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Luxurious Basements
The New York Times 9.14.08

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We've seen some amazing basement renovations before — like Aaron Kristen's duplex apartment in the West Village, pictured above — and over the weekend, The New York Times looks into some new developments around the city that are adding well-designed basement space to add square footage and attract buyers...

 
 

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The space pictured above is a staged model unit that could really use some color, but the space (lighting and ceiling height) is amazing for a Manhattan basement. Read the story and be inspired by some of these basements: Unearthing Hidden Space.

Pics: Kate Glicksberg

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Great look! Makes me wish I had a basement.

posted by williamsweyr on September 15th 2008 at 7:39am
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Just had a couple of friends tell me about the flood in their basements (in Chicago). They'll never put fancy stuff down there again...it's just too expensive to replace.

posted by alina on September 15th 2008 at 8:49am
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