163 East 64th Street, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Versailles in Manhattan…Originally built in 1872 by John G. Prague, this 5-level Neo-Georgian townhouse is constructed in raked limestone and timeless red clay brick. The palatial 20 ft. wide townhouse welcomes visitors through a secure electronic gated front entry. Once behind the front door, a grandly scaled foyer welcomes visitors into the interior of the home. The sprawling parlor floor begins in the mirrored gallery as you enter this lavish level. The expansive 90 ft. deep parlor floor encompasses an English pine paneled library and beautifully proportioned living room which flows into a two-storied glass atrium. The formal dining room elegantly finishes this grand entertaining and living space. The house boasts museum quality materials and details. East 64th Street between Lexington and Third Avenues is lined with townhouses bordered by trees and historic bishop’s crook lampposts. Though not designated by Landmarks Preservation, the block is graced with period homes boasting bay windows, decorative pediments and Juliet balconies.
Whether or not one likes the aesthetics, design of the house shows someone who appreciates historic elements, which are in warm tones and are not gaudy.
This house makes me want to party like it's 1899!
Brilliant , love your clever commit.
I see what you did there. Lol.
When it's time to party, we will party hard!
Very funny! :)
So lovely.
It reminds me of a french chateau. The dining room is gorgeous and the paintings too.
Froggy nards
Funny I’ve walked past this residence several times I never would have guessed how it looks on the inside great tour
Good comment.
While I’ll never have the money to own a home such as this, I’m happier knowing that I live in a world where such beauty exists.
Here, Here!!!
I’d feel it better about the beauty if millions of people had food, housing, and health care.
In truth, the people who did the work on the redesign, the people who sold the materials for the redesign and the people who will maintain the property when it's sold, all have food, housing and health care because of it.
Dale Mack In truth, probably all of those people are out of work today. They’ll loose their health care if they haven’t already. They may loose their houses. They may rely on a food bank for meals. But the owner of the home won’t loose a thing.
It always amazes me how blind people can be to the plight of others.
Your home is absolutely beautiful. The workmanship and care with every detail is remarkable. Thank you for sharing such a lovely home.
I have no idea how I got here, but I enjoyed looking. I love all the shades of green and gold in the house. You can appreciate a house without it being your style.
I loved this house especially since it wasn't covered up in white paint like so many other designers do. It's a beautiful house.
It's like living in a castle in the city.......I simply love it.
Phew, finally something besides a ‘tiny house’! Spectacular!
Mary Ellen Quinn Forget tiny houses - they are a waste of time and I’m sure they get old real quick! They probably have no resale value!
Wow even the window and latch are gorgeous!
Stunning, beautiful so elegance ! Congratulations; you did a wonderful work ! As Interior Designer it's a pride that you belong to our professions.
so elegant, alternatively, such elegance
I can't believe all the haters on here! This is a beautiful example of preserving the homes 19th century heritage. It would be the height of tackiness to go in to a home from this time period and and rip everything out so you can replace it with glass and metal everything; furnishing it with sleek, modern, minimalist, contemporary art and furnishings. I prefer traditional interiors myself but I have an appreciation for all styles of interior design when they are appropriate for the home. For people to be so small minded that they can't appreciate any other style other than contemporary is really foolish. America should value it's history more like Europe does. In America everything is just torn down and replaced rather than preserved and celebrated. Very sad!
Blanca W T H A N K Y O U !!!
No one suggested ripping out the 19th century details--that would be shameful. It's just that the result looks like some russian oligarch's idea of a classy home.
You are so wrong!
Not a home.
狗屁
Just beautiful. What an oasis in the city. Well done!
The heated sidewalk and that roof terrace sold it for me.
Like who gives a f... about the environment. Let's just party till the end ;)
Snow is beautiful. And it doesn't lodge for long on New York streets. Seems like a ridiculous idea to heat the sidewalk.
Helenaville Snow often turns to ice right after it falls, at least it does here in the Northeast. So you would have a radiant heated sidewalk to eliminate excess ice/snow, or moisture and avoid having to walk or possibly slip and fall on ice. It’s a safety convenience. What if you have someone who is older or a handicapped guest who has trouble walking coming to visit your home on a snowy/icy day?
@@BionicWoman1975 Plus you don't have to shovel!!!
@@helenaville5939 Can I call on you to come shovel my sidewalk when it snows? You can admire the beauty while clearing a path.
Love the heated pavement that melts the snow. Bonkers.
absolutely gorgeous! i love how it hasn’t been changed and has not been modernized i would love a home like this.
Three cheers for Mr. Brick, the interior designer and host of the video.
Well done, sir.
Especially love the bronze chandelier in the library.
I’d like to spend my quarantine in this elegant townhouse!
ClassicRoyal 🤪
Very nice place to stay! hahahaha
Growing up in Shaker Heights as I have, I find your design lovely! Many choose not to inundate themselves with bright light having spent many hours of the day out in the outside world. Classical music, dim lights with a nice glass of brandy by the stone/Mahogany fireplace is a good end to a long day. Most have never even seen let alone been in a home with a solarium (like most contemporary style loving tree huggers) Wallpaper? That's an expression of those who live there, like paintings on the wall, damned the ones who don't understand it! Just go back to your cold white living spaces designed by Ikea.
But Shaker Heights is the epitome of nouveau riche midwestern bad taste!
Gates Mills here and I agree, Borbala Equestrian.
Some people can only afford cold white living spaces designed by IKEA. 🤪
@@sms5807 do you know Shaker Heights? Geraldo Rivera has left NYC to live in Shaker Heights recently.
@@Wkkbooks Only people who live in Ohio think that living in Shaker Heights makes them something special.
What a beautiful, elegant and inviting home! Such an Impeccable and perfect treasure. Thank you giving such a memorable tour.
Absolutely stunning! Thanks for sharing!
I am so glad somebody still has good taste. In the last 18 years everything has become so primal. Thomas
To Be Honest you’re probably a fan of all that hideous modern decor, with no class, taste or style...
Taste is subjective, The house looked heavy and overdone.
LadyEquipped I am also a minimalist in many aspects of my life. But I appreciate a residence that looks like people actually live in it. The current trend towards sterile stark white with endless bare surfaces only remind me of an operating room. This house’s decor and furnishings invite me to sleep on the beds, to sit on the chairs - to live there and bask in comfort.
if I see anymore gray I'll scream and gray is my favorite color
This magnificent house evokes a really good taste of living. Spectacular!
This is what you call the icing on the cake. It’s absolutely charming!
When my children and I walk around, I always show and teach my daughter about these structures which are beautiful, BUT new modern construction is killing the history.
It's something you have to take your time and take it all in. BEAUTIFUL
This is a true definition of "Town House", not the cookie cutter homes we see today. There are many true "townhouses" in NYC, even uptown in the brownstones in Harlem, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. Of course, they are not all at this level, but they are townhouses just the same.
The "town houses" today are built like tents compared to this. There is no comparison. Most other towns that have what they love to call townhouses, are nothing but vinyl, plastic and pressed wood...not worth the ground they sit on.
Brooklyn isn't uptown.
People! Its supposed to look "old" . Its an older style from a period of elegance and grace. Pottery Barn - ugh.
I'll take pottery barn thank you. I understand it's staying true to a certain period, but I just can't see a person from this time living there comfortably.
Anna Wnuk I love it.....I hate today’s styles....this decorator is spectacular
@@Dirtnap1986 well DirtNap says it all.
Lol- Pottery Barn ugh: I could not agree more!!
The problem is that it doesn't... it looks like someone without knowledge and taste tried to make it look old. The foyer murals look like from the 80s - the 1980s, not the 1880s.
Nice. I especially like all the gardening. I had always thought of NYC as concrete. I like how this destroyed that myth. Beautiful home. The outside lighting at night is inviting.
Lots of nice elements.
It's just lovely and please don't think I'm crazy but the ceiling in the elevator is my favorite 💕
Shelly Rae Wow, me too!
Makes you wanna shit on the floor
3 words; GORGEOUS GORGEOUS GORGEOUS
My favorite space in the house is the fabulous roof top terrace.
Mine too!!
400 lbs chandelier "above my head". Indeed.
My favorite part is the dining room. It’s a blast into the 1700’s. Absolutely beautiful 😍
I love the garden..
400 pounds over my head? no, thank you, I don't want it!!!
Amanda Beltran lol I thought the exact same thing 😂
This is literally my dream house!
Everyone has each own taste. I think each rooms are beautiful but the house don't have cohesiveness. It is also too busy. I think for him, it works but for most people it doesn't.
isshinish I take it you like a more sleek contemporary/modern decor?
It works for me!
Very beautiful. Reminds me of my hometown row homes in Madison, Indiana. Same era of architecture I imagine, early 1800s. We also have three story spiral staircases in many homes. Lovely.
Oh the garden terrace 😍 ... what a lovely home.
I’m amazed at some of the comments of all the many “experts” (no doubt) on taste. As someone who’s had the privilege of being exposed to some of the most beautiful homes in the world, I find this one absolutely exquisite. Well done.
Haven't had the privilege of being exposed to even one negative post on this video.
A preemptive scold?
look out people with an opinion a REFINED EXPERT of OPINIONS is here
This house is not my style
But i cannot help but say that this house interior is gorgeous
A bit stuffy for my taste. The heated sidewalk outside impressed me most.
