Have Your Cake and Eat it too, Little Houses, NYC

Do you dream of a cute cottage with gabled roof and a scenic view, in Manhattan?
Well your dream has come true.. now just to raise the rent $$.. :)

EIGHT stories above Broadway, on the southeast corner of 97th Street, construction is near completion on three little houses that sit atop a turn-of-the-century apartment building. Tan in color, they have jaunty oval windows and tiny gabled roofs. On a recent morning, workers in hard hats scurried about porches resembling those in a community of hillside tract houses.

“I’ve received calls from people asking about those units, especially since they started putting decks up there,” said Edward Balazs of A.A.G. Management, the building’s agent. “There are many different types of penthouses, but it’s rare that they have the gabled roofs.”

It is hard to keep such a secret. Those with the privileged vantage of elevation have been able to watch the little houses go up over the past year and a half, and have followed developments with curiosity, envy and contempt.
“I think they have adjustable central air,” he said of the houses. “And attics.”

“It’s the talk of the building,” said Melissa Gavilanes, “We just sit and stare,” she said. Ms. Gavilanes found the penthouses alluring. “I would get a car,” she said, “and put it out in the driveway. And then I’d add a white picket fence, and AstroTurf. Maybe have a golden retriever playing in the yard.” Read the entire article here
Thanks Rick!