looking for Apt? Need an apartment? How about President Obama's Apt?

[nmbluesky]

ou can find pretty much anything on Craigslist, from a used sleeper sofa to a new job; and now, President Obama's old New York City apartment.

You can "LIVE LIKE A PRESIDENT!" in the Morningside Heights pad Obama crashed in when he attended Columbia University. "YES LIVE WHERE PRESIDENT OBAMA LIVED !!!" the headline of the listing confirms. "TRUE STORY."

The New York Times confirmed that Obama once lived in the walk-up apartment. The President received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University in New York in 1983.

Located on West 109th Street, the two-bedroom, one-bathroom second-floor apartment is available on June 15 and can be yours for the Manhattan-sized price of $1,899 per month.

The apartment boasts "great light, big windows," hardwood floors and a kitchen furnished with "new appliances and cabinets."

Real estate agent Dalila Bella told CNN that she has shown the apartment to three interested parties but said the apartment is still occupied by the departing tenants. An open house is scheduled for June 12.

Bella said the owner isn't putting a premium on the flat simply because the leader of the free world used to live there. She said it was listed last year without any reference to Obama and leased for the same price.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/realestate/13obama.html

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/nfb/1782252556.html

[goclark]

1. Nice nt

[rzemanfl]

2. A couple of years ago Babe Ruth's apartment in St. Petersburg

changed hands. It was right across the hall or next door (I forget which) from Lou Gehrig's. The 1920's bathroom was still original and really nice. Descendants of Babe Ruth's maid bought it. A real piece of history. I will see if I can find the article on line.

[rzemanfl]

3. They want $3.95 to print the article.

Summary at:

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/1620748771.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+2%2C+2009&author=JAMES+THORNER&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&edition=&startpage=A.1&desc=A+PIECE+OF+THE+BABE