apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Great story. Read it this morning as well.

Oh for heaven's sake! How on earth does two enormous 2,300 sf apartments sharing a private elevator lobby, with two kitchens and four bathrooms between two people count as having a roommate?!?

And we're supposed to give them points for somehow shoehorning themselves into one floor of an entire building?? Gee, good thing they get along--I know things can get mighty tense if I have to come within 50 feet of my housemate!

What a vast waste of resources.

I'm with rockypondgirl. To suggest that these two are roommates instead of neighbors is practically insulting to everyone who actually has to live with a roommate (or four).

These are awesome apartments. I need to look up "loft" and "roommates", because they cannot possibly mean what I thought they meant.

When people are losing jobs, incomes are down, foreclosures are high, and the finance system is in shambles a 4,600 sqft midtown loft is brushing up against the vulgar.

Millionaire-roomates.com! I'm sure this will be popular with Wallstreeters and the entertainment field who are having to "downsize" during this economic crisis.

Rockypondgirl, I'm riding in your wagon as well.

Yeah I know because these two ladies are the ones who created this financial mess we are in.

People get a grip. The following commentors completely missed the point to the story and if I hear one more person associate anything real estate related with how other people are living or lack there of, my head may explode. This is not a story of excess.

Allsunday (live with a roommate of four) you're what 20-26 years old? Then no complaining. If you're 50 and older like these ladies, then I suppose jealous would be suggested.

Rockypondgirl "What a vast waste of resources" please save it for the people that purchased 3 homes over the last few years, you know the ones that have the one for the winter, the other summer house and then their main residence with a meager 5 bedrooms.

Easyenough, I'd answer, but likely I'd say something I should not.

I'll always defend an artist, as I did the other day, with another loft story and it spurred a rampant sexism debate. The point was not interpreted the way it should have been and i'm convinced many AT visitors just do not have an understanding to true loft living in NYC. You do not need too, but please people stop being so simple minded.

Grow up whiners!
I do not think these women are "rich" or "wasteful" or "vulgar".
If you're old enough and around NYC long enough you know penalty of artists who bought lofts downtown dirt cheap.

When I got out of Art College in the early 1970's raw AIR (artist in residence) floor thru lofts were $25,000.-$50,000. Many of my friends still live in these lofts.

I'm the same age as these women, and I could live with a friend/roommate in a whole lot less space. I did before I was married with children!

They are very lucky to have such a spectacularly large loft to share and carve out their own environments.

This is a great idea that allows two independent women to live alone, do their art and yet be available to offer companionship and help each other as they age.

These women are 65 and 54 years old. They are not little just-out-of-college boys and girls starting out on their big real-life adventure. I assume, since the loft cost $3.1 million, that they have spent a lifetime working and saving and managing their money. They are not responsible for the national financial meltdown we're in, nor should they shoulder the burden for it.

They have created a home that works for them and that is beautiful. Which is what we all want to do (or I don't see why we're reading AT).

I would love to do something similiar with friends as I get older, so that we can live our separate lives, yet help each other out and avoid that most awful of endings...the nursing home.

i think it's fantastic.
my first thought, i admit, was along the lines of rockypondgirl, but reading the article made me appreciate the situation a little more. sure, i would never have the money to do what these women have done, but if one (can't remember which) DID have the money and chose to spend it in this way, it's none of my business.

i find their philosophy on companionship and space very appealing. i would totally do this with a close friend if i could.

Shame! Shame on these women for being successful. How dare they live in a nice building and have beautifully appointed spaces.

Oh wait...this isn't Cuba. Sorry. With all the Socialist rantings I got confused for a moment.

My friends and I have often talked about doing something like this. Granted, our separate-but-equal, semi-communal home(s) would a lot more downmarket, but I love the idea. These are two single artist broads who are getting older and want the companionship that having someone close by offers. They both have their privacy, but have someone there if they need them. It makes aging a whole lot less scary.

I think the generosity that the one with the funds showed is really touching. I aspire to being such a good pal.