Palazzo Chupi at 360 West 11th Street between

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and

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Streets in the

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section of the

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neighborhood of

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is a residential

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building designed by artist

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in the style of a Venetian

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, built on top of a former horse stable. Schnabel uses the lower four floors, the former stable, as a studio."For Rent: Julian Schnabel's Palazzo Chupi,"
Kevin Brass, April 27, 2009. New York Times. They also contain a parking garage, art gallery space and swimming pool. The building, which contains five "palatial" units, is easy to spot because of its singular style and bold pink color. The name is taken from the trendy Spanish lollipop called "

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"; Schnabel used ''Chupi'' as a pet name for his second wife Olatz López Garmendia. Schnabel says that he built the Palazzo "because I wanted more space, and because I thought I could sell two or three apartments to pay for that space, and I built it because I could."

Critical response

According to a description by Penelope Green in the ''

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'', Palazzo Chupi is " nematic and lovely inside, ndthe condo-palazzos float like

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high above the remains of the West Village. But Green dismissed the building as a "brand extension for the omnivorous Mr. Schnabel."Green, Penelope
"The Painter and the Pink Palazzo,"
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'' (November 12, 2008) Art critic Dodie Kazanjian says that she regards the Palazzo as a "piece of art" by Schnabel. Playwright and novelist

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, who lives across the street, considers the Palazzo to be "In the grand tradition of Manhattan white elephants, which make you wonder, Who lives there, and why? It's already a landmark. And it's much more in the tradition of the West Village, which is supposed to be outrageous and theatrical, than all those glass towers. When the

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left it seems they were reincarnated as real estate... At least the Palazzo does them proud." But Andrew Berman, executive director of the

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, describes Schnabel's building as "woefully out of context and a monument to this guy's ego." Berman has described the Palazzo Chupi as "an exploded Malibu

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house." The building is situated less than a block outside the

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's Greenwich Village Historic District Extension I, and sits next door to 354 West 11th Street, a well-preserved Greek Revival row house dating from c.1841-42., p.58

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