WSJ has the details:
Step through the weathered front door of a 19th-century building on Lafayette Street in [New York City's] SoHo [district] and you face a window of blue water—a view into the depths of a 39-foot-long swimming pool.
It is an unusually edgy entrance—crafted by a filmmaker who is a master of the horror movie—to what is currently the most expensive residential home for rent in Manhattan.
The huge loft-like, 13,000-square-foot townhouse went on the market Wednesday for $100,000 a month furnished, or $50,000 a week, or $20,000 a night for short stays.
The building, once a 19th century power station, was transformed into a downtown-style palatial-size home with some intentionally rough edges by director Marcus Nispel and his wife, Dyan, who bought the apartment in 1996 for $1.75 million.
Mr. Nispel's films include remakes of famous horror movies, including "Friday the 13th," "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Frankenstein." His latest major release was a new version of "Conan the Barbarian"last summer.
