The Chatham stands as one of the Upper East Side's most distinguished residential towers, a 34-story red brick and limestone condominium designed by renowned late architect Robert A.M. Stern, the former dean of the Yale School of Architecture. Completed in 2000 by Related Companies, the building replaced the former Sign of the Dove Restaurant site at 181 East 65th Street. Stern's architectural vision is evident throughout, from the building's striking oval lobby with a 17-foot blue-painted oculus to its elegant Georgian-inspired façade featuring attractive bay windows and one of the most sophisticated rooftop water tank enclosures built in decades.
The building's 94 apartments showcase exceptional attention to detail with premium finishes rarely found in post-war construction, including plaster walls, solid wood doors, and herringbone hardwood flooring. Units feature 9-foot ceilings on floors 4-17 and 10-foot ceilings above, with many apartments offering stunning Central Park and city views through oversized windows. The kitchens are equipped with top-tier appliances from Sub-Zero, Thermador, Viking, and Miele, while bathrooms feature marble floors and walls with high-end fixtures. Many units include terraces or balconies, and corner apartments particularly shine with multiple exposures and wraparound views.
Residents enjoy white-glove service with amenities that include a resident-only Equinox fitness center with Pilates studio, 24-hour doorman and concierge service, an on-site parking garage with valet service, and storage facilities. The building welcomes pets and maintains a live-in resident manager. Its prime Lenox Hill location provides immediate access to Central Park, world-class museums, Madison and Fifth Avenue shopping, and excellent transportation options, making it a coveted address that exemplifies luxury Upper East Side living.
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One Lincoln Square, completed in 1995 at 150 Columbus Avenue, is a distinctive 30-story, 143-unit condominium tower designed by Gary Edward Handel + Associates. The building features an asymmetrical design with a unique mix of façades, combining a modern glass and metal tower with a red-brick masonry base. It's one of three prominent buildings developed by Millennium Partners that collectively transformed the Lincoln Square area.
The building's apartments are characterized by floor-to-ceiling windows, high ceilings, and generous proportions, with many units offering multiple exposures and sweeping city views. Common layouts include split bedroom configurations, and residences typically feature modern finishes and well-appointed kitchens. The full-service building provides 24-hour doorman and concierge service, a live-in resident manager, bike room, and private storage.
Situated at the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, One Lincoln Square offers immediate access to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, with Central Park just a block away. The location provides easy access to multiple subway lines and is surrounded by notable dining, shopping, and cultural attractions of the Upper West Side. The building's base has housed prominent retailers over the years, including Barnes & Noble and Century 21.
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The Silk Building stands as one of NoHo's most culturally significant residential landmarks, originally constructed in 1908 as a silk garment factory in the Italian Renaissance palazzo style by Clinton & Russell Architects. The 12 story building was converted to a luxury condominium in the early 1980s, retaining beautiful historic friezes in its lobby that pay homage to its industrial origins. The building gained legendary status when Tower Records occupied its entire ground floor retail space from 1983 until the company's eventual closure, becoming a cultural epicenter during the height of MTV's influence and helping establish this stretch of Broadway as a destination for music lovers worldwide.
The Silk Building has attracted an impressive roster of celebrity residents, most notably in Penthouse 1109, a spectacular quadruplex that was owned successively by Russell Simmons, Keith Richards and Britney Spears. This penthouse featured a 54 foot wide living room, private terraces, and multiple levels spanning floors 10 through 12. Other notable residents have included Cher and fashion designer Charlotte Ronson, cementing the building's reputation as a magnet for entertainment industry figures and cultural tastemakers.
The building's 56 apartments showcase distinctive loft style layouts, with many units configured as duplexes and triplexes featuring soaring 10 to 12 foot ceilings, oversized windows, and wood burning fireplaces. Kitchens typically include premium appliances from Sub-Zero, Wolf, Viking, and Miele, while hardwood floors and open concept designs emphasize the building's industrial heritage. Many units offer both north and south exposures, with some penthouses featuring private terraces and panoramic city views.
Located at 14 East 4th Street, the full service building offers 24 hour doorman service, a live-in superintendent, laundry facilities on every floor, and a landscaped roof deck with sweeping skyline views. The prime NoHo location sits at the crossroads of Greenwich Village, SoHo, Union Square, and the East Village, providing residents with easy access to multiple subway lines, New York University, Washington Square Park, and some of downtown Manhattan's finest dining and shopping destinations.
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21 Astor Place is a city landmark that was converted into apartments in 2003.
It is 11 stories and features 50 residences, half of which have different layouts. Thirty-nine units, including 10 duplexes, have either one or two bedrooms. There are also eight, three-bedroom simplexes, a three-bedroom duplex and a four-bedroom duplex. The top floor is a vast space of 7,278 square feet with a 3,094-square-foot wraparound terrace.
Apartments have a loft-style feel with large living areas, 13-foot-high ceilings and many windows. Interiors include sliding room dividers, closets made of semi-opaque glass and staircases angled out of walls to appear as if they are floating. In keeping with such an aesthetic, toilets are also set in bathroom walls.
Apartments have relatively low monthly common charges, even with such amenities as a 24-hour doorman and a health club. With Astor Place and Cooper Union nearby, it is also located close to public transportation and shops.
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The Greenwich at 65 West 13th Street is a distinguished 12-story pre-war condominium built in 1906 and converted to luxury residences in 2001 by Franke Gottesegen Cox Architects. This handsome building features a curved corner at 14th Street and Seventh Avenue and distinctive arched windows on upper floors, housing approximately 67 large apartments ranging from 1,000 to over 4,500 square feet. The building has attracted notable residents including Jennifer LeRoy and Kay LeRoy.
Apartments at The Greenwich showcase the grandeur of pre-war loft living with soaring ceilings ranging from 11 to over 14 feet and oversized windows that flood the spaces with natural light. Many units feature dramatic entry galleries extending 15 to 41 feet, open chef's kitchens with center islands, and high-end finishes including granite countertops and custom millwork. The penthouse units are particularly spectacular, with some configured as duplexes featuring wood-burning fireplaces and expansive private terraces up to 2,057 square feet equipped with gas lines, water, and electricity for outdoor entertaining. Several apartments offer sweeping views of the Empire State Building, Hudson Yards, and city skylines through their north and west exposures.
The building provides white-glove service with a 24-hour doorman, state-of-the-art fitness center, children's playroom, and bike storage. The crown jewel amenity is the stunning common roof deck with 360-degree panoramic city views, complete with gas grilling facilities and landscaped areas. Located at the nexus of Greenwich Village, Chelsea, Union Square, and the Flatiron District, residents enjoy exceptional access to the city's finest dining, shopping, cultural institutions, and multiple subway lines, making it one of downtown Manhattan's most coveted addresses for sophisticated loft living.
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1049 Fifth Avenue merges an opulent pre-war style with state-of-the art finishes and technology.
It recently underwent an interior gut renovation that included substantial soundproofing between floors and apartments. With only 54 condominium residences on 23 floors, there are no more than three units per floor, with one floor designated for smaller staff apartments.
Residences are sprawling, averaging over 2,000 square feet. There are libraries with raised panel walls, coffered ceilings, Chicago windows with hand-operated panels, solid core raised panel doors, crown moldings and hand-laid rosewood herringbone patterned floors with ebony borders. Marble bathrooms have cherry wood raised panel cabinetry, double sink vanities and deep soaking tubs. Eat-in kitchens have top-of-the-line appliances, white marble and polished gray granite floors, full-size washers and dryers and butler’s pantries with warming ovens. Many residences have multiple terraces offering some of the best views in Manhattan of Central Park and the city.
It has a full-time doorman and concierge, private storage, attended elevators, a bicycle room and refrigerator storage for deliveries.
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Completed in 1984, 500 Park Tower stands at the intersection of Park Avenue and 59th Street, marking the boundary between Midtown and the Upper East Side. Designed by James Stewart Polshek, the 40 story building earned a national award from the American Institute of Architects for its contextual design, which brilliantly complements the adjacent 1960 Pepsi Cola Building (later Olivetti Building) by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The tower's distinctive split façade features a silvery aluminum bay running up its east side and a dark gray granite base with deeply incised windows on other exposures. Developed by Tishman Speyer Properties and Equitable Life Assurance Society, the building contains offices on its lower 16 floors and just 48 residences above, with only two apartments per floor ensuring exceptional privacy. Notable residents have included Larry Silverstein and Naomi Campbell.
Residences range from 1,060 square foot one bedrooms to a spectacular 9,000 square foot duplex penthouse occupying the entire 39th and 40th floors. Most apartments feature 9 foot 2 inch ceilings, windowed kitchens, windowed marble bathrooms, and generous entrance galleries. Many units offer Central Park views, particularly those on higher floors and corner locations. The penthouse is especially notable with its 17 rooms, entertaining terrace designed by landscape architect Ken Smith, custom St. Charles kitchen, and multiple fireplaces. Common features include in-unit washer/dryers, abundant closet space, and wraparound windows in select residences.
The building provides white glove service with a 24 hour doorman, concierge, live-in resident manager, and separate service elevator corridor. Amenities include a roof deck, private storage, and a former Walt Disney screening room available for rent. The condominium permits corporate ownership, pets, and subletting. Its location places residents steps from