You can never go wrong with a loft style apartment. Especially when it looks like that. And as amazing as this apartment is. I can only imagine how great that three level penthouse is going to look when it's done.
Until you have to heat it. Massive glass windows and concrete all around. I was living in lofts before it was chic. You can freeze out there by the water if you are not super rich like these people.
This is the first “apartment” id want to move into I’ve seen in NY…. If I sold off everything I could move in…without furniture…. This place is amazing.
$3.2M seems like a good deal to me. I don't know about the area, but the views are unique. The apartment itself is stunning. I love the open concept, the industrial design, and the furniture choice.
The location is the only issue. Redhook has no subways and is pretty isolated from the rest of brooklyn because of the BQE highway. But the upside of the isolation is that it's by far the quietest neighborhood on the NYC waterfront. And if you work in the financial district, the ferry is actually a pretty solid option.
Wow! Over $3 million in Red Hook! I remember playing football in Red Hook in the early 1970s with some high school friends. Red Hook was very depressed and not too safe for outsiders.
Wow! I love this place, I'd never get bored looking at the different views. Neighbourhood looks pretty decent. The price is well out of my range but I can dream can't I!
Wow. That's a fantastic appartment. Especially, I love the solid construction of a converted warehouse, the high ceiling, the space all around. Who has a view of the statue of Liberty from one's living room? Don't worry, I am not a competitor to get one of these - maybe one day.
Wow, I can see why there are only 5 left. Love the big open room. Fantastic job they did. If only the empty commercial office spaces could be converted like that.
I have a feeling that’ll start happening within a 5-10 year period (possibly sooner). Otherwise the business district will be a ghost town. That means lots of people with money will be losing money. They don’t like to do that🤣
It'll be super expensive to convert the large office buildings to residential space. Additional plumbing for bathrooms, kitchens & possibly in-unit laundry. & there's different requirements for residential buildings.
@@MamaCarola1 still doable especially since they overprice the market prices of residential units in prime areas. It's already happening in other countries too.
Enjoying your content and how you interact with the audience. What caught my eye on this video was your Addmotor ebike! Just bought one in June. So much fun!!
This is one that I’d love to live in, in NYC. Not crazy busy with people and views that are incredible. I’d be watching the port and city all the time. I’ve never been fond of the idea of living in the big cities but this one is right up my alley.
I know someone who lived in RedHook until recently. Where it used to be a place you didn't want to live it's now becoming gentrfied & unaffordable. There's an ikea nearby (that can provide Cash with enough furniture options to fill the space) & also a Food Universe supermarket that used to be the Fairway. The drawback is public transportation. It sucks. Only 1 bus line to the subway & biking actually takes less time to get to Manhattan. If you don't like the price there's unfinished units going for less $$$ & you can design it however you like. & if you like cruising & don't mind Princess or MSC you can practically walk b your suitcases to b the Brooklyn terminal where the ships dock!!! If you were to put this building in downtown Brooklyn or Manhattan you know you'd be paying way more.
So, we have Kelly in sophisticated casual black offset by clean white sneakers. Then we have Cash in teenage grunge complete with a backwards baseball cap. Opposites work! But I would like to see Cash looking more dapper sometime. Kelly seems just slightly dangerous. I think he's really a spy and real estate agent is just his cover.
For me this is one of the 3 best listings that you’ve featured in your channel. This loft is amazing, spacious, cool and strangely affordable for a luxury pad in NYC.
Cash- WOW! What a pad! Love everything about it. Your energy today was right on point. Kelly was a visionary to put this building together in such an impressive fashion. So nice to see lively design with great contrasts. Background audio was perfect. You know I enjoy your editing. I thought the price was actually reasonable for such a sweet pad. Great job! Keep going!☮️👏👏👏👏
That is amazing for any where, not just New York. You get all the best showings and deserve it with quality presentation you offer. What a great property!
I’m a Londoner but I lived in Edinburgh for 5 years from 2017, 3 years of which was across the road from the Port of Leith, not a busy port but still, was quiet and kinda awesome. Got to see super big ships, navy vessels, explorer/research vessels, cruise ships (smaller one) plus the (ex) Royal Yacht was/is permanently moored there, and you could visit it as there’s a shopping mall called Ocean Terminal there and on the second floor there’s a museum with a gangway to the yacht. Awesome!
