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Rent Obama's 109th Street Walk-Up!
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Published Jun 8, 2010
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When Barack Obama moved out of his apartment on 109th Street decades ago, he noted in his memoir that he fled "due to lack of heat.” Now Apartment 3E at 142 West 109th Street is back on the market, and the going rate is $1850/month (if you can't afford that, the nearby alley he slept in is probably a lot cheaper).
According to West Side Independent, the two-bedroom is on the third-floor of a walk-up and it includes a windowless office (no distractions!), a tiny kitchen, exposed brick walls, wood floors, and a marble bathroom. Plus, they point out, that the neighborhood is a lot safer since the President lived there. Of course, the big selling point is that the President did live there.
The listing reads: "PRESIDENT OBAMA LIVED HERE AND YOU CAN TOO! Central Park! Yes just few steps from central Park is this great two bedrooms for only $1850. The unit features hardwood floors, exposed brick, nice marble bathroom, high ceilings, big windows." And if you make the plunge, you too will be able to declare to the Observer, as the old tenant once did, "I had sex in Obama's old bedroom!" Yep, that could be you, fellow American.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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