Inside Look: NYC Penthouse Playground

AOL Real Estate //May 3, 2012

New York City’s famous for being a rich man’s playground and we couldn’t have found a home that takes this idea more seriously than this East Village penthouse — with a built-in slide.

Unsurprisingly, the silver, 18-foot-tall sculptural slide pretty much smacks you in the face as soon as you walk in. Unlike other luxury features, its presence tends to dominate the penthouse (the rest of which is actually incredibly sleek, sophisticated and somewhat minimalist). But the faster you get over the initial shock of seeing a slide built inside someone’s apartment, the faster you can hop right on it — and naturally, we did. Our entire crew. Multiple times.

In case you were wondering, the owner of the now-infamous “slide penthouse” is Phil Galfond, a professional poker player who’s only 26 years old!Slide aside, Galfond has also decked out his pad with some truly amazing, one-of-a-kind pieces ($35,000 glass pool table, anyone?).

See for yourself below:

Like what you see? Elizabeth Kee and Lindsee Silverstein of CORE Group NYC have the listing.

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