259 Bowery: Review and Ratings

Review of 259 Bowery by Carter Horsley

This mid-block 6-story boutique residential condominium building at 259 Bowery between East Houston and Stanton streets has 5 full-floor apartments and was erected in 1910 and converted in 2000 by Charles Saulson who subsequently sold it.

Fritz Johnson was the architect for the residential conversion.

The building is just to the south of the Sperone Westwater Gallery building that was designed by Sir Norman Foster.

The building is convenient to public transportation and many boutiques.  It is one the same block as a Whole Foods store and is one block north of the New Museum.

Bottom Line

In the heart of the SoHo/Lower East Side community of art galleries, boutiques and restaurants, this boutique building has only a few large apartments.

Description

A modest residential conversion with only a few large units of a 1910 commercial building that was well-located.

Amenities

The building has wood-burning fireplaces.

Apartments

The four-bedroom duplex unit on the 3^rd and 4^th floors has a 22-foot-wide living room with a wood-burning fireplace, an 18-foot-wide gallery, a 24-foot-wide dining room and open kitchen with an island and a rear, 30-foot-long terrace on the top floor and a 13-foot-diameter curved playroom, the bedrooms a gallery and a balcony on the lower floor.

The 5^th floor apartment is a two-bedroom unit with a 23-foot-long living room with a wood-burning fireplace, a 17-foot-long open, eat-in kitchen, a 9-foot-long den and a rear balcony.

The top floor unit has two-bedrooms, a 22-foot-wide living room with a wood-burning fireplace, a 22-foot-wide dining room and upper kitchen, and a double-height gallery leading to the two bedrooms in the rear that share a small balcony.  It also has three roof-top terraces.