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Man, Eli Karp really knows how to put up a building quickly! When we passed by 904 Pacific Street aka The Dakota (his fifth development on the block) last July, it wasn’t much more than a hole in the ground. Now it’s nearing completion. In fact, sales at the 21-unit condo began three weeks ago. Only seven listings—ranging in price from $459,000 for a 735-square-foot one-bedroom to $1,000,000 for a 1,340-square-foot penthouse with 285 square feet of outdoor space—have been released yet and no one’s signed a contract yet. Anyone visited yet?
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  1. phbrown, I’m going to take your question seriously, and try to answer it.

    I don’t hate windows – I bought my current place in part because it gets a TON of light. But what I do really dislike is the current full-wall window model as shown in this building and a lot of other similar ones is that it’s too much window. You’re living in a fishtank, and there’s a definite tension between getting all that glorious sunlight and having a little privacy. I mean, my neighbors may be able to see me sneaking in to the kitchen for a midnight snack now, but they can’t tell that I haven’t put away the dishes in the drying rack, or what color my socks are.

    Also, I’ve been told with modern glass this isn’t as large of an issue, but you cannot convince me that these poor shnooks aren’t going to have higher total costs to heat and cool these apartments than I have with (plenty of) regular windows and a nice old-school brick wall.