Who says you’re limited to a walkup, loft, or big-box apartment building when it comes to your housing options in Manhattan? Consider a cabin or cottage, examples of which can be found in various neighborhoods.
This little brick number is in the West Village—worth about a million times more than the Unibomber’s Montana cabin.
High in the sky on Third Avenue is this chalet-like structure, with a lovely chimney:
An East Village abode that may be more hut than cabin. But look at that cute pseudo-thatched roof!
Tags: Manhattan apartments, Real estate in New York City, single-family homes in Manhattan, unusual houses in Manhattan
Ephemeral New York 
October 17, 2009 at 4:24 pm |
Isn’t the rooftop in photo 2 on 13th Street and 3rd Avenue? I lived a block away and it looks very familiar. Place was seedy then…
October 19, 2009 at 1:40 am |
I’ve seen the cabins in the forest surrounding the town where the unibomber lived in Montana and I can tell you– that is a cabin, and comparitively, these are mansions in both size and demeanor.
October 19, 2009 at 4:23 am |
That is not faux thatch on the roof – it is cedar shakes (shingles).
October 19, 2009 at 1:29 pm |
there’s a number of the second sort in yorkville
October 19, 2009 at 5:35 pm |
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