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And then realtors can upcharge for river AND city views! Ah, technology!

I think it's sincerely beautiful from the outside, and I'd bet that views from it would be spectactular.

However ... you're gonna have to hire some kind of top-notch super to take care of that building. It seems to me that the more moving parts ANYTHING has, the more likely it is to break down.

So, I would say that when Brazilians 60 years from now looking for pre-apocalypse co-op buildings are going to look pretty hard at the maintenance fees and how recently the turntable has had its belts changed, before plunking down their 299 squillion "reals" for these puppies, even if their broker DOES buy them a photograph of one of the stars of Logan's Run.

But I could be wrong.

Imagine what the monthly homeowners association fees must be!

Does anyone here remember when they installed 4 of the Curitiba bus stops downtown and ran a continuous free shuttle bus? ( I seem to recall it was South St. Seaport, Battery Park, WTC, and somewhere in between -- perhaps City Hall) The efficiency of the tubes was amazing, but totally lost on most of the tourists who tried it. Not sure how hot those things get in the summer sun, though.

Brazil is not the only place. San Diego has them spinning in circles.

http://www.rotatinghome.com/

I read about this building before, it's a great concept, very jetsons. but i guess frustrating for peeping toms.
there is a project proposed for manhattan on the east river for a tower of vertical townhouses. has anyone else seen the renderings for this? it looks great.

Before setteling on Mexico City I actually took a logn hard look at a very similar building...maybe a year or so ago.

Amazingly afforable (in contrast to NYC...bus isn;t that always the case?)