This baffled me when I first saw it in the New York Times! I'm not sure if any of you (if there are any of you actually reading this) are aware of this building on Spring and Bowery in NYC...but I am! I used to pass this place on more than a rare occasion and every time there would be a happy old man sitting on that graffiti covered stoop wishing passers-by a good morning in the late afternoon. [If you're still there old man...keep doing your thang].
190 Bowery is an old bank building purchased by Jay Maisel, a photographer, in 1966 for $102 000. With six stories and 72 rooms I don't doubt their daughter has had countless slumber parties/hide and seek adventures in this gem [i wish my childhood could have taken place in a mysterious new york city mansion...seriously].
The Fifth Floor
The dining room
The bed is so high so that she can see the nyc skyline from her bed...how thoughtful.
The Maisels chilling on their OWN roof. It's amazing how well kept the facade of this building is...even the copper trimmings have remained.
The elevator in its original form [they should totally use this for a music video].
The Third Floor which is now an art gallery featuring Jay Maisel's work.
The vault is bad ass. Imagine accidentally locking yourself in...
I would love to rent out the ground floor of this place for a shindig with my friends, only for one night though. I don't know if I could deal with the massive-ness for too long. Apparently you can actually rent out the ground floor which must come at a price for a building that is now worth approximately $30 million.
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