New York’s real estate market is no stranger to jaw-dropping listings, but one Greenwich Village townhouse is literally climbing to n🔥ew heights — boasting what’s believed to be the tallest private rock-climbing wall in t൩he world.
The sprawling, 4,200-square-foot, five-st🎀ory townhouse at 9 Minetta Lane, just steps from the Comedy Cellar, is the creation of architect Adam Kushner, an avid rock climber who took his passion to the next level by incorporating an 83-foot climbing wall into the home’s design.
Kushner, who has owned the property since 2013, transformed𓆉 the circa-1925 structure into a modern marvel.
The original façade of the building had to remain intact due to the property’s location in a landmarked area of Greenwich Vil꧟lage.
But once you pass thro꧂ugh the door, the home tells a completely different st𒉰ory.
“He basically built✃ a whole new building inside of that landmarked façade,” Diane W⛦ildowsky of Sotheby’s International Realty
“There is nothing like it anywhere in the city, nothing. It’s really quite original.”
The centerpiece of the home, of course, is the colossal rock-climbing wall that soars 🙈from the courtyard to the rooftop.
Kushner, who has been climbing since the 1980s,ꦡ initially envisioned a𒊎 wall of family history that visitors would climb, but the idea quickly evolved into something far more epic.
“I🍷 was going to have this wall of family history, and you’d climb it to finally reach the top ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚof the house,” Kushner . “That morphed into a rock climbing wall.”
Now, climbers can scale the transparent wall and, upon reaching the pin♎acle, enjoy breathtaking views of Greenwich Village.
“When you get to the very top, you clear the rooflꦺ♋ine and the trees and you have a lovely view of the village,” Wildowsky adds.
The climbing wall is so unique﷽ that 𝐆it’s attracted attention from the rock-climbing community.
“Different rock-climbing publications🙈 have said that as far as they know, it’s the tallest privately owned rock-climbing wall in the world,” Wildowsky said. While the wall steals the show, the house itself is a feat of architectural ingenuity.
Inside, the home is bathed in natural light, with retractable glass walls anꦗd a gym encased in a glass structure that allows you to work out while watching the rain or snow.
“You could be working out in the rain, you could be working out in the snow, you c🌳ould be watching the sun come up in the morning,” Wildowsky said. “It’s 🥀very nice up there and very bright.”
Kushner didn’t stop at the climbin♒g wall and gym. The property also boasts four bedrooms, 4½ bathrooms and a double-height living room that connects the original façaℱde to the new building.
The townhouse also features a⭕ roof deck ꦿwith a plumbed kitchen and barbecue area, along with solar panels.
For those seeking tranquility amidst the city’s cacophony, vines and latticework surround the home, creating a feeling of being in the woods.
“You’ve got the buzz of the city outside, a𓆉nd when you walk through [the gates], you’re in an entirely different environment,” Wildows🦂ky said.
As for the future of the townhouse, Kushner admi💜ts that his climbing wall doesn’t see as much action a📖s he initially anticipated.
“I had some guy knock✨ on my door and say, ‘Hey, can I use your wall?’ And I’m, like, ‘Well, I don’t really know you,’” he said.
Still, for a buye𒆙r who loves the outdoors but doesn’t wa♕nt to leave the city, this unique home could be the ultimate escape.
Now listed for🎀 a cool $20 million, Kushner and his wife are ready🎉 to pass the torch.
“It’s a lot 𒀰of house, and it’s just my wife and me,” Kushner said.
After more than a decade of renovations, he’s looking forward to his next chapter — but promises his wife tha🐼t their next home will be move-in read𝓰y.
