The sunken living room at this greenwich village co op is giving off mad men vibes while the exposed brick and cast iron columns are quintessentially downtown loft.
Sunken living room nyc. Let s stay in touch. There are parquet floors a corner window and more recent recessed lighting. What and learn what a sunken living room is. The rooms radiate off the rectangular foyer which in the listing photos is shown as large enough to be set up as a dining room.
Architects like eero saarinen were inspired by this and sunken living rooms found their way into manhattan apartments. If it was done because perhaps your house is situated on a slope and your house steps down with the grade then at least put a contrasting floor material at the step so people don t go flying. Taking up the entire. Wrought iron railings lead to the sunken living room.
Saarinen s 1962 design for the twa terminal at jfk airport included plenty of dramatic level changes as well as a sunken seating area. This is fairly common in nyc and helps differentiate the living space from the rest of the apartment. If your sunken living room was done just for aesthetics then maybe it s time to change it.