A Townhouse With a Tree House in the Backyard

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12 who’s selling [A Townhouse With a Tree House in the Backyard]( David Byrne sold it to artist Melinda Hackett, who built the circular playhouse for her three daughters. Photo: MW Studio for Brown Harris Stevens The townhouse at 50 West 12th Street, situated in a neighborhood of [frankenmansions](, also offers two houses for one, although not quite in the manner of its West Village neighbors: There’s a delightful tree house in the backyard. “It certainly was a unique feature that people were taken by,” says Richard Orenstein of Brown Harris Stevens, who had the listing. So taken, in fact, that it became something of a problem during showings. “Kids would go in and not want to leave. There were a lot of temper tantrums.” [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 60% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [The Eco-Yogi Slumlord House Is For Sale But you’ll have to win the city’s notoriously dysfunctional housing lottery first.]( By Bridget Read [What Subway Shutdown? It is seemingly not affecting people’s appetites for Greenpoint apartments.]( By Adriane Quinlan [What the Massive NYCHA Corruption Sting Really Reveals The drip-drip process of small-scale repairs, instead of full-scale renovations, is the underlying problem.]( By Clio Chang [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved