A Presidential Residence for Rent
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ABC's Jared Wiener reports from New York City:
Do you want to live like the President?
Well, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave is taken, but for $1900 a month, you could go home to an address that President Barack Obama once had printed on his magazine subscriptions.
The listing says it all. "PRESIDENT OBAMA LIVED HERE AND YOU CAN TOO!!!"
Citi-Habitats, a New York City real estate agency, is showing the small 2 bedroom apartment located at 142 West 109th St on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. President Obama called the apartment home during his junior year at Columbia University in 1981.
The listing boasts “hardwood floors, exposed brick, nice bathroom, high ceilings, big windows," but there is little evidence of a presidential history in this 3rd floor walk up.
“A lot of people have been calling me, I didn’t think so many would – people want to see it,” said Dalila Bella, an agent who is showing the apartment.
But while curiosity may be high, the allure of Obama has yet to drive up the price. Citi-Habitats says that the renting price has not risen because Obama once lived there.
To take a tour of the apartment click here:
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/obamas-college-apartment-now-rent-10861534
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For $1900 a month, you could go home to an address that President Barack Obama once had printed on his magazine subscriptions,the small 2 bedroom apartment located at 142 West 109th St on the Upper West Side of Manhattan boasts “hardwood floors, exposed brick, nice bathroom, high ceilings, big windows. Citi-Habitats says that the renting price has not risen because Obama once lived there…….YEAH, RIGHT!!!!
Posted by: Mark Drennen | June 8, 2010, 8:29 pm 8:29 pm
$1900 a month for 600 square feet? LOL!! Yep, that’s just the right price to attract college students!
Posted by: xtch3 | June 8, 2010, 9:50 pm 9:50 pm
It sounds expensive, but that price pretty standard for a 1-bedroom apartment in that neighborhood…
Posted by: newyorker | June 8, 2010, 10:54 pm 10:54 pm
Who cares about this, I rather the news on the New Orleans Saints raffeling off a Superbowl Ring to help the devistated people along the Coast. I realize North America is not effected to date. But you will be. I wonder how many TICKETS BP WILL BUY… PROBABLY NONE. They can’t even come across with the money to pay the people they have put out of business.
Posted by: matullier | June 9, 2010, 1:36 pm 1:36 pm
Wow! We Kenyans living in diaspora are so marvelled!
Quincy and his loving wife Esther Timberlake are coming to visit the White House alongside the Hellons.
They’ll have a chance to visit this small 2 bedroom apartment located at 142 West 109th St on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
We support the Placenta Party of Kenya and we’re ready to vote them in come 2012.We’re ready to pay tickets and visa letters they come to the States to address us their agenda.
Welcome to the US M/s Timberlake & M/s Hellon.
Posted by: Kenyans in Washington,DC | June 15, 2010, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm