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Buns_of_Fire

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7. At $169M for the 96th floor penthouse apartment, some billionare can have it.

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 09:34 AM

Oct 2025

Even though the custom-designed furniture is included in the asking price, it doesn't look like a fun place to live in. The windows don't even open, so how is one expected to drop water balloons on the peasants?

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Terrifying report on super-tall NYC condo building [View all] Coventina Oct 2025 OP

And despite the builder's demand for an "absolutely pure building," that thing is just fugly. Scrivener7 Oct 2025 #1

Pieces falling off can fall witha speed over 150 miles per hour.. Permanut Oct 2025 #2

One more tedious example of style over substance, and its all-too-predictable consequences. nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2025 #3

Kick dalton99a Oct 2025 #4

This is pretty crazy fujiyamasan Oct 2025 #5

Just saw some pics of that building. mwmisses4289 Oct 2025 #6

At $169M for the 96th floor penthouse apartment, some billionare can have it. Buns_of_Fire Oct 2025 #7

You made me LOL! Coventina Oct 2025 #8

That building is truly ugly PatSeg Oct 2025 #9

This happens, and people die. milestogo Oct 2025 #10

I'm glad I lived in the city Mossfern Oct 2025 #11