126 West 73rd Street: Review and Ratings
between Columbus Avenue & Amsterdam Avenue View Full Building Profile
This very elegant and attractive 13-story, mid-block building at 126 West 73rd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues was erected in 1915 and has 40 co-operative apartments.
It was designed by Buchman & Fox, whose other buildings in Manhattan include 42 West 72nd Street, 118 West 72nd Street, 131 East 23rd Street. 105 Madison Avenue, and 303 Fifth Avenue.
It was converted to a co-operative in 1980.
The building is convenient to an express subway station at Broadway and is not far from Central Park.
Bottom Line
A lovely terra cotta, 13-story, mid-block building not far from the 72nd Street express subway station at the heart of the Upper West Side.
Description
This building has a terra cotta façade with a two-story rusticated base and canopied entrance, five broad bandcourses, and a cornice.
Amenities
The building has a live-in superintendent, a video intercom, and a laundry room
Apartments
Apartment LB is a two-bedroom duplex unit with a 400-square-foot garden and 10-foot-ceilings.
Apartment 4B is a one-bedroom duplex with an entry foyer that leads to a 11-foot-wide open and windowed kitchen that leads past a spiral staircase to a 19-foot-long living room. The upper level has the bedroom.
Apartment 10A is a one-bedroom unit with an angled foyer that leads past an open kitchen with an angled window to a 25-foot-long living/dining room.
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