The building, which is on the south side of 78th Street between Amsterdam and Broadway, has setbacks at the 13th, 15th and 18th floors. Its cantilever starts at the sixth floor on its west side.

As a result, the beige-brick building, which was completed in 2009, has a surprising amount of "light and air."

In October, 2011, however, GlobeSt.com reported that a new, 181 unit rental apartment building will be erected on the large vacant lot on the northeast corner of Broadway and 77th Street by Friedland Properties. That building, which will be known as Larstrand, will be 20 stories tall and will obstruct many of the views to the south of Linden 78’s many lot-line windows on its rear, south-facing, facade.

Some of the 35 condominium apartments at the 20-story at Linden 78, have fireplaces with bluestone surrounds and hearths.

The building, which is a development of Urban Residential Properties of which Christopher Martorella is the chief executive officer and sole principal, has 3 full-floor penthouses, ground floor refrigerated storage for groceries, ground floor bicycle storage rooms, a children’s playroom, a garden with a water wall feature, and a landscaped roof deck.

Handel & Associates is the architectural firm for the project.

Urban Residential’s other New York projects include 255 Hudson Street and 505 Greenwich Street, both designed by Handel & Associates, and NoLiTa Place, and the Sycamore, both designed by H. Thomas O’Hara, SoHo 25 on Houston Street, designed by H. Thomas O’Hara and Beyer Blinder Belle.

The building’s masonry facades give way partially to glass on the 15th through the 17th floors and fully to glass on the 18th through the 20th floors.

An offering plan filed with the New York State Attorney General’s office April 27, 2006 with a total offering price of $109,525,000. The building opened in 2009.

Apartments have side-by-side Miele washers and dryers and will be prewired with the option off a Cytexone automation system that offers control of heating/cooling and audio/visual systems, lighting and window shades. Apartments also have walk-in linen and entry closets, one of which will be large enough for "pram parking."

Kitchens have been crafted by Florense, the green-certified, Brazilian-based cabinetry firm and have Viking and Miele appliances and many will have windowed breakfast areas.

Master baths have Luce Di Luna marble countertops with double sinks, Mezzanine Mink glass wall tiles, Lagos Azul limestone floors.

Ceiling heights range from 9 to 11 feet and the lobby floor has a Linden leaf mosaic design.

The building is on one of the nicest side-streets on the Upper West Side.

There is excellent public transportation in the vicinity and Zabar’s is only a couple of blocks to the north on Broadway.