We spoke with Citi-Habitats broker Udi Eliasi who explained that the current tenant, who has five months left on his lease, didn't want hoards of prospective buyers tramping through his place. "The tenant and the landlord are just going back and forth with the access," Mr. Eliasi explained. "It will be back towards February," he said, adding that it would have the same $1.4 million asking price.

Mr. Eliasi's listing notes that the place is "Like a Paris atelier. Romantic, bohemian, sunny, quiet and ONE-OF-A-KIND." The five-story building was erected in 1827, and housed both the man who felled Alexander Hamilton and the artist who made a living doing what your five-year-old can do better.

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