The Kenmare, 327 Central Park West: Review and Ratings

Review of 327 Central Park West by Carter Horsley

This very attractive apartment building at 327 Central Park West was designed by Nathan Korn in 1928 and converted to a condominium in 2002.

The 17-story building has 87 apartments and is also known as 2 West 93rd Street. The Columbia Grammar and Columbia Preparatory Schools on nearby on the side-street.

Bottom Line

An attractive, pre-war apartment building with a 24-hour doorman overlooking the reservoir in Central Park.

Description

The Neo-Renaissance-style building has a canopied entrance on the side-street, a two-story rusticated limestone base and sidewalk landscaping.

It has narrow bandcourses above the 2nd, third, 7th, 11th and 15th floors and a small cornice.

It has protruding air-conditioners.

Amenities

The building has a 24-hour doorman, a fitness center, a live-in superintendent, a bicycle room, private storage, consistent fenestration and is pet friendly. It has no garage, no balconies and no roof deck.

Apartments

Apartment 17A is a three-bedroom unit with a 9-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 26-foot-square living room that opens onto an open, eat-in kitchen.

Apartment 13B is a three-bedroom unit with a 22-foot-wide entry foyer that leads in one direction to a 27-foot-long living room and in the other to a 12-foot-long dining room, a 10-foot-wide pantry and a 22-foot-long, windowed kitchen.

Apartment 15D is a two-bedroom unit with a 13-foot-wide entry foyer that opens onto a 19-foot-long living room and a 19-foot-wide, windowed kitchen.

Apartment 12D is a two-bedroom unit with a 13-foot-wide entry foyer that opens onto a 20-foot-long living room and a 9-foot-wide dining room off a long, enclosed kitchen.

Apartment 16C is a one-bedroom unit with a 12-foot-long entry foyer and a 19-foot-long living room with an open 18-foot-long, windowed kitchen with an island.