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LOWER EAST SIDE , NY — A fancy new pad on the Lower East Side offers stunning views of the downtown Manhattan and comes with a hefty price tag . The artfully designed apartment is asking for $6.25 million. For more photos and information, view the complete realtor.com listing here. Address: 242 Broome St # C, New York, New York Price: $6,250,000 Square Feet: 2181 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 4 Baths Features: 242 Broome represents a rare opportunity for anyone seeking a modern home in the Lower East Side , one of New York's most storied neighborhoods. Designed by next- generation firm SHoP Architects , the building's champagne- colored faade softly reflects the surrounding buildings, while capturing an ever-changing dance between past and future. Utilizing a sophisticated mix of materials, slab marble, blackened steel, and warm woods, the artistic, custom-designed interiors by DXA Studio exude calm and comfort. This curated one-of-a-kind 2,181 SF, three-bedroom, three-and-a-half...

IN THE 1960s and ’70s, long before helicoptering emerged as a parenting style, adults had far less interest in looming over their children, frequently urging them to go play outside or downstairs. The netherworld to which these parents pointed was usually a recreation room or finished basement, clad insipidly in wood-veneer paneling and linoleum. Furnishings typically included a saggy sofa, a scratched ping-pong table and a built-in bar never used for mixing drinks; instead, the kids commandeered it as a make-believe store or a stage for puppet shows. Not even Dad’s novelty naked- lady martini stirrers lured him down once the children moved in. And the closest Mom got was to stand at the top of stairs and yell, “Supper’s ready! Wash your hands!” Perhaps these ratty rec rooms weren ’t worthy of House Beautiful, but the stints of physical distance they offered parents and offspring arguably benefited both in ways today’s airy cathedral-ceiling’d great rooms can’t. These days, peopl...