This attractive, pre-war apartment building in the West Village is one of two overlooking Abingdon Square at the foot of Eighth Avenue.This 18-story building has 129 apartments and the other, 299 West 12th Street, is 17 stories tall with 182 apartments. Both were erected in 1931 and converted to condominiums in 1986.The buildings are convenient to public transportation two blocks to the north at 14th Street and are very close to the Chelsea district. Not far from the Hudson River, they are 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.