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Okay, this is my loft, my SoHo loft straight out of a fashionista’s fantasy. The landmark 56 Crosby Street building dates from 1882 and is located on a cobblestone street in the Soho Cast Iron District. Once a department store, it was transformed into a boutique 10-loft condominium in 2001. The building made a memorable cameo appearance in The Devil Wears Prada as the studio of fashion designer James Holt. This 4,000 square foot two-bedroom-two-and-one-half bath loft, with its open floorplan, mirrors Holt’s fictional space though the styling is very different.; there are soaring 16-foot ceilings, exposed brick walls, columns and expansive loft windows. A palatial entry gallery with dramatic Corinthian columns leads you to the Great Room with an oversized gas-burning fireplace and a wall of hidden, custom-built cherry wood cabinetry. A sealed-off west-facing glass conservatory is elevated and provides a light-hearted space. A massive projection screen home entertainment system discreetly emerges from the ceiling, converting the living room into a home theater. An impressive stairway leads to a mezzanine level that offers a sweeping view of the enormous open kitchen with Gaggenau cooking and Sub-zero refrigeration appliances that allow for lavish entertaining. Upstairs, there is also an in-home gym and a 400-bottle temperature-controlled wine storage. The Primary bedroom, with its gas fireplace, features an ensuite bathroom with spa-worthy amenities, including marble countertops and heated floors. It also has excellent storage space, a sit-in shower, and a dry sauna for the ultimate, luxurious lifestyle. The walk-in closet is Bergdorf-Goodman-worthy. The second bedroom is equally impressive and quiet, facing south with large windows and ample closet space and en suite bath. And all you need is $8.995M and you could live the dream.                     |
Wednesday, April 02, 2025
Architecture Wednesday: The 'Devil Wears Prada' Loft
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Oh yes honey...you had me at Soho! I would move in, well, in a New York minute!!!!! Love the place and the luxe feel of it. It's all the details. LOVE the wainscoted wall around the fireplace, very nice. The columns add a nice touch. I also like that the kitchen is more of a sleek art install than kitchny feel, since it has a open floorplan. I'd probably spend my weekends in that bedroom...sleeping or otherwise...... and the Wall of Drawers? What a fun touch.
ReplyDeleteI think all those paneled walls have storage behind them and I agree with every thing you said, and will add that the mezzanine wine storage above the kitchen seems large enough for me!
DeleteYes, yes, yessss, I'll have what he's having. I would replace the tub with a shower in the second bath, put wall ovens in the kitchen (there is too much titanium in my spine to bend over any more). The wine fridge looks empty.
ReplyDeleteOh, I like the shower in the primary suite and I might like a wall oven myself; and that empty wine fridge is a sin!!
DeleteVery nice, but but at 4000 square feet I probably wouldn't call it a loft.
ReplyDeleteMost urban or industrial spaces, or former stores, are large spaces ... I've seen lofts of 10,000 square feet!
DeleteHuge! A tiny bit too much wood for me and, like Travel, I'd redo the kitchen to make it more gimp-friendly. But, otherwise, this is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI do like all the wood, especially as it hides extra storage!
DeleteI'd be terrified to touch anything in there for fear of breaking something. It is definitively New York in style.
ReplyDeleteOh I'd touch everything!!!
DeleteIncluding the bulter!!!!!!!!
Delete🫶 I love it! I would buy it, but I just closed on that smaller, WARMER, home on the Hawaii Pacific you showed me last week!! 😘
ReplyDeleteOh I cannot wait for my Oahu Invite!
DeleteWow. So much awesome. And I am only short $8.995M. Do they take Pay in 4 with PayPal?
ReplyDeleteI think if I round up about eighteen friends we could time share it ...
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ReplyDeleteFun to see!
xoxo :-)
Doesn't look much like the space in the fim as it was staged differently but I do like it ... though my bank account does not.
DeleteI love it---And will always love a repurposed store front---Don't get me started on churches and gas stations---I do say that a 4,000 square foot loft is a little on the bigger side of things----Hell cut it in half---I love everything about it---The floor plan is great---I would only have to go upstairs to use the gym---I would rethink the bathroom----I have never been a fan of a stand-alone bath tube taking up precious real estate---Tell me realistically how many times per year will you fill that thing---I glimpse a sauna in the shower area----I would love it for those colder days---The only thing that makes me pause is the glass staircase----I might have chosen a little more rustic iron type fittings---Afterall it's a loft---The light coming in is great---I always say the place will be empty when I buy it so I can add touches of color----I do love some of the furnishings---Maybe I can strike a deal----So Christmas in New York this year---
ReplyDeleteOh I'd lounge in that tub with a magnum of champagne at least once a week.
DeleteBeautiful unit furnished in good taste.
ReplyDeleteAt 4000 sq feet this pied à ter is a mansion compared to the closets some New Yorkers live in.
-Rj
And costs a pretty penny more.
DeleteStunning. That living room? To die for. Can't imaging actually living there, but... what a jewel box. Kizzes.
ReplyDeleteI would die to live there. 😁
DeleteFabulous loft.
ReplyDeleteFabulous.
I remember the scene during The Devil Wears Prada! It was just a quickie, but yeah, it's fantastic.
That living room is just fabulous. And at 4.000 sqft is HUGE
XOXO
Yes, yes, yes and YESSSSSS!
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I must say, I love an urban loft. I know this neighborhood well. The Zendo where I used to practice was located on the next block. (It has since moved.)
ReplyDeleteI could easily live there ... other than the fact that it has a very steep price for me!
DeleteI can't imagine living there.
ReplyDeleteOh, I can ....
DeleteLove it and the neighborhood too. Corinthian columns in the living room - whats not to love.
ReplyDeleteI do love a good column in the living room!
DeleteThose floor to ceiling windows provide a great view but god forbid you should slip and fall right through one of them :(
ReplyDeleteAnd I wouldn’t want to slip and fall in that bathroom, it would be brutal.
Tread carefully???
DeleteGorgeous, but why don't these places ever have furniture that looks comfortable? I never feel I could curl up and get all cozy while I read my books. I guess comfy furniture isn't beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Just hire a designer to give you what you want! I mean, if you can afford the loft, you can afford new furnishings, amirite?
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This is a definite yes. Do they have another just like it? We could both buy one!
ReplyDeleteNeighbors!
DeleteI don't like it and for that kind of money I culd buy a half dozen smaller Aussie homes and give one to each grandchild, although two of them already have their own homes.
ReplyDeleteWell, it is a high end loft in one of the most expensive cities in the world ...
DeleteVery sumptuous, but not for me. I get the feeling that having tall buildings opposite would mean very little natural light and that would do my head in! I had that when I first lived in Geneva - great shade in the summer but depressing as hell in the winter!
ReplyDeleteBut it has exposures in the front and back of the apartment so there should be some natural light. But, again, city living ....
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