It seems unlikely that the U.S. government will seize all the assets of all the rich Russians out there — but what assets they are! kvelsey takes us on a tour of the secret staircases and onyx bathrooms of Russian-Billionaire New York
Photo: Google Maps During the last real-estate boom, Russian oligarchs snapped up trophy properties in New York like so many Cartier trinkets. At the time, there were concerns about billionaires hiding ill-gotten gains in opulent real estate and a law soon made it harder to use shell companies to obscure the identity of buyers.
Abramovich intended to combine 11, 13, and 15 East 75th Street, located in the Upper East Side historic district, into a megamansion, a plan that shockingly won Landmarks Preservation Commission approval. Later, Abramovich purchased 9 East 75th and rethought his plan, shifting the design to combine numbers 9, 11, and 13. The megamansion was to have a pool spanning nearly the entire width of the buildings and a bidet in every full bathroom.
A listing photo of Len Blavatnik’s townhouse at 19 East 64th Street reveals its gilded Parisian paneling. Photo: Zillow When Bronfman owned the mansion it had a “2.5-story indoor piazza with secret stairways, a bronze-shaded waxed-steel vestibule, a master bedroom and children’s playroom with balconies, plus a glass-floored library terrace,” according to the New York Observer.
A listing photo of Alexei Kuzmichev’s apartment at 33 East 74th Street showcases the home’s 12-foot ceilings. The home is listed with Richard J. Steinberg at Compass. Photo: Compass It wasn’t enough for Kuzmichev, who also paid $15.5 million for a 3,800-square-foot apartment in the building next door, planning to combine the spaces into one even more immense apartment.
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