With its handsome, gilded top, which is illuminated at night, this 48-story tower became a major new component of the Manhattan skyline when it was erected in 1999.

The mid-block tower has 396 rental apartments and is set in a plaza across the street from the very charming, landscaped compound of The Little Church Around The Corner (The Church of the Transfiguration), whose low profile gives dramatic views of the Empire State Building to almost all the apartments in this building that face north. Because of its mid-block location, furthermore, this tower also has many spectacular views to the south.

The church subsequently sold its unused air rights to the Clarett Group that erected a 55-story condominium apartment tower at the east end of its property. Tower is just to the east of this tower and its east-west dimension is quite thin.

This building is a few blocks north of Madison Square Park and close to the Flatiron District and a few blocks south of the Murray Hill neighborhood.

The beige brick-building has a concierge, a 24-hour doorman, a garage, a canopied entrance, many three-sided balconies, a fitness center, sidewalk landscaping and a two-story polished red granite base with a rusticated limestone entrance surround. The building has an ATM, dry cleaning, and shoe repair and a washer/dryer unit is on every floor.

Kitchens have white tile floors, Maytag appliances and panel cabinetry and granite countertops.

It was developed by Rose Associates Inc., and has botticino marble baths, Kohler fixtures, and a health club. It was designed by Schuman Lichtenstein Claman + Efron.