207W79, 207 West 79th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 207 West 79th Street by Carter Horsley

This very handsome, 13-story, mid-block apartment building at 207 West 79^th street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway was erected in 2017 and has 19 condominium units.

The developer is Anbau.

Morris Adjmi is the architect.

The building is just to the east of the exuberantly detailed, luscious, dark pink Lucerne Hotel with large banded entrance columns at the Amsterdam corner and Amsterdam Avenue abounds in restaurants.

There is excellent public transportation.

Bottom Line

Large apartments in an elegant mid-block, mid-rise building with terracotta detailing that is convenient to many restaurants, the American Museum of Natural History and very good public transportation.

Description

The building has a three-story, rusticated limestone base and buff-colored masonry above with broad terracotta panels with floral detailing between its windows. That detailing is thematically picked up in the design of the wallpaper in the apartment floor corridors.

Master bathrooms are tiled with Empire-style rattan pattern in marble and porcelain with Bianco Bello marble countertops and vanities with “micro-architectural fluting and faceting on the brushed nickel Lefroy Brooks fixtures.

The building’s lobby has an elegant, slightly tiered coffered ceiling with a large glass chandelier.

Amenities

The building has a 24-hour attended lobby, a live-in superintendent, a fitness studio, a bicycle room, storage and a children’s playroom.

Apartments

Apartments have mansion weave oak flooring.

Apartment 11 is a 6-bedroom unit with 4,205 square feet with an entry foyer that leads to a 49-foot-wide living/dining room with a fireplace and an open, 19-foot-long kitchen with an island.  It also has a 15-foot-wide library that connects with pocket doors to the living room and the master bedroom also has a large dressing room.

Apartment A on floors 8 through 10 is a three-bedroom unit with 2,403 square feet with a long entrance foyer that leads to a 20-foot-long living/dining room with an open and windowed, 13-foot-wide kitchen with an island, and a 12-foot-long library.

Apartment 7A is a three-bedroom unit with 2,001 square feet and a 21-foot-long living/dining room with an open, 12-foot-wide kitchen with an island.

Apartment B o floors 8 through 10 is a two-bedroom unit with 1,662 square feet with a 21-foot-long living/dining room with an open, 13-foot-wide kitchen with an island.