$8M For 20 foot by 100 foot Piece of Land!

From the NY Post:August 18, 2006 -- The Upper East Side property that was blown to bits last month by a deranged doctor is for sale.
The now-leveled block, once the site of a four-story townhouse owned by suicidal Dr. Nicholas Bartha, is on the market for $8 million.

"You certainly don't see many 'land for sale' signs in this part of town," said a resident in the landmarked Gold Coast neighborhood.

According to a listing by the Brown Harris Stevens brokerage firm, the 20-by-100-foot lot at 34 E. 62nd St., between Park and Madison avenues, is an "opportunity to build your dream house." Its location is described as "a quiet, lovely tree-lined street."

That serenity, though, was shattered on the morning of July 10, when Bartha - angered over the likelihood of losing his townhouse in a divorce - reduced the building to rubble with a thunderous blast. Investigators suspect the doctor created and ignited a gas leak in the basement.

The explosion left the upscale neighborhood frazzled and the street littered with debris.

The doctor, who died from his injuries several days later, vowed in an e-mail, "I will leave the house only if I am dead.">