The pristine apartments, with their freshly painted walls, sleek appliances and large flat-screen televisions, look like generic enclaves of privilege.
SEEING photos of the pristine white apartment of the home-cleaning queen Barbara Roche Fierman — an apartment so dust-, dirt- and stain-free it appears no human could possibly live there — makes a reporter think dastardly thoughts.
"It is a pristine, ace apartment," Ms. Ostrow said.
Her bourgeois life, presented mostly in a pristine Paris apartment and cloaked in muted shades of whites and grays, contrasts sharply with those of the subjects of her latest article, two female students who also work as prostitutes.
In a 1999 article in a housing authority publication, Judge Sotomayor recalled celebrating the move by pedaling her tricycle around the "spacious, pristine, white" apartment — right into a wall, leaving an unmistakable black mark.
Marie-Ange Augustin, Abacus Properties (718) 284-4400; www.abacusnewyork.com MAINTENANCE: $639 a month PROS: Bright and pristine, the apartment has hardwood floors, four closets, windows in every room and a large foyer that could be a home office.
Ms. Posnansky and a Corcoran broker, Sheila McCarthy, feverishly moved around books, took out recycling, removed mementos from the refrigerator and even pushed a desk chair into the hallway to present the portrait of a pristine and uncluttered apartment.
"Whenever I have my blinds open," he said, "I make sure my apartment looks pristine".
"You cannot expect to live in pristine silence in an apartment building in New York City!" "I am not expecting pristine silence!
They restored the nine-room, four-bedroom apartment to pristine condition, and filled the space with traditional finishes and period furniture to evoke the prewar gentility of the 1911 building, on the corner of Park Avenue and 76th Street.
