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No thanks! Autposies are usually only done on those who died from nefarious and/or unusual causes, such as some rare and often HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS disease. Bring that into your home and you are bringing in a load of bad karma. Also, anyone who has ever seen and or done an autopsy can tell you that its not like it looks on TV, which is without smell-o-vision. Autopsies are messy affairs and the smell alone will make a grown man faint. Also, who would willingly bring in a table where people, who possibly died of such terrible diseases as tuberculosis, AIDS, various cancers, who were possibly murdered, committed suicide, or were hit by large moving vehicles (a messy body bag, I assure you) laid, exposing their innards, blood and other bodily fluids everywhere (bowel mucus, anyone?) in their home? As old as the table would be, I think that if I were to cut my hand on one of its many steel parts, I would start worrying about contracting HIV, Hep C, Etc Etc, even if those aren't acutally possibilities, if as the poster said, the table is quite old. I would still be worried, as you never know ....

Tulopeid,

I am a Manhattan real estate broker. Without seeing the rest of the place, but having seen many many homes like this one in the same neighborhood, I can tell you that that loft is worth at least 1.4 million dollars, in a bad economy.

Figure in a 30 year mortgage and 20% down with carrying costs every month in maintenance a conservative $1,500, you are looking at paying $8,000 every month. The income range needed to sustain this would be around $500,000.

Making $500,000 is certainly "big and classy."

1200 is not small by ANY std, even midwestern cities. May be more of a pain, but I propose the following:

NY city, San Fran must be 700 square ft and under

Boston, LA, DC, Chicago 900 sq ft and under

Everywhere else, 1000 square ft and under

That maintenance is SUPER HIGH, which might mean that the bldg is having financial problems. Why not just pay a bit more for a condo and have fees and taxes of around $600/month total?

I am a licensed broker and I imagine that this bldg has no ammenities to speak of. Most loft bldgs in that neighborhood do not. Also, it's hard to imagine that it's actually 1400 sq feet from the pics and floorplan, 1050 max.

BTW, currently not working as a broker, so I'm not trying to sell anyone anything.

Otherwise, nice use of the space and a true loft feel.

The Klan wants their poster back ....

Hahaha. More mis-appropriation of asian culture by non-asians. To the people who don't "buy it." We aren't trying to sell it to you. It's Jane and John Doe who are making money off of trend-sters; just take a look at most of the "authentic" feng shui books out there being published by western press. Not Jane and John Wong. And that white bedroom is awful. The "color" White, as it has been known for thousands of years, stands for death and ignorance in a lot of Asian cultures.

I think whoever left the comment comparing asking one;s guests to take off their shoes to asking guests to remove their clothes (eg go around in the buff) is completely immature and ridiculous. Cultural norms aside, removing one's shoes is good common sense, especially if you live in an urban area (I'm in Manhattan), where there is all sorts of vile filth on the street and subways. As guests, yes of course I would want people to feel comfortable, but you have to understand that you are being invited over and also have to have respect for your hosts. Showing up with stinky feet, holes in your socks or otherwise inappropriate clothing/hygiene is your choice. You are one guest of many, I invited you out of courtesy and b/c I (hopefully) enjoy your company. No one forced you to come out. No one dragged you kicking and screaming when you didn't bother to wash your feet beforehand, or do laundry enough to have clean and/or matching socks. Obviously, if this were a formal event, I would welcome my guests to keep their shoes on, no reason to detract from a great outfit. And for the record, I definitely feel there is a great amount of "xenophobia" (Asians have called America home for over two hundred years and we are 14 million strong and counting!) and Anti-Asian sentiment going on here, though I'm sure that if it were a French custom, or something more vanilla, people would be flocking to get rid of their shoes.