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Carter Horsley's Building Review Carter Horsley
Dec 23, 2011
53 CITYREALTY RATING

Carter's Review

This handsome, 15-story building was erected in 1928 and is a cooperative with 45 apartments.

The dark beige-brick, mid-block building is on an attractive street and is across from the Manhattan Country School. It is only a few steps from Central Park where there is a nearby children's playground.

While 96th Street is one of the Upper East Side's major cross-town streets, traffic on this block is somewhat mitigated by the fact that west-bound traffic across Central Park flows on 97th Street and only east-bound traffic comes through the park at 96th Street.

While 96th Street was the traditional northern boundary for the Upper East Side, new construction by Mount Sinai Hospital a few blocks to the north and new luxury apartment towers a few blocks to the east have spurred a significant upgrading of this area, which borders on the very handsome Carnegie Hill district, which has many private schools and important cultural institutions.

This building has a canopied entrance with a concierge, some decorative lions on the second floor and sandstone window reveals on the first floor. It has protruding air-conditioners, but no garage, no health club and no sidewalk landscaping.

1289 Lexington Avenue
at The Northeast corner of East 86th Street
Carnegie Hill
Refined Residences that Redefine life on Lexington Avenue.
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