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About 299 West 12th Street
One of the handsomest, large, pre-war apartment buildings in the West Village, this 17-story brown-brick building fronts on a small park on Eighth Avenue.
It was one of two similar buildings overlooking the park that were erected in 1931 and they were both converted to condominiums in 1986. The other building is the 18-story 302 West 12th Street.
Both buildings are convenient to public transportation two blocks to the north at 14th Street and are also very close to the Chelsea district.
With a distinctive watertank enclosure in a Tuscan style, this 182-unit building has very nice proportions.
Not far from the Hudson River, it is in an area noted for numerous restaurants, attractive townhouses, older industrial properties, many of which have been converted to residential use, and an irregular street pattern.
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