The Ultimate Amenity: A Pool of One's Own
JUNE 25, 2009
As developers try to outdo one another with amenities, a private pool is still the ultimate luxury in urban living.
In a city full of tall towers and small spaces, pools in private residences are rare. Rooftop and terrace pools are flooded with sunlight and have breathtaking city views, but they're the most difficult–and expensive–to construct.
Most private pools come with vast penthouse apartments: Jean Nouvel's 40 Mercer boasts two such apartments, each with a private pool as part of a 2,250 square foot terrace. Others include 166 Perry Street (a 109-square-foot lap pool) and the Alma Lofts (a private penthouse rooftop pool) in the Flatiron District. Atop the nine-story Dietz Lantern building in TriBeCa, two stories were added to form a 50-window penthouse duplex with a private lap pool. Lux 74 on the Upper East Side boasts a triplex penthouse with a private indoor pool. The former Sky Studio at 704 Broadway includes a 25-foot heated pool that reportedly cost $500 million to build.
Less-costly basement and backyard pools dot Chelsea, the West Village, and the Upper East Side as well, including a 21-foot pool surrounded by a heated limestone floor at 51 Walker Street, reportedly rented by Leo DiCaprio for a time.
There’s hope that in the luxury market, a private splashing spot will be the super-amenity that sets an apartment apart from others like it.
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