Are all New Yorkers exhibitionists??

i don't have any nude neighbors currently, although i can't really see the occupants of the nearest building, so maybe.

at our last apartment, however, the owners of the townhouse behind our apartment used to have their coffee on their deck nude. Look mommy! What are those guys doing?

How funny! I think many just don't care. I could actually care less, but I always find myself a bit stunned initially.

i type naked... it's feels so freeing....

Be careful walking past ground floor apt's.

Long story short..Octogenarian in the nude.

of course you do w67...

esp... in the cubicle farm...

New York Magazine did an article about this a while back; basically what they said was, with so many people jammed into such a small area, this is bound to happen.

We have a little w/c off the kitchen just big enough for a toilet. A window about thigh high affords a great view to the apartment building across broadway while seated and I'm sure provides the occasional reciprocal thrill (of the unpleasant variety) for those who live there. One night last week this guy had a manniquan posing on the window sill directly across from us. He had a towel around his waist (thankfully) and was taking pictures of her. After each shot he moved to the window to adjust her pose, which grew more unflattering with each shot. After a while the shade abruptly dropped, as if in a panic, or a hurry. The shade has been down ever since.

fyi, this was quite a few blocks north of w67th.

oh, that's a weird one spin.

spinnaker1 -- sounds like the start of a Raymond Chandler (or similar) novel. Or a "Pushing Daisies" episode maybe.

Unflattering, how? I need a visual. I put up a mannequin and have a full conversation in the buff cause there's this neighbor that keeps looking into my window while on the can.

Riversider how can you tell octogenarian versus 60genarian ( give Me a break, I just learned English at nite school).

I'll be moving in a month which gives me some releif that I won't have to spend the next x years staring at that window and wondering what kind of freak show is going on inside. Although if it was shower girl I was leaving behind I might have given more thought to my market timing..

I used to work across the street from one of the new starchitect floor to ceiling glass condos. I would regularly watch the occupants (it was so disappointing to see that the rich are just as boring as my circle) and one day a female resident decided to talk on the phone while she stood in the window and scratched her crotch.

> Are all New Yorkers exhibitionists??

only when we are most in shape

>only when we are most in shape

I wish!

There was a guy who used to sunbathe nude on the roof of a five-story building in Midtown across from my work. His spot was surrounded by skyscrapers -- there wasn't much sun, and he had to know that everyone could see him. But every year, he would be out there. This year he's disappeared -- kinda sad. It was like the first robin of spring, seeing the naked guy out on his roof.

"This year he's disappeared -- kinda sad. It was like the first robin of spring, seeing the naked guy out on his roof. "

the positive side effects of unemployment? like less global warming... have to stay positive :-)

"New York Magazine did an article about this a while back; basically what they said was, with so many people jammed into such a small area, this is bound to happen."

Not if you have something called curtains. In my house in NJ, in which 2 sides don't face any neighboring strucutre, I would NEVER walk naked without the curtaisn closed. Even if my house was in the middle of rural Montana with no neighbors for at least 5 miles, I am very sensitive and would never take a shower without the shades closed.

"I am very sensitive"

that's not so common in nyc

You can't compare not closing the curtains in NY to not closing them in the suburbs. In suburbia the neighbors who might see you are your actual neighbors, your kids play with their kids, you see then at barbeques, etc. Nudity would lead to awkward moments when you run into these neighbors. In NYC your window can be 10 ft from someone else's window but you'll never meet that person in real life. You might know your neighbors in your building but those in the building next door or across the street are strangers and will likely remain strangers for life. The anonymity allows for much less embarassment at being spotted naked.

A few years back my apartment was very popular with all my single male friends becauase and attractive woman in the next building exercised to a video most nights in panties and a bra. I believe she knew she could be seen but didn't care. I doubt she'd dress that scantily in a gym.

I'm often surprised when I look at photos of homes & rooms in NYC how few window coverings there are. I saw one the other day where the windows were all uncovered, even in the bathroom, but there was no shade or curtain or blind; during the day it's not an issue but being in a lighted room at night like that & you might as well be on stage. I'm FAR too self-conscious for that. The shade in my bathroom is up & down like a signal flag, depending on what I'm doing in there.

lookingforhome - that's pretty funny

we are, as we speak, installing window treatments in our LR which faces south. Our view clears the tops of brownstones for about 5 blocks adding a nice feeling of openness to the room. The treatments are purely decorative, not at all functional. B/c we enjoy the views/openness so much, we don't plan on fully closing the curtains, ever. Plus, radiator covers make it awkward to close, so the drapes we purchased aren't even wide enought to cover 100+ inches of window. We also don't have window treatments up in the bedroom yet (which faces the same direction). I suppose anyone 5 blocks away with a set of binoculars could get an eyeful from time to time. As Meme points out, we just don't care, since we don't know of anyone in particular who can actually see us. It's all pretty interesting, and kind of strange...

I saw you last night & it was HOT!

it was HOT last night! Didn't know you had a fetish for 6.5 mos pregnant women ;)

has it been that long? my goodness.. you must be out to there... don't make quick turns... my wife knocked over my coffee once...

Now you know ;)

I knew it was a problem when I moved across the street from a co-ed dorm.

"Current apartment - apartment directly across from our interior bedroom window is someone's bathroom. she showers with window open. can see all. (not bad, actually).

Just in today - man who lives above naked showering woman - full frontal nuditity in his kitchen (not pleasant)."

*****

Solution: stop looking in other people's windows.

Thanks Matt. From now on when I have to open my curtain to turn on the AC I'll wear a blindfold. We're so lucky to have such a wise individual on this board. I shall never look that way again!

matt has a stupid instruction for every situation. he enjoys re-reading his cable bill endlessly.

w67 - maybe it's 5.5 mos. i get confused sometimes. regardless, belly is BIG already. i may knock over a starbucks before this is all over with.

uwsmom: You're welcome.

oh uwsmom, i have this urge to inappropriately touch the belly. luckily you're so distant. when are you due?

:). That's great. Pregnant bellies are the best accessory a woman could ever have. Little sis is due end of Nov.

all the best. and congrats. and TONS of affection to the little one. can you tell that i just adore babies, even in the womb? and their mothers!

I'm surprised this didn't have legs; I'm gonna give it a second chance.

http://curbed.com/archives/2009/08/24/standard_hotel_strip_show_too_hot_for_the_high_line.php

i have another story, actually. mid-80s, roof party UWS, about 150 people on the roof. apartment two floors higher in neighboring building. no window treatments in use. activity hotter than the weather taking place, if you get my drift. 150 people cheering, stomping, loudly. no way couple didn't hear. police came, party shut down, fun suckers.