From a full-page print ad in today’s New York Times for 108 Leonard, a new apartment building.
108 Leonard features distinctive 1 to 4 bedroom residences and over 20,000 square feet of amenities including a 75-foot pool and rooftop gardens, as well as motor reception with private parking.
UD thinks motor reception is what we used to call valet parking; but maybe for the cost of your apartment (“Priced from $1,535,000 to over $20 million.”) you get a catered reception.
When Googled, the term “motor reception” shows up only in the context of speech and hearing studies (“the learner’s motor reception… the latent sequential imitation that analyses the articulatory-phonetic sequencing…”).
March 18th, 2018 at 6:03PM
And a 75-foot pool is intended to seem so much more upscale to prospective buyers than a 25-yard pool.
March 18th, 2018 at 7:17PM
Hey good eye, Barney. LOL. Didn’t see that one.
March 19th, 2018 at 7:40AM
Someone probably thinks that’s how the Brits say ‘valet parking’
March 19th, 2018 at 8:16AM
I think it’s even more pretentious than at first glance, since it evokes the British usage of “motor car”, or the archaic way cars were sometimes called “motors” a century ago. I think lorry reception is around back.
March 19th, 2018 at 9:10AM
Polish Peter: You’re right.
March 19th, 2018 at 4:02PM
It’s a beautiful old building, and I’m glad to see it being used. The unit in it most comparable in rooms and square footage to my house is going for a mere $4,600,000, which is about 30x what my house is worth.
March 20th, 2018 at 10:04AM
chances are much of it won’t actually be used but just bought as investments by international owners, this is what we see going on with Trump’s NY properties and why Britain/London is unlikely to limit Russian investments even as people are being assassinated.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/nov/24/who-owns-our-cities-and-why-this-urban-takeover-should-concern-us-all