The Gloucester, 200 West 79th Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 200 West 79th Street by Carter Horsley

One of the few post-war buildings on 79th Street, the 18-story, red-brick building known as The Gloucester at 200 West 79^th Street on the southwest corner of Amsterdam Avenue has a spartan design and large bulk that make it highly visible. 

The building was erected in 1978 and was converted to a cooperative in 1988. 

It has 272 co-operative apartments and is pet and pied-a-terre friendly.

Bottom Line

What could be nicer than leaving this building to be awestruck by the architecture of the red sandstone glories of the Lucerne Hotel across 79^th Street? This location is a block to the west of Manhattan Square, the home of the American Museum of Natural history, and has good transportation and is convenient to many boutiques and a delightful stretch of sidewalk cafes on Amsterdam Avenue.

Description

The building has a gracious entrance with sidewalk landscaping and a large marquee. 

Its rather plain, but clean façades, which have discrete air-conditioners, are greatly improved by the top floor, which has small corner setbacks that create the effect of turrets at either end of the building along its full-block frontage on Amsterdam Avenue.

Amenities

The building has a full-time doorman, a garage, a landscaped roof deck, a live-in superintendent, and a laundry room.  

It has no health club and no balconies. 

It is pet friendly.

Apartments

Penthouse F has a 14-foot-long entry foyer that opens onto a 23-foot-long double-height, living room and a 14-foot-long dining room next to a 10-foot-long kitchen on the lower level, which also has a bedroom.  The upper level also has a 17-foot-long master bedroom and a 12-foot-long terrace. 

Penthouse 2 has an 11-foot-long foyer that opens onto a 23-foot-long, double-height, living room and a 9-foot-long kitchen and two bedrooms on the lower level and there is 19-foot-long bedroom with a 15-foot-long terrace on the upper level. 

Apartment 18E has a 10-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 23-foot-long living room and 12-foot-long dining room off an enclosed 9-foot-kitchen on the lower level and three-bedrooms, a 10-foot-long home office and a 9-foot-long store room on the upper level. 

Apartment 10L is a two-bedroom unit that has an 8-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 23-foot-long living room and a 10-foot-long kitchen. 

Apartment 10P has a foyer that leads to a 8-foot-long pass-through kitchen next to a 21-foot-long living/dining room and a 17-foot-long bedroom. 

Apartment 2A has a 24-foot-long living room and a 7-foot-long kitchen.