< img src= "https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/705/b73/29ebce4c847a07e8e36255528e7dd53536-153899932.1x.rsocial.w1200.jpg"alt="" > A listing image attempts to reveal the enormous scale of 208 Vanderbilt, where a double-height fantastic room has 23-foot high ceilings and a view of a personal yard. Minimalist storage, right, lines the entire space. Photo: Corcoran
The listing shot shows an outside dressed in industrial polypropylene panels and a roofline Adjaye designed with a subtle, triangular shape that mirrors the exterior of a church on the block. Photo: Corcoran
A postcard of Fort Greene might show row after row of firmly packed brownstones, dating back to the 1850s, with views over leafy opportunities. On Vanderbilt, No. 208 is just four blocks off the park, near the corner at Willoughby– a closed street that’s a summertime paradise for cycling. However the house does not fit the area stereotype. Covered in silvery commercial panels, with a door that closes flush against the façade, the four-story building sticks out for its museumlike minimalism. Integrated in 2006 as a live-work studio for 2 artists– James Casebere and Lorna Simpson– it was noted at $6.5 million last July. This week, the cost was decreased to $5 million, a 23 percent cut. That’s closer to the $4 million average for a single-family townhouse in Fort Greene, per John Walkup of the real-estate data-analytics business UrbanDigs. He says the pricing likely accounted for “a significant premium for an item with specific niche appeal.” Specific niche because the pool of purchasers pursuing modern, minimalist spaces here might be smaller, and even those purchasers might watch out for No. 208. It was the very first project in the U.S. by David Adjaye, the starchitect who went on to create the National Museum of African American History however was accused in 2023 of sexual attack, harassment, and a “poisonous work culture.” Adjaye has actually denied the accusations, but there’s been a drop in interest in his work. (The listing says the home is an “architectural gem” but leaves out his name.)
< img data-src= "https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/1a7/c76/b7d3a4925d5e1eb5da795b5f86d946c360-153899945.rhorizontal.w700.jpg"width=" 700"height ="467" src="https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/1a7/c76/b7d3a4925d5e1eb5da795b5f86d946c360-153899945.rhorizontal.w700.jpg"/ > A listing shot shows the third and fourth floors, created to work as an art studio. Picture: Corcoran And at a price point where purchasers have room to be critical, the floor plan and place may be tough sells, too. There’s the “possible for several bedrooms, “per the listing, but right now, this is a four-story, $5 million townhouse with only one real bedroom. Then there’s the concern of the neighbor: a 43,000-square-foot sports center with a 270-seat basketball arena, which opened in 2014 as part of the St. Joseph’s University campus. It hosts alumni events and beach ball tournaments, with space for 90 automobiles accessed by means of a ramp in between the two structures. A Google Maps view reveals a parking ramp separating the sports
center(left)and the private home(right). Photo: Google Maps The brokers for the listing decreased to comment, and Simpson
didn’t respond to a query through her gallerist, Hauser & Wirth. But she didn’t appear to be using your house much in the last few years– rather leasing a studio at the Navy Yard, living elsewhere, and utilizing the home for offices, conferences, and”thinking of what the pieces are going to be, “as she informed Antwaun Sargent in 2017. Still, if it’s not the best space for Lorna Simpson, it may be for her collectors. As her broker Leslie Marshall informed the New york city Times in 2015, the 23-foot high ceilings suggest”the exhibition capacity is terrific.”Register for the Curbed Newsletter An everyday mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving areas and skylines
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