The "library" is a nice room, but where are the books?
that's what the rich people call the smoking room
One little bookshelf. I would add several more. Of course that would make the room much more "dark" and cause several people commenting on here to turn up their noses in disgust.
And where is the desk?
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What an absolutely amazing town home. It would be a beautiful home for the 5 day work week.
a house is not a home
Absolutely beautiful!
IN URBAN NEW YORK IS A TRUE WONDERFUL PLACE FEEL LIKE HOME NOT JUST JOB PLACE HAVE IN MANY NEW YORK HAUSE WONDERFUL
How obvious by some of the comments below that so many people viewing this magnificent home video have the taste of pigs and would be much happier and much more suited to live in a cheaply built tract house in Topeka.
Exactly. Sad. Someone said they prefer Pottery Barn! Ha!
A lot of the decorating is classic, which is different from old fashioned.
Having said that, I still think it needs refreshing, mostly in the window treatments.
Yes. I love the place but the master bedroom drapes were too dark and heavy. But honestly, thats all I would change.
Just a little nicer than my place, HA Ha!
Thank you for posting. Viewing this home left me breathless but my soul felt right at home. Beautiful!
As an interior designer myself I have to say this home is done with great efficacy for reflecting a conservative style. Nothing is hugely outside the realm of the Neo-Georgian aesthetic besides the entry foyer. I didn’t watch it from start to finish, I skipped here and there, but it’s well done for preserving the *essence of the 1870’s.
You may not like this style but that’s personal taste. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean that it isn’t well done or lovely. All of you minimalist loving trash should go elsewhere if you don’t like the historic aesthetic. It’s that simple. You’re all bland af anyway wanting the same beige, open floor plan, steel and glass crap.
Hear, hear! ❤️
Not quite my style but the interior is impeccably done. Beautiful home!
Oh dear...very 1980's but obviously top of the line. Some original features are great though and great fireplace, plus stunning chandelier.
Who would you guess is the musician owner? From Broadway or opera, I wonder.
very much not 1980’s, a lot of original features from the 19th century
Quite pleasant Not overdone
Absolutely spectacular. Thank you for sharing!
All that money... for all that ugly???? I made better interiors in base game sims.
The haters all live and came from cookie-cutter houses. BORING! They don't know classic and unique designs. Too bad for them 😂
@@jh48167 it's hard to believe that, because if you think this is tacky (even if you didn't like it tacky is just not the word!) I dread to think what you do like.
Most of this is gorgeous but that wallpaper is BLEH
It's not "wallpaper"; they are hand painted frescos.
Somehow this video keeps coming up in my favourites--and when it does, I watch it time and time again. I have to say, Ron Brick is an amazing interior designer.
I can appreciate his balance of function and respect for historical details and period furniture. This home is elegant and still feels welcoming. I can see myself
entertaining in the dining room with dinners lasting well over 3 hours. You'll be invited, Ron! Great video. Thanks,
Darryl
P.S. And you know how to properly pronounce "foyer".
The dark walls and abundance period paintings make the home seem to have a "heavy" feel. It also seems to have a feeling of isolation. But to each their own. An open floor plan with the airyness of soft t light colors would have taken this place over the top!
I watch this whenever I feel like slacking off in school.
I just wonder which musician lives there! 🤣
A celebration of past centuries' handmade objets et processus! Luxes visuels 💋
Being from Europe, I like their house very much but like mine with a large garden and the woods behind the fence much more
Location, location, location, could'nt pay me to live in New York !
A fine home, a great place to relax. (Thanks for sharing this video.)
This is an amazingly done almost fully Victorian apartment. Keep it up.
Hardly anything like Versailles... it's in a completely different style from a completely different time period. The overall is more Georgian than baroque, with simple coloured walls and little ornamentation in the furniture. It's a mix mash of styles that's not very inviting or personalised. It looks very out of place...
roof terrace - oh my - incredible ... (the bar is amazing, as well!) - what a talent to make house look so inviting and beautiful!
Stunning. Not a thing I didn't like.
Love the location, but its to dark. Very museumy. Not my tatste, for for some yes...
This home is decorated in spectacular period style by an avid collector of beautiful things. In this day and age, people think they have "arrived" when they bring home crap from Ikea or Pottery Barn to "furnish" their cheap and uninspired homes. No idea what quality or workmanship is about.
This home looks like someone hog tied Elton John and swung him around in every room. I'll take the wood work but everything else could go!!! I'll stick to my pottery barn Thank you!!
I understand how people think that when they have realized that the drapery in this House cost more than their house.
dede denver yeah
Check the majority of the comments here
WOW!
Which period of style might I ask? It's all over the map.
It's also not expensive. What do you think, that everybody shits gold and we can all afford a french chandelier?
Beautifully well kept...Contrary what many think, not every home needs too much modernization and updates...I am glad to see homes with timeless decor, beautifully detailed wood work, stone work, demonstrating pure craftsmanship very well!
Very nice indeed. I like the fact that this chap has incorporated some very choice period light fitments to enhance the period of the building.
The best in 2020 the priceless intereor decor and the views from any angle is a masterpiece. If I win the lottery...this is on my list🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈
House looks like a fucking museum.
Backyard looks like a beautiful prison yard. Never understood how rich people wants to cage themselves in like that. Probably because they subconsciously know they deserve to do time for expropriating the workers of the world. Just guessing though.
I wonder how many times my apartment fits into it! I'm green with envy
The only thing I like about this house is the elevator the rest looks dark and dingy
This is one of the best executed interiors I have ever seen. It is elegant yet understated. Usually, design leans too fustian, with charlatans feigning inspiration running the show. Here, nothing is too ostentatious. You have a balance of styles that just feels right for home.
naeheworkforce Understated?? Are we seeing the same place??
Goodness me it's like you had your eyes closed during this clip. it's bloody hideous.
This comment reads like a poorly written piece of AI, thesaurus, mumbo jumbo feigning high intellect. The townhouse features many ornate details showcasing European influences. That plus the dated use of classical music in the background makes this much more emblematic of the stuffiness one associates with Old Money WASPS of the UES than the understated minimalism associated with Modernist, Scandinavian, or Japanese designs.
Everything cluttered and obtrusive, visually way too "busy". On the plus side, the owner went easy on gold leaf and mirrors. That counts for a lot.
Beautiful ... this tour is the next best thing to being there. Thank you.
Just came back visiting the Biltmore Estate...Lord, it is a project, that's not a house. who the heck would like to live in a project. Sometimes less is more and better than aesthetic fatigue, pardon me
"We had someone paint the Fragonards". Then they are not Fragonards.
I would pay someone to paint over those faux Fragonards. I think the paneled walls would look better with just one color.
Questinia1 You’re so right, I noticed that these so-called Imitation Fragonards look like imitations. Why try to incorporate fakes? Why not invest in good, original art and hang those up instead?
Questinia1 lol 😂
but they should have paint the Fragonarts with black or latina women, and gay guys jumping, to embrace the spirit of this era .lol
True
I frequently walk on this street. It’s interesting to see what lies behind the gate. Love the terrace! 😊
Love how each room is it's own work of art. And W O W that roof terrace. I'm in love!
Too much wall paper for me. I love the look, but for me i would have mixed King Louis look with a twist of modern.
Very nice house that has been ruined by a complete lack of taste. French this, Russian that, Venetian the other. Nothing goes together and the color scheme is horrific. The wall paintings look like bad 1950's cheap porcelain.
On the plus side, in 50 years it will make a great set for a horror movie.
Aside from the 'in 50 years' I do agree with what you've said...
Well said!
This house is prove that you can not buy good taste......
Appolonia1964 Oh, you can. You just have to admit total ignorance, and let someone WITH taste decorate for you.
I was thinking the same thing.
holy moly, hope that that string quartet cashed their checks, what a dreadful rendering
I love the dining room, the library, and the outdoor terrace. Gorgeous!
In a country were realtors looks like hookers, superficial, snobs, wannabe.....this is a truly gentleman. Like this realtor!!!
i hate those wall papers t the beginning of the video. Overall the Home feels too dated not in a good way. I wonder how beautiful it would have been before this guy added his touch? and basically ruined the vintage charm. Its a rare home that would definitely raise many eyebrows more so for it being too busy
I don't know a thing about NYC real estate value, but this has to be $20 million +?
Everything is beautiful! I love this street too :)
What a Mish mash of gaudy crap.this joint is a bad trip...I think your too too is too tight....
Superbly designed. Thoroughly enjoyable tour.
The high quality materials and workmanship are spoiled by the overly-pretentious poor taste of the decorating.
Narrow like a train,lots of stairs,nice woodwork.
This is hideous its needs to be completely gutted it was all done wrong as soon as i saw that entry hall i knew i hated this property
The decor is a big no. But the space is fabulous and the outdoor space is particularly lovely.
Posted by Lidia
The place itself is amazing and decorated with so much care for detail, I'm sure to the owne's taste, but...yes, there is a but... if I were to live there I would change the bar's and music room color and Fragonards, so common you find them printed even in 99¢ decorations, take away some of the stuffy wall sconces, window treatments, and bedroom duvet covers and replace them with something more inviting such as Pratesi. Loved the library, kitchen and some of the wall coverings that would go well with other prints in materials besides those ultra classic ones, Basically I would refresh it a little without taking away from the superb quality the place already has. Ahh, excellent idea to have radiant heating in the sidewalk.
At least a homeless person could sleep on the heated pavement when it's cold...