Also, I currently live in a loft so double relatable! Mines nothing near this level of luxury, like super super far away. Although my first non air bnb/permanent apartment in Edinburgh was in a sorta mini castle within parkland that the lord or laird (in Scotland) who originally lived in the house my apartment was in gifted to the public. So it was pretty awesome, just a sham the landlords were absolute a holes, otherwise I would’ve been happy spending my whole life there! Lol I won’t reveal which one I’m referring to but if anyone even reads this comment, which is unlikely I know, AND you know which house and park I’m talking about (also extremely extremely unlikely) then you will see how the a hole landlords turned it into a bloody holiday let/airbnb because my nosy neighbour kept bragging about how lucrative it was (since she owned 3 of the apartments and rented out 2.
Hmm... Beautiful space and views. I like it but... $3.2M for 2800 sq. ft. in Red Hook? I don't know about that. My reservations about the space are purely petty and aesthetic. For the life of me I can't understand why anyone would want an interior mirrored medicine cabinet! Just the thought of taking everything out to clean it and putting everything back in would be reason enough to make sure that it would be the first item to go. However, all those bathroom sizes are a dream! I'd flip the dining space with the living space so that the dining area would be closer to the open space kitchen. As it is now, it seems to me that the dining area is too far away. Instead of a laundry closet I would prefer a laundry space (there's definitely enough room) where all the supplies, folding, etc could be stored and done. The ID did a beautiful job! I liked all of the furnishings and the clean and simplicity of space. My primary concern though would be the cost of heating and cooling the space. That would have to be one helluva bill!
That building with the cop car is the electronics speclized side of an autobody repair shop. Over looking Governor's Island which use to be an army base that had a short air strip which closed back in 1966.
These are INCREDIBLE!! Wow! If I needed to move to NY, I would absolutely buy one of his lofts. The decor, the layout, the kitchen, bathrooms…all perfection. He should be very, very proud of what he’s accomplished!
Only in NY can you find a store dedicated to moss. Love the David Bowie pic over the bed. I think I could get over my distaste for a big, boxy, warehouse apartments to live on the water like that. I'd love looking at the work on the dock. Nice place, and not as expensive as you'd think.
They used to have the electric car races back there. They moved it to another state. Don’t know if they gonna come back. Ferry is close by and there is a cruise line close by as well. The bus is close by as well, supermarket on the waterfront, plenty of foodie spots.
For 3million, can I get 2 parking spots & where do guests park? Paint the columns. I don't care for the industrial ceiling or the look of the hvac vents. I'd have to change that orange color. Other than that, it's a nice & roomy loft.
All that exposed concrete would be getting a plaster coating and painted and the living/dining/kitchen area would be getting partitioned. That current design goes beyond open plan and rustic. It borders on laziness. Exposed brickwork has charm. Exposed concrete looks dirty.
I spent the first five years of my life on 32nd Street & 4th Avenue in Brooklyn. Red Hook was always considered to be the really bad part of town. You pretty much stayed faaarrrr away from Red Hook.
@@sinash The spot looks very familiar. The trucks and the shipping containers I recognized when I left for my cruise 3 weeks ago. MSC cruises ports from Red Hook.
