for the area. But doesn't context matter? Doesn't it? And isn't this type of dwelling something that most New Yorkers are trying to escape by living in Manhattan?
If only all mid size apartment buildings in Manhattan started having these types of rooftop additions, then maybe instead of heading out to New Jersey, Long Island, or Westchester after having children, New Yorkers could just move up to Manhattan's "higher elevation," if you will. No, really, we could connect the tops of buildings with windy, tree-lined roads where SUVs go unjudged and children can ride their bikes and sell lemonade. My definition of suburbia is apparently very limited, but I think you get my point.
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WOW. That's incredibleridiculous. I feel like these "penthouses" should have a theme song... "Little boxes on a condominium, little boxes full of ticky tacky, little boxes on a condominium, little boxes all the same..."
Oh wait, that's a take on the Weeds theme. In NYC, we could call the show Coke, or maybe Botox.
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