Key Details
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Listed: Mar 22, 2024Days on Market: 36Building Type: CooperativeNeighborhood: Park/Fifth Ave. to 79th St. (Manhattan)Doorman: FT Doorman
Insider Highlights
- Prime Location: This luxury apartment is situated in a prime Upper East Side location, within walking distance to Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Met Breuer, and some of New York's finest restaurants, shops, and schools. It also offers convenient access to subway and cross-town bus service.
- Building and Amenities: The property is part of a full-service prewar luxury cooperative building designed by renowned architects Schwartz & Gross. The building offers a full-time doorman, highly attentive maintenance service, a fully equipped fitness center, and additional private storage.
- Luxurious Interior: The apartment has been completely renovated and refinished with high-end finishes, featuring Parquet de Versailles wood flooring, a Louis XIV mantle surrounding a wood-burning fireplace, and a hand painted canvas mural in the dining room. It also boasts a custom wine bar with Polished Bardiglio Imperiale countertops and a Pyrite backsplash.
- State-of-the-art Kitchen: The spacious chef’s kitchen is equipped with Super White Quartzite countertops and backsplash, a custom Walnut butcher block island, two generous Super White Quartzite sinks, cork floors, and state-of-the-art appliances including a Lacanche stove from France, double Sub-zero refrigerators with four freezer drawers and double Miele dishwashers.
- Comfortable Living: The corner primary suite is sun-flooded with eastern and southern light from the dual exposures throughout the day. The apartment also features a large laundry room, an additional bedroom and full bath, ample closet spaces, and sound-proofing installed between each of the adjoining bedroom walls.
- Accolades and Views: The apartment was featured on the cover of Elle Decor, September 2020 and in Steven Sills: A Vision for Design. It offers a beautiful river view and is conveniently located close to many restaurants and boutiques.
Description
Upon entering the apartment from a semi-private vestibule, one enters a beautifully proportioned gallery which leads to all of the main entertaining spaces which have fine Parquet de Versailles wood flooring. The south facing living room is 29’ in length and has a Louis XIV mantle surrounding a wood-burning fire place.
The tabor wood paneled Library can be accessed by the gallery or through the living room and also faces south. A hand painted canvas mural adorns the walls of the gracious formal dining.
Off the dining room is a custom wine bar with Polished Bardiglio Imperiale countertops and a Pyrite backsplash, a full-size Subzero wine refrigerator and Miele ice maker. The incredibly spacious chef’s kitchen uses some of the finest and durable materials such as Super White Quartzite countertops and backsplash, custom Walnut butcher block island, two generous Super White Quartzite sinks and cork floors.
The state-of-the-art appliances include a Lacanche stove from France, double Sub-zero refrigerators with four freezer drawers and double Miele dishwashers. In the corner is a large, custom curved banquette with Pindler fabric perfect for informal dining. A large laundry room, additional bedroom and full bath can be accessed off the rear of the kitchen.
All of the main bedrooms are accessed off a private hallway where a lovely powder room also sits.
The corner primary suite is sun-flooded with eastern and southern light from the dual exposures throughout the day. The elegant primary bath was created by using Cote D’Azur slab stone throughout and a single, honed block of Bianco Dolomiti for the vanity top. The shower has a window within the space, a beautifully finished cove ceiling and THG Paris fixtures.
The ample closet spaces which can be found throughout the suite have been carefully thought out.
Each of the secondary bedrooms has an abundance of closet space, built-in cabinetry and beautiful hand painted wallpaper. The secondary bathrooms have polished Quarzo Bianco/Cristallo slab throughout with glass tile showers. Thoughtful additions are found in every detail of the finishes.
Sound-proofing has been installed between each of the adjoining bedroom walls making each room a quiet and lovely cocoon for sleeping, and the library perfect for movie watching or business conference calls in the midst of activity in other parts of the apartment.
Featured on the cover of Elle Decor, September 2020 as well as the designer’s own well reviewed opus - Steven Sills: A Vision for Design, apartment 12B is a stunning showpiece retaining a sense of Old-World elegance, while replete with the best of today’s modern design. Incredible thought and consideration were put into every detail of this completely gut renovated apartment. The incredible proportions and sun-flooded exposure create a space perfect for large scale entertaining, yet wonderfully intimate for everyday living.
Rarely does such a newly and thoughtfully finished apartment become available in a building of this caliber.
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