In 1981 I had some "spare money" from modelling - I got headhunted in London, where we lived,while walking down The Kings Road in Chelsea, where I grew up. I was 16 in 1978,so 19 when I bought the freehold - with 3 friends - on a vast warehouse in the meatpacking district,with a view of the rotting piers, we had no heating, just 3/4 oil drums,where we burned scrap wood! We separated our private areas with hand made walls and fabric dividers,which also doubked as screens on which we could project films during parties,which we had maybe 3/4 nights/days a aweek,we also had access to the roof. My parents had an apartment on East 52&3rd,we also had a house in Westport,Conn. All the furniture was begged, borrowed or found on the streets. We were all in the same business, flying round for shows & shoots. Studio 54 was in walking distance on West 54th Street,Steve Rubel,he was always sweet to me & never turned me away or charged me. One memorable night was an after party for "Can't Stop The Music", having been to premieres in London & NYC. I KNEW even then,I was spoiled/extremely lucky,well conected. We all loved that loft, it was vast. The only truely private spaces were the two loos. The floor was original,the walls were mostly brick with layers of graffiti done by friends. Modeling is NOT a GLAMOROUS life style,but,paid way better than just about anything else. Our parents were a combination of horrified & proud & gave us much legal and life advice. We subrentented to friends if we were in Europe or somewhere exotic & the mix of people was truly amazing. When the regentrification/desimation of the meatpacking District went hand in hand with the rise of the nightclub scene,very gay friendly & being closer to village,was an amazing place to exist at that time. The horror of AIDS - I stayed in London initially to support a best friend, whose older bf had gone full blown,with dementia & I became involved with The London Lighthouse hospice. I'll never forget amongst the many,many hideous deaths a sweet boy from Kansas whose parents kicked him out age13 & a rich man broughthim to London, dumping him the day hevtested positive.! He died blind as a result of thrush colonising his already weekend body; even with the terrible dystrophy, one could see how beautiful had been,he was SO VERY BRAVE the hideous virus & possibly the experimental drug regime ,made hi look like an emaciated Saint. His family never came,nor any friends and he died holding my hand. How I never caught it, I will never understand still leaves me breathless today,with a case of survor guilt. NYC, became scary,The Awesome play " The Normal Heart", became a sow of solidarity, the set,with blown up headlines, was uncompromising I had audition,but,didn't get the part in the play. There was a "clock" incorporating the number of deaths, it grew exponentially everything I went back to take friends to see it & went to the production, with Martinn Sheen & the West end transfer with Tom Hulse,many of these people attended our parties. Graveyard humour was epidemic & my then partner after attending over 50/60 funerals/ memorials simply descided to call it quits. Visits to NYC,London & Paris. My last "visit" to it's ghost site was just pre-Covid; so hard to see what stood in its place. Selling the whole block to the highest bidder,was part of a retreat - like so many others - at the time. I try to never look back,it's done now deal with consequences of your choice, we made an absolute killer of a deal to the redevelopment company I was slowing down on my modeling & was blest to have a place on the East side, that my parents used,rarely. At the time we were all ecstatic & my priorities lay in Europe & most intensely in London. Should we have held out,brought in Partners & redeveloped it our shelves? "What if's"are a way to a a self inflicted hell. By any means of the day/times we'd made a nearly 300% return each on our initial investment. Our loft was never as bougie as this amazing property you kindly sowed us today,but,iwas similar in size. We had a 3 day moving party. Thanks for the very happy memories you brought back; very best wishes to you&yours 🙏❤️💯😍👌👋⭐️✌️
Mr Kelly you have done an amazing job! This is the most impressive loft I have seen! Your designer did a bomb axx job! Love it! And, for 3 mill not bad
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You can never go wrong with a loft style apartment. Especially when it looks like that. And as amazing as this apartment is. I can only imagine how great that three level penthouse is going to look when it's done.
not for the price of 3million then monthly maintenance at 10k lol
@@Killastoned10k? Where'd you get that number?
For the sports stars and or their team mates.
Until you have to heat it. Massive glass windows and concrete all around. I was living in lofts before it was chic. You can freeze out there by the water if you are not super rich like these people.
@@KillastonedI'm guessing the penthouse is selling for close to $10M
as a lifelong loft living bachelor this speaks to my soul
I love it
Get married! Be happy.
@@mrsblue3011right
As a New Yorker I always felt that lofts were very appropriate living in the city and a great investment.. this one speaks volumes
Now, that is a something you don't see everyday view. Super sweet.
This is the first “apartment” id want to move into I’ve seen in NY…. If I sold off everything I could move in…without furniture….
This place is amazing.
I've been waiting to see a video tour of this building. Thanks for showing us Cash!
Me too!
This was interesting to see. They really did a great job on all the bathrooms. Whoever staged it had a very unique style. 👌
How much does it cost to heat and light this place up?
Cash, you’re outdoing yourself. I’m in love with this apartment! It’s the best one I’ve ever seen! I really want it, it’s perfect.
