To this effect, the views of skyscrapers seen from condo windows high above the ground reinforce the impression that the transglobal oligarchy is set on segregating their luxurious existence from the social elements who would overrun their playground given the chance.
It had the feel of a ski condo without windows: pool table, stainless-steel appliances, leather couches.
Randy Lee of Leewood Real Estate Group, a developer, says he is counting on the Statue of Liberty panoramas from his new condo's windows to help sell units.
We peered through a condo's porthole window at the space where we were married, back when it had been a restaurant.
New Jersey Less than $300,000 Mount Arlington $299,000 51 Mount Kemble Avenue Number of bedrooms: 1 Number of full bathrooms: 1 Number of half bathrooms: 0 Weeks on market: 2 weeks 9-year-old end-unit town-house condo; new picture window, walk-in closet, 1-car attached garage; common charge $225; taxes $4,097; listed at $279,900 (multiple bids).
Similarly, in eight of the two-bedroom apartments at L Haus, a Long Island City condo, a small windowed room that could be a legal bedroom is designated as a home office.
In the neighborhood where I live (near the art galleries in Chelsea), I can see three large condos from my window that are pretty much empty all the time.
According to the listing agent, the area, filled with turn-of-the-century row houses, was run down until a few years ago, but businesses like the Big Bear Cafe (three blocks from the condo) and the Windows Cafe and Market (across the street) are helping to revitalize it, along with an influx of younger residents drawn to its relative affordability.
New Jersey Less than $300,000 Readington $235,000455 Junco Court Number of bedrooms: 2 Number of full bathrooms: 2 Number of half bathrooms: 0 Time on the market: 3 weeks 17-year-old condo; newer storm windows, newer stove and water heater; community pool, playground and tennis; common charge $185 quarterly; taxes $3,200; listed at $235,000.
