Lawyerly Lairs: A Professorial Palace Sells For Many Millions

How much did this 12,000-square-foot mansion in Manhattan sell for?

It doesn’t look very impressive in this photo, though, and that grill is positively depressing. Shouldn’t a house this nice have, oh, an outdoor fireplace? As opposed to a grill you could pick up at K-Mart?

On the bright side, the house is across the street from Riverside Park. So the need for an amazing outdoor space is somewhat reduced.

Finally, here are the floor plans:

Congratulations to the unnamed purchaser of this beautiful home. I suspect, due to the eight-figure price tag, that the buyer is not a lawyer. But perhaps the purchaser of this supposed “fixer-upper” had a real persnickety lawyer go through and find problems with the place.

In the hierarchy of Manhattan social circles, lawyers are lesser nobility; but when it comes to finding faults, they are kings.

After Years on the Market, Magnificent Riverside Drive Mansion Finally Finds a Buyer
[New York Observer]
Schinasi Mansion [Wikipedia]

Earlier: Lawyerly Lairs: Professor Smit’s Uptown Mansion
Lawyerly Lairs: Columbia Law Professor Now Wants $30 Million for His Mansion

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