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Charming Guastavino-designed prewar brownstone on a picturesque Upper West Side block near Central Park and the Natural History Museum. Features high-ceilinged studios and triplexes with exposed brick, low maintenance fees, and no underlying mortgage.
128 West 78th Street is a five story, 10 unit prewar co op on the Upper West Side, credited to Spanish architect Raphael Guastavino. Dating to 1910, the brownstone sits on a tree lined block between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, amid Moorish and Renaissance Revival architecture and close to the American Museum of Natural History and Central Park. Guastavino is also associated with vaulted interiors at Grand Central Terminal and Ellis Island.
The building contains a range of studio and triplex layouts. Apartments commonly retain prewar details such as high ceilings, hardwood floors, exposed brick, original woodwork, stained glass transoms, shutters, and large windows with strong natural light. Lofted sleeping areas and board approved studio to one bedroom conversions are part of the building’s spatial vocabulary, while a studio with a private semicircular terrace adds a distinctive outdoor element. A planted common roof deck serves the building.
As a co op, the building permits in unit washer and dryer installations with board approval, and cats are welcome. The building has no underlying mortgage, and maintenance has remained low; subletting and pied à terre use are subject to board policy, with subletting considered case by case. Co purchasing and guarantors are permitted.
The setting places the building a few doors from the museum and close to Central Park, the Beacon Theatre, Columbus Avenue restaurants, shops, and grocery stores. The B and C trains and the 1, 2, and 3 trains are both within roughly two blocks, although the source descriptions do not identify the specific stations.
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For some co-ops, instead of price per square foot, we use an estimate of the number of rooms for each sold apartment to chart price changes over time. This is because many co-op listings do not include square footage information, and this makes it challenging to calculate accurate square-foot averages.
By displaying the price per estimated room count, we are able to provide a more reliable and consistent metric for comparing sales in the building. While we hope that this gives you a clearer sense of price trends in the building, all data should be independently verified. All data provided are only estimates and should not be used to make any purchase or sale decision.
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