Comments on: big screen décor: spidey’s dingy apartment

By: dr. strange.

dr. strange. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:44:03 +0000

hmmm… i heard peter parker isn’t a real person… Dork!

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 08 May 2007 04:34:47 +0000

My first apartment in Manhattan was very much like this. It was on York Avenue on the Upper East Side, with the same kind of molding, and we had it painted white. It was sort of like a railroad apartment, in that it was just very long and you had to go through the kitchen, then the “dining room” to get to the “living room.” The dining and living area was about six feet wide — that’s how narrow the space was.

We also had a “second bedroom,” even though it was a one-bedroom apartment. The bathroom was so tiny, you could sit on the toilet and wash your hands in the sink at the same time.

My first apartment in Queens was much bigger, had a moroccan theme, and always smelled like Indian food — because it was in Jackson Heights. And it had a gorgeous view of the Empire State building. As an added bonus, my room was fuschia.

By: fast moving week « {nesting notes}

fast moving week « {nesting notes} — Sat, 05 May 2007 02:41:02 +0000

[...] of new york, so it all worked out for both of us. shelterrific mentioned the peter parker’s apartment earlier this week, so i paid extra attention to all those details. details like the lamps by his [...]

By: becky

becky — Fri, 04 May 2007 22:24:32 +0000

reminds me of the apartment Michelle Pfieffer moves into in “Married to the Mob.” only worse.

becky

By: pualii

pualii — Fri, 04 May 2007 16:48:03 +0000

The facade of Peter Parker’s building is actually a building on Chrystie between Stanton and Rivington (a couple doors down from The Box). Obviously, the view of the ESB doesn’t match, but take a look when you’re in the hood next time.

By: lsaspacey

lsaspacey — Fri, 04 May 2007 16:24:01 +0000

Yes, if they had Peter paint his apartment white, with those moldings and built-ins, it would be oh so cute!

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 04 May 2007 13:24:18 +0000

My first apt was on York avenue in a 3 floor walkup. The walls were coated in 3 layers of dingy paint over extremely sharp stucco. If you stumbled in drunk one night it was like hitting the coral reef at pipeline. There was a chinese restaurant downstairs who used the courtyard to cook food. My clothing had a permanent stench of chop suey. The gas company called me once accusing me of tampering with the gas meter. It turns out I only used the stove to light cigarettes and it didn’t register on the meter!

To make the place more livable, we rented floor sanders and refinished the floors. We also paid a few hundred dollars to have closets added to the second “room”. It was really a converted 1 bedroom. I reccomend always painting a small apt before moving in. It makes it feel so much nicer when you finally do move in and you could never do it with all of your stuff in there.

By: Noneya

Noneya — Fri, 04 May 2007 13:09:35 +0000

Ha! This is actually pretty close to my current apartment! I mean, I have a proper bathroom with random pipes capped off and a kitchen that doesn’t have room for a fridge, but it somehow reminds me of my apartment. Strange.

By: Angela M.

Angela M. — Fri, 04 May 2007 01:45:56 +0000

I heard that he lives in Alphabet City?

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 04 May 2007 01:18:10 +0000

Peter Parker is from Forest Hills but his apartment is in Manhattan. It’s all in the comics.