That is....until you have to clean it....
If you can afford to buy this place, you can afford a cleaning service.
$3.2M seems like a good deal to me. I don't know about the area, but the views are unique. The apartment itself is stunning. I love the open concept, the industrial design, and the furniture choice.
I agree! I expected to see a lot higher of a price!
It makes you wonder what the tri-level penhouse went for. I'm guessing upwards of $11M.
Around that.
This is an absolute steal at $3.2 mill
The location is the only issue. Redhook has no subways and is pretty isolated from the rest of brooklyn because of the BQE highway. But the upside of the isolation is that it's by far the quietest neighborhood on the NYC waterfront. And if you work in the financial district, the ferry is actually a pretty solid option.
Wow! Over $3 million in Red Hook! I remember playing football in Red Hook in the early 1970s with some high school friends. Red Hook was very depressed and not too safe for outsiders.
Wow! I love this place, I'd never get bored looking at the different views. Neighbourhood looks pretty decent. The price is well out of my range but I can dream can't I!
Absolutely stunning. The layout is great. Love the balconies.
Glad your back in NYC, we missed you!
Every loft comes with its own parking spot!!!! That alone has sold me on the loft 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
Absolutely love it. I would want it fully furnished as is. What a contrast to the apartments in Japan😊
Wow. That's a fantastic appartment. Especially, I love the solid construction of a converted warehouse, the high ceiling, the space all around. Who has a view of the statue of Liberty from one's living room? Don't worry, I am not a competitor to get one of these - maybe one day.
Wow, I can see why there are only 5 left. Love the big open room. Fantastic job they did. If only the empty commercial office spaces could be converted like that.
I have a feeling that’ll start happening within a 5-10 year period (possibly sooner). Otherwise the business district will be a ghost town. That means lots of people with money will be losing money. They don’t like to do that🤣
It'll be super expensive to convert the large office buildings to residential space. Additional plumbing for bathrooms, kitchens & possibly in-unit laundry. & there's different requirements for residential buildings.
@@MamaCarola1 still doable especially since they overprice the market prices of residential units in prime areas. It's already happening in other countries too.
Enjoying your content and how you interact with the audience. What caught my eye on this video was your Addmotor ebike! Just bought one in June. So much fun!!
Massive and beautifully decorated! The views are fantastic.
This is one that I’d love to live in, in NYC. Not crazy busy with people and views that are incredible. I’d be watching the port and city all the time. I’ve never been fond of the idea of living in the big cities but this one is right up my alley.
I know someone who lived in RedHook until recently. Where it used to be a place you didn't want to live it's now becoming gentrfied & unaffordable. There's an ikea nearby (that can provide Cash with enough furniture options to fill the space) & also a Food Universe supermarket that used to be the Fairway. The drawback is public transportation. It sucks. Only 1 bus line to the subway & biking actually takes less time to get to Manhattan. If you don't like the price there's unfinished units going for less $$$ & you can design it however you like. & if you like cruising & don't mind Princess or MSC you can practically walk b your suitcases to b the Brooklyn terminal where the ships dock!!! If you were to put this building in downtown Brooklyn or Manhattan you know you'd be paying way more.
Buy 3.2 million dollar apartment. Fill it with Ikea trash. Yes!
So, we have Kelly in sophisticated casual black offset by clean white sneakers. Then we have Cash in teenage grunge complete with a backwards baseball cap. Opposites work! But I would like to see Cash looking more dapper sometime. Kelly seems just slightly dangerous. I think he's really a spy and real estate agent is just his cover.
Lol😂😅
That place is beautiful! If I had the money I would definitely move in. The views are stunning
I will never not watch your videos! I love the personality and humor you bring to the videos.
For me this is one of the 3 best listings that you’ve featured in your channel. This loft is amazing, spacious, cool and strangely affordable for a luxury pad in NYC.
I hope all the HVAC and mechanicals are on the roof since Red Hook was one of the neighborhoods with the worst flooding from Hurricane Sandy.
Thanks for that history lesson.
Oh wow! Pay all that money and a disaster could happen, then its not so sweet anymore.
