It seems the flimsy, pressurized wall system Stuyvesant Town had used as a major selling point in pushing their overpriced, market rate apartments will no longer be offered. All of the information regarding the wall system has been removed from the Stuyvesant Town website.
A Stuy-Spy contacted Lux Living this morning after being informed by Stuy Town that the pressurized walls are no longer available to new tenants in Stuyvesant Town or Peter Cooper Village, though the tenant was offered "free privacy screens, the option to break out lease, [or] some sort of financial incentive." Management said there was an issue with the walls though they couldn't explain what the problem was or give any real details. They also said that all of the existing walls in ST/PCV will have to be replaced to bring them up to whatever code they are violating.
Lux Living called Stuyvesant Town’s management office this morning and confirmed the pressurized wall system was abruptly discontinued by Tishman Speyer last week. The rep we spoke with had no additional details.
Fire hazard? Cheap construction? It’s really anyone’s guess. The one thing we are sure of is that market rate tenants are clearly not getting preferential treatment for the extra bucks they pay.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Stuyvesant Town's Pressure Walls Discontinued
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Ha - free privacy screens.
I can't believe this story isn't on Curbed yet.
Mathematically speaking, P = F/A
where:
P = certificate of occupancy
F = code compliance violation
A = lack of permit
It's not on Curbed because Joey wants to keep his $9,000 a month apartment!
airflow and lighting? There must be tens of thousands of pressure walls up around NYC. Stuy town alone must have thousands that have been up for many, many years. How could this just become an issue now?
I don't know why you all complain so much. I was told when I signed my lease that they would do away with the ill-advised extra walls. I was however given pressure floors, a much better alternative. Working closely with my architect Mr. Nunzio and rental agent Lindsey, we created a dramatic loft-like triplex. As an added bonus Mr. Nunzio threw in a pressurized terrace and deck just off the newly created media gallery. Lindsey was able to convince management to add a laminated cardboard hot-tub right next to my new bar-b-que pit. Mattel makes much more sturdy equipment than they are given credit for. As for the pressurized guest house that is currently being added adjacent to the merry-go-round, I am more than thrilled. Thanks to Mr. Nunzio's ingenious use of Saran wrap and Gaffers tape we were able to add not only a skylight but a greenhouse. Stop complaining and show some gratitude. We are able to live in the east village and not be threatened by the gangs of punks and subversive artists that wear used clothes and hang out at cbgb's with the drug dealers and hippies.
oh, come on, don't cave in to peer pressure-bring back the bellevue girl strapped to the bed--what a great visual!
Is this true about the pressurized walls being discontinued?
They probably emanated some kind of toxicity. You can bet that TishSpuy used the very cheapest, nastiest materials. Maybe they were made in China where most of the toxic shit comes from. Wouldn't be surprised if they were a serious fire hazard as well.
It is on Curbed now.
its very true. curbed.com just confirmed our piece.
thank you, Joey.
curbed didn't even give you a link for having this scoop 9 hours ahead of them
The problem is compounded by the adjoining walls. If the paint contains lead, they essentially have to vacate the apartment to remediate the box for the next sucker. Glad my pension fund isn't in Calpers & Calstrs, they are gonna take a beating for this investment. Thanks Blackrock & tish-spey!
Joey has to be very careful what he allows on Curbed now when it pertains to Stuyvesant Town because Joey doesn't want to lose his advertising account with Tishman Speyer. Joey also doesn't want to lose his apartment at Stuyvesant Town. Joey particuarly doesn't want to lose his dishwasher in Stuyvesant Town. Wow! A dishwasher! I have never seen a dishwasher in my life. Has anybody else ever seen a dishwasher? Must be something real great if it's worth selling your soul for!
Joey's infantile wonderment at his new dishwasher makes me suspect there's a major cover-up going on, and he was actually a member of the recently discovered Tasaday Tribe:
http://stuyvesanttown.blogspot.com/2008/06/national-geographic-features-stuy-towns.html
everybody should calm the fuck down. they told us we could put them up after they figure out how to do it properly, they told me three weeks max and we'll be able to put walls up again.
Yep, you're right, you should calm down. Pressurized walls are nothing to lose your mind over. You'll wind up like that girl at Bellevue.
I'm just wondering where it says StuyTown offered to break leases because of this
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