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This 12-story, pre-war apartment building at 35 West 81st Street was erected in 1914 across from the American Museum of Natural History. The ornate white-brick building, designed by Neville & Bagge, has 68 co-operative apartments and is known as the Orvista after its developer Charles E. Orvis. Currently, 1 apartment is for sale.
The Orvista is a 12 story, 68 apartment pre-war co-op directly across West 81st Street from the American Museum of Natural History. Designed by Neville & Bagge and completed in 1914, it was named for banker and developer Charles E. Orvis. Its white brick Neo Renaissance façade has a two story rusticated base, upper floor pilasters, a bracketed cornice and balconies at the ninth and tenth floors.
Around 1917, the top floor was remade as a large apartment paired with an elaborate roof garden, including a pond large enough for a rowboat; the space was later subdivided. Most apartments have 10 foot ceilings, while first floor homes reach 12.5 feet. Many retain hardwood floors, substantial entry foyers and windowed kitchens.
The building has a full time doorman, live-in superintendent, fitness room, central laundry room, bike storage and resident storage. A furnished roof deck overlooks the museum, Central Park and the city skyline, and the co-op permits pets and pied-à-terre ownership. Central Park is half a block east, while the museum’s Rose Center faces the block used to inflate the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons on Thanksgiving Eve.
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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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