@@d.martinez-rodriguez333 disasters can happen anywhere. it's not Miami. We don't get major hurricanes often. Sandy was 1 in 100 year events.
Cash- WOW! What a pad! Love everything about it.
Your energy today was right on point. Kelly was a visionary to put this building together in such an impressive fashion. So nice to see lively design with great contrasts.
Background audio was perfect. You know I enjoy your editing.
I thought the price was actually reasonable for such a sweet pad.
Great job!
Keep going!☮️👏👏👏👏
Was that a picture of David Bowie above the bed? Awesome place! Thanks for sharing 💜
Morning all!
Now this is what I’m talking about 🎯
Never heard of that area but it looks wonderful and cute.
That's absolutely my kind of thing! An incognito apartment that has plenty of configurable space inside.
That is amazing for any where, not just New York. You get all the best showings and deserve it with quality presentation you offer. What a great property!
I’m a Londoner but I lived in Edinburgh for 5 years from 2017, 3 years of which was across the road from the Port of Leith, not a busy port but still, was quiet and kinda awesome. Got to see super big ships, navy vessels, explorer/research vessels, cruise ships (smaller one) plus the (ex) Royal Yacht was/is permanently moored there, and you could visit it as there’s a shopping mall called Ocean Terminal there and on the second floor there’s a museum with a gangway to the yacht. Awesome!
Also, I currently live in a loft so double relatable! Mines nothing near this level of luxury, like super super far away. Although my first non air bnb/permanent apartment in Edinburgh was in a sorta mini castle within parkland that the lord or laird (in Scotland) who originally lived in the house my apartment was in gifted to the public. So it was pretty awesome, just a sham the landlords were absolute a holes, otherwise I would’ve been happy spending my whole life there! Lol
I won’t reveal which one I’m referring to but if anyone even reads this comment, which is unlikely I know, AND you know which house and park I’m talking about (also extremely extremely unlikely) then you will see how the a hole landlords turned it into a bloody holiday let/airbnb because my nosy neighbour kept bragging about how lucrative it was (since she owned 3 of the apartments and rented out 2.
Is there still an Ikea on the waterfront in Redhook? The one with ferry service to lower Manhatten? You can furnish your new Redhook digs from there.😊
Saw you on Sunday Morning. You were great!
Cash, You made the news!! I read about you showing this building in the Daily Mail….you are a star…⭐️😊
Hmm... Beautiful space and views. I like it but... $3.2M for 2800 sq. ft. in Red Hook? I don't know about that. My reservations about the space are purely petty and aesthetic. For the life of me I can't understand why anyone would want an interior mirrored medicine cabinet! Just the thought of taking everything out to clean it and putting everything back in would be reason enough to make sure that it would be the first item to go. However, all those bathroom sizes are a dream! I'd flip the dining space with the living space so that the dining area would be closer to the open space kitchen. As it is now, it seems to me that the dining area is too far away. Instead of a laundry closet I would prefer a laundry space (there's definitely enough room) where all the supplies, folding, etc could be stored and done. The ID did a beautiful job! I liked all of the furnishings and the clean and simplicity of space. My primary concern though would be the cost of heating and cooling the space. That would have to be one helluva bill!
Get 1 of the unfinished units. You can pay almost $1mil less, get more square footage & design it however you want!
That’s right!
That building with the cop car is the electronics speclized side of an autobody repair shop. Over looking Governor's Island which use to be an army base that had a short air strip which closed back in 1966.
Love this. I could spend all day monitoring the harbor.
i worked near warehouse for grocery store. when i had to go to warehouse down the street to pick up stuff for grocery store would see all time.
These are INCREDIBLE!! Wow! If I needed to move to NY, I would absolutely buy one of his lofts. The decor, the layout, the kitchen, bathrooms…all perfection. He should be very, very proud of what he’s accomplished!
That apartment seems great value, the best value I have seen Cash show us.
And that value could climb as the area “gentrifies” even more.
I love open space apts!
Did Sully land near there?? Very cool loft! I love it when people repurpose a cool building!
Only in NY can you find a store dedicated to moss. Love the David Bowie pic over the bed. I think I could get over my distaste for a big, boxy, warehouse apartments to live on the water like that. I'd love looking at the work on the dock. Nice place, and not as expensive as you'd think.
Beautiful loft apartment! Just wow!!
Hi Cash and to your friend wow I like this spacious NYC apartment it looks like a great loft apartment. Stay well and safe 👍😺
Amazing , lots of space , view & location
Back to work. HOpe u had fun in Japan. Love the new apartment/ condo? Fit for a King.
I missed seeing you I'm glad you're back
You should have watched his Japan videos!
Congratulations 😊 this is awesome 😊
Fun property. Thanks for sharing.
its so amazing love the location with that view of the city
They used to have the electric car races back there. They moved it to another state. Don’t know if they gonna come back.
Ferry is close by and there is a cruise line close by as well. The bus is close by as well, supermarket on the waterfront, plenty of foodie spots.
That is so cool with the waterfront. I love it.
This is awesome. Love the decor and design.
What a stunning loft ❤️
Joh jr Kennedy used to live in a loft In New York ofcourse.
Happy Tuesday CJ😀n This is Gonna b so Good🔥🔥🔥👍….
Props for Bowie. Gorgeous place. Fabulous view. Wow.
I grew up on the east coast and I love the old warehouse conversions. If I had the money, a phenomenal purchase!
What are utilities like for a place like that 2,800 sq.ft. loft?
For 3million, can I get 2 parking spots & where do guests park? Paint the columns. I don't care for the industrial ceiling or the look of the hvac vents. I'd have to change that orange color. Other than that, it's a nice & roomy loft.
This space is beautiful. . . Love everything about it. 😍 way to get back to work Cash...i would need two days of sleep after traveling. 😁
Beautiful loft
Awesome job cash see you tomorrow I bet Charles glad to see you back from Japan
Cash dreams of drying the laundry on the balcony. Part of his mind is still in Japan! 😂
All that exposed concrete would be getting a plaster coating and painted and the living/dining/kitchen area would be getting partitioned. That current design goes beyond open plan and rustic. It borders on laziness. Exposed brickwork has charm. Exposed concrete looks dirty.
I don't like the exposed ceiling either and prefer my kitchen to be surrounded by WALLS.
For that money they should paint the ugly ceiling ! 😂
Appartments are beautifully decorated. Stunning.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Impressive place. Red Hook has totally gentrified since I last encountered it. The unit is totally drool-worthy. How much are they asking?
I spent the first five years of my life on 32nd Street & 4th Avenue in Brooklyn. Red Hook was always considered to be the really bad part of town. You pretty much stayed faaarrrr away from Red Hook.
Amazing place. Good to be back home or did you leave your heart in Japan. Anyway good to see you and your family. See ya
I have chills of excitement for a loft this size & views. ❤
Very nice cash loved this place
DREAM space. LOVE the loft life. 🙏💖
LOVED this video! Such a cool place and location. Wow!
Triplex penthouse 😮😮😮 Also anything else going on in the port? Just curious if any military vessels stop by? Maybe the Coast Guard if needed ?
I always thought NY would have a lot more industrial loft style apartments like these.
Buy one…Buy one Cash!!! Just a suggestion! 😉🤩🌟😉🤩🌟😉🤩🌟
Cash has apartment envy for sure with this one!!
Shoot. I was ready to buy, but the microwave is too low.😳
Finally somewhere I could live in New York IF I had $3.2 Mil! 😂 thanks for this great video!
That place is amazing!
I love this. Ever since the movie flash dance when she lived in a warehouse I wanted too. ❤
One of my favourite movies. Absolutely adored her loft and now I live in one too!
Kelly looks like a cross between Dolph Lundgren and Alexander Skarsgård
Great video, place looks sweet!
Looks amazing but the cost to heat an apartment in winter would scare me
I just came across this, I believe this my be my new home...yes love watching the city port in action
Kelly is a nice guy,he'll be able to sell the remaining lofts very easily.
A dream come true 😍
Red hook is one of my favorite spots in Brooklyn!
Born and raised in Red Hook Brooklyn! Brought back memories except for the gentrification!
Love this.
Pretty nice but changing those lights with a 14 ft. ceiling would get old. View is spectacular.
those lights will last 20 yrs
LOVE IT!!
I believe this is also the port for cruises too.
Now that would be interesting. I could imagine myself just relaxing and enjoying seeing those huge cruise ships come in and then out of port.
@@sinashPrincess & MSC use the terminal
@@sinash The spot looks very familiar. The trucks and the shipping containers I recognized when I left for my cruise 3 weeks ago. MSC cruises ports from Red Hook.
In 1981 I had some "spare money" from modelling - I got headhunted in London, where we lived,while walking down The Kings Road in Chelsea, where I grew up. I was 16 in 1978,so 19 when I bought the freehold - with 3 friends - on a vast warehouse in the meatpacking district,with a view of the rotting piers, we had no heating, just 3/4 oil drums,where we burned scrap wood! We separated our private areas with hand made walls and fabric dividers,which also doubked as screens on which we could project films during parties,which we had maybe 3/4 nights/days a aweek,we also had access to the roof.
My parents had an apartment on East 52&3rd,we also had a house in Westport,Conn. All the furniture was begged, borrowed or found on the streets.
We were all in the same business, flying round for shows & shoots.
Studio 54 was in walking distance on West 54th Street,Steve Rubel,he was always sweet to me & never turned me away or charged me. One memorable night was an after party for "Can't Stop The Music", having been to premieres in London & NYC.
I KNEW even then,I was spoiled/extremely lucky,well conected. We all loved that loft, it was vast. The only truely private spaces were the two loos. The floor was original,the walls were mostly brick with layers of graffiti done by friends.
Modeling is NOT a GLAMOROUS life style,but,paid way better than just about anything else. Our parents were a combination of horrified & proud & gave us much legal and life advice.
We subrentented to friends if we were in Europe or somewhere exotic & the mix of people was truly amazing.
When the regentrification/desimation of the meatpacking District went hand in hand with the rise of the nightclub scene,very gay friendly & being closer to village,was an amazing place to exist at that time.
The horror of AIDS - I stayed in London initially to support a best friend, whose older bf had gone full blown,with dementia & I became involved with The London Lighthouse hospice. I'll never forget amongst the many,many hideous deaths a sweet boy from Kansas whose parents kicked him out age13 & a rich man broughthim to London, dumping him the day hevtested positive.! He died blind as a result of thrush colonising his already weekend body; even with the terrible dystrophy, one could see how beautiful had been,he was SO VERY BRAVE the hideous virus & possibly the experimental drug regime ,made hi look like an emaciated Saint. His family never came,nor any friends and he died holding my hand.
How I never caught it, I will never understand still leaves me breathless today,with a case of survor guilt.
NYC, became scary,The Awesome play " The Normal Heart", became a sow of solidarity, the set,with blown up headlines, was uncompromising I had audition,but,didn't get the part in the play. There was a "clock" incorporating the number of deaths, it grew exponentially everything I went back to take friends to see it & went to the production, with Martinn Sheen & the West end transfer with Tom Hulse,many of these people attended our parties.
Graveyard humour was epidemic & my then partner after attending over 50/60 funerals/ memorials simply descided to call it quits. Visits to NYC,London & Paris. My last "visit" to it's ghost site was just pre-Covid; so hard to see what stood in its place. Selling the whole block to the highest bidder,was part of a retreat - like so many others - at the time.
I try to never look back,it's done now deal with consequences of your choice, we made an absolute killer of a deal to the redevelopment company I was slowing down on my modeling & was blest to have a place on the East side, that my parents used,rarely.
At the time we were all ecstatic & my priorities lay in Europe & most intensely in London.
Should we have held out,brought in Partners & redeveloped it our shelves? "What if's"are a way to a a self inflicted hell. By any means of the day/times we'd made a nearly 300% return each on our initial investment.
Our loft was never as bougie as this amazing property you kindly sowed us today,but,iwas similar in size. We had a 3 day moving party.
Thanks for the very happy memories you brought back; very best wishes to you&yours 🙏❤️💯😍👌👋⭐️✌️
Mr Kelly you have done an amazing job! This is the most impressive loft I have seen! Your designer did a bomb axx job! Love it! And, for 3 mill not bad