This 12-story building is one of the tallest in SoHo and its very ornate Beaux Arts-style fa??ade on Broadway makes it the city s finest "kitchen-sink" structure as every floor is different.

It is known as 583-587 Broadway and 158 Mercer Street and it is between Prince and Houston Streets.

The very impressive and very handsome building was designed by Cleverton and Putzel in 1895 and it gained fame as The New Museum Building when some of its lower spaces were taken over by the contemporary art institution in 1983. The museum subsequently moved into its own brand new building a few blocks away on The Bowery. Cleverton and Putzel also designed 648 and 708 Broadway.

The building was converted to luxury loft condominiums in 1997 and its units were sold unfinished with small kitchens and bathrooms.

A 1997 article in The New York Times said that Paul Byard of Platt Byard Dovell Architects, the conversion architect, said that "the building has a "first-class pair of different facades: The 583 Broadway fa??ade - the main entrance for museumgoers, but the back door for residents - is the more ornate one, 'orderly and classical, aimed at the carriage trade,' Mr. Byard said; the quieter side, at 158 Mercer Street, is 'more like a warehouse.'"

The article said that the 19-unit building had once been "the home of fashion showrooms and manufacturing lofts." It said that about 1994 "a limited partnership called BPM Associates bought the building, which had been empty for about two decades. Its restoration, begun in November, included the repair of an elaborate cornice so decrepit that, six years ago, the city stepped in to remove pieces that had loosened in the wind and were dangling above Broadway. Inside, many original features remain - Grecian columns, maple floors, brick walls."

"Most of the building's residential floors will have two units apiece, with the Mercer Street units averaging 4,200 square feet and the Broadway ones 4,700 square feet. Ceilings are around 11 feet high; most units feature three exposures. At prices ranging from $645,000 to $1.85 million, four units have been sold," the article continued.

The museum undertook its own renovation at the same time as the residential conversion, expanding upwards to the second floor.

The first floor is now double-height and houses the Vera Wang Fashion Flagship store.

The light-buff-brick building has a full-time doorman, a roof deck, a recreation room and tenant storage. It is pet-friendly.

Most apartments have ceilings more than 11-feet high and woodburning fireplaces.

There are two penthouses, one of which is a duplex of about 7,400 square feet with six bedrooms and an additional 3,000 square feet of outdoor spaces.

Singer Jon Bon Jovi bought this penthouse for $24 million reported in 2007 and in 2011 listed it for sale with a price of $45 million.

Andre Balazs, the real estate developer, had an apartment on the 10th floor.

There is a subway station nearby at Prince Street and the area abounds in shops, boutiques and restaurants.