The richest 1% of New York City residents are living in multimillion-dollar Frankenmansions
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When an apartment or penthouse isn't big enough for wealthy New Yorkers, they get creative.
In recent years, several have combined multiple townhouses or building floors to create supersized homes - or Frankenmansions, as New York magazine's S. Jhoanna Robledo calls them.
To construct these Frankenmansions, some prospective buyers purchase multiple buildings at once, while others approach their neighbors to offer multimillion-dollar buyouts. (In either scenario, they need the city's approval before combining properties.)
Check out these 12 Manhattan Frankenmansions owned by big names - including Madonna and Sarah Jessica Parker - outlined below in red.
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