A Townhouse-inspired loft in downtown Manhattan

Wal­ter Schupfer and Gina Goldman’s loft in down­town Man­hat­tan over­looks the site of the for­mer World Trade Cen­ter.  The cou­ple behind a thriv­ing photo agency revamped an indus­trial loft into a fam­ily home.  Their home over­looks the ris­ing of sev­eral new sky­scrap­ers, but this doesn’t bother them at all.  “We’re always mind­ful of that ter­ri­ble tragedy,” Gold­man says. “But, at the same time, we’re excited to be part of the reju­ve­na­tion of lower Manhattan.”

 The 6,000-square-foot con­do­minium is located in a 1913 indus­trial build­ing that had been con­verted into lofts in the late 1990′s.  What was min­i­mal­ist space with white float­ing walls and gleam­ing dark floors, is now a warm fam­ily home.  To make it a place where their chil­dren could play and make a mess with­out wor­ry­ing about dam­age to the inte­rior, they  exchanged chrome for wood, stain­less steel for mar­ble, and paint for wallpaper.

The apart­ment has a light, airy feel to it with lovely open spaces.  I really like the art­work & cus­tom designed stor­age in the din­ing room.

In the din­ing room, a custom-made wal­nut table & vin­tage Gratz chairs;  the cab­i­nets hold a custom-designed wine-storage system.

The hall­way. The cou­ple cre­ated the port­fo­lio of prints in the cen­ter for Pres­i­dent Obama’s campaign

Beau­ti­ful rose­wood shelves in the library