Gothamist: NYC's Smallest, Coolest Apartments

mcfghp

Tue, 13 May 2008 18:38:51 -0500

Funny you should say that: http://www.vimeo.com/993363

Spiritof76

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:09:44 -0500

I want to know how that cat in the Fort Greene (second to last) photo gets down out of the loft. It'd be fairly easy to go up the ladders, but getting down would be a bitch for a cat.

JRod5417

Tue, 13 May 2008 10:17:58 -0500

I used to live in a 325 square foot apartment with huge windows facing the East River, not bad, but tiny. I can't imagine living in a 200 square foot apt like the first pic. It's like a walk-in closet with a bunk bed.

Editrixie

Tue, 13 May 2008 01:45:09 -0500

I've been a regular at ApartmentTherapy for years. When the contest started, it was 600 sf and under, but they increased it. They were receiving lots of entries that were a tad over 600 sf and also have a West Coast version of the Contest, and I think the West Coast entries influenced the square footage thing. Anyway, lots of AT regulars (including myself) were getting mad after the second contest that so many professional designers were entering. We felt it should be strictly limited to amateurs. The winners get some cool prizes. Anyway, you can check out all the previous years' entries in their archives. Some pretty imaginative apartment dwellers out there.

tingo

Mon, 12 May 2008 23:44:32 -0500

This is upsetting. I mean, I love what they did with the space. But do you know how many trustfunders and 24 yo hedgefund dorks are laughing at these pics right now?

angry_pickle

Mon, 12 May 2008 23:28:17 -0500

I knew a relative in Hong Kong who used to live in a 144 sq ft apartment. But it was all solid concrete and steel and you can't hear your neighbors upstairs nor your neighbors next to you and she had a view. That's more than can be said of most apartments in NYC.

nik13

Mon, 12 May 2008 21:13:14 -0500

Around the corner on 58th & 9th, 700 sq. ft condo is offered at 900K.

sonyactivision

Mon, 12 May 2008 20:15:01 -0500

Yeah, start making broom closets trendy and appealing so they can raise their rent to $4,000.

Frankybonz

Mon, 12 May 2008 19:10:57 -0500

That second to last photo looks like a pretty awesome setup, but the I bet the fall from that bed probably isn't very awesome at all.

jambi

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:51:19 -0500

850 sq. ft. is big but most of the above apartments don't even come close to that.

Spiritof76

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:00:38 -0500

850 sq ft really isn't that small for any city, if you're talking one bedroom. That's almost a 30x30 foot space, pretty big by any standards.

jibbly

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:48:30 -0500

Pictures don't work.

eyekantspel

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:20:28 -0500

under 850 sq feet? 850 square feet really isn't that small for NYC.

SikBug

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:19:15 -0500

The other pics aren't working.