Even if the recession has ushered in an era of austerity, inconspicuousness and modesty, there are certain pockets of New York City where hilarious sumptuousness still thrives.
Consider the 25-foot-wide, 14-room East 10th Street townhouse that Corcoran’s Eileen Robert just listed for $19.9 million. The 1846 house, between Fifth Avenue and University Place, has a six-machine laundry, a wine cooler, a playroom, a vault and a bathroom once used for washing three large dogs—all in the basement alone, which isn’t even shown here. Upstairs, there’s a very large tub by a very large fireplace; a wet bar by a bulletproof door; a lot of phone lines; an amusingly large magazine rack; and some nice shelving for a kid’s toys.
In other words, the house—which, according to city records, is owned by the media entrepreneur Clive Ng and his wife, the ex-model Farrah Summerford—is a nice little relic of the go-go days. - Max Abelson
