{"id":684905,"date":"2026-06-05T00:47:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/684905\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T00:47:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:47:21","slug":"no-need-to-take-the-stairs-in-this-nyc-penthouse-with-a-4-story-steel-slide-which-just-found-a-buyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/684905\/","title":{"rendered":"No need to take the stairs in this NYC penthouse with a 4-story steel slide \u2014 which just found a buyer"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you wanted to buy a fun-filled New York City penthouse, you lost out \u2014 and you’ll have to take it in slide.<\/p>\n

Now, the only question a forthcoming owner will have to ask in the morning is whether they to go head or feet first down a four-story slide in this penthouse quadruplex, nestled in the crown of a 19th century landmarked Beaux-Arts building.<\/p>\n

Indeed, this aerie comes equipped with a massive stainless steel slide, and it only took a few months for the $20 million listing to find a buyer.<\/p>\n

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The striking slide. Shannon Dupre of DD Reps<\/p>\n

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The residence also has a rock-climbing area. Shannon Dupre of DD Reps<\/p>\n

The final price is not yet known, but a mystery buyer signed a June 1 contract for the spectacular skypad at landmarked 150 Nassau St., according to StreetEasy.<\/p>\n

Aptly known as Sky House, the penthouse is a reminder that anything is possible, especially in New York City \u2014 if you have enough money and imagination.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The stainless steel slide adds whimsy and puts the fun back into architecture. Shannon Dupre of DD Reps<\/p>\n

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Why take the stairs when you have a four-story slide in your quadruplex skypad? Shannon Dupre of DD Reps<\/p>\n

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The view is heavenly. Shannon Dupre of DD Reps<\/p>\n

The nest is set inside the crown of the historic American Tract Society Building, a Beaux-Arts beauty that dates to 1896.<\/p>\n

It was once one of the tallest towers in the city, an anchor of the Seaport district’s Newspaper Row, and one of the first skyscrapers with a steel skeletal frame, according to reports.<\/p>\n

In 2002, the 23-story tower converted to condos.<\/p>\n

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The breakfast bar, green eat-in dining, marvelous arched windows and outdoor space Shannon Dupre of DD Reps<\/p>\n

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A dining room table, decorated with a red lobster, seats 12 people. Shannon Dupre of DD Reps<\/p>\n

The sellers, tech entrepreneurs Craig Nevill-Manning \u2014 who founded Google’s first remote engineering center \u2014 and his wife, Kristen Nevill-Manning, bought the home as raw space for $6.45 million in 2007.\u00a0At the time<\/a>, it had no plumbing, electricity, or interior walls,\u00a0and had been languishing on the market since a few days before the terror attacks of Sept. 11, when it was asking $12 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Next, they hired architect David Hotson and interior designer Ghislaine Vi\u00f1as, whose design incorporated the unit’s vertical shape, creating layers connected by staircases, glass bridges and open spaces.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The views are stunning, like the design itself. Shannon Dupre of DD Reps<\/p>\n

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It’s nestled inside the crown of a Beaux-Arts landmarked building. Shannon Dupre of DD Reps<\/p>\n

The posh pad is 6,355 square feet and looks out at the city skyline, including the Woolworth Building. Maintenance costs are $14,143 a month.\u00a0Design details along with the dramatic slide include arched windows that exquisitely frame the city\u00a0and ceilings that rise up to 46 feet high.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The polished metal slide snakes through the home, adding whimsy and function.<\/p>\n

There’s also a rock-climbing wall, and a mezzanine study and catwalk to look down at the architectural delights below.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last year, Interior Design magazine named it one of the best homes of the last 20 years and in 2015, named it one of the decade, the listing noted.<\/p>\n

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Look up or down, it’s all a matter of perspective: The space includes a mezzanine catwalk and a study. Shannon Dupre of DD Reps<\/p>\n

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The streamlined galley kitchen and hidden pantry. Shannon Dupre of DD Reps<\/p>\n

An open living\/dining area with a table that seats 12 is next to an open chef’s kitchen with a breakfast bar, eat-in green table and chairs, a hidden pantry and additional storage below part of the living room floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Double doors open to a 1,200-square-foot terrace.<\/p>\n

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The high ceilings and rock climbing column are spectacular. Shannon Dupre of DD Reps<\/p>\n

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When you are looking for unique, look no further. Shannon Dupre of DD Reps<\/p>\n

There’s also a main corner bedroom suite with a spa-like bath that comes with radiant-heated floors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Three bedrooms take up the third floor, along with a floating lounge area and an additional 1,200-square-foot wrap terrace with panoramic city views, as well as close-up views of the building’s exterior details.<\/p>\n

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A cozy bedroom with divine views. Shannon Dupre of DD Reps<\/p>\n

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When a slide feels like too much, there’s always the stairs. Shannon Dupre of DD Reps<\/p>\n

The fourth floor is currently used as a gym. It boasts 10 porthole windows.<\/p>\n

Glass cut-outs in the floor also provide views to the first floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Building amenities include a doorman, a live-in superindentent, a gym and a common roof deck, plus an onsite garage managed by a third party.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Arched windows frame pretty perfect views. Shannon Dupre of DD Reps<\/p>\n

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A sweet bedroom. Shannon Dupre of DD Reps<\/p>\n

The listing brokers are Nick Gavin and Ugo Russino, of Compass. When it closes, the deal will be “one of the biggest sales in FiDi history,” Gavin said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It’s one of the most architecturally rigorous penthouses ever built downtown,” Gavin says. “And of course the slide is lots of fun. It has an incredible comibination of views, scale, volume and light \u2014 and the fact that it went into contract within 90 days shows the strength of the luxury market.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you wanted to buy a fun-filled New York City penthouse, you lost out \u2014 and you’ll have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88,297787,297788],"class_list":["post-684905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-shannon-dupre","tag-stainless-steel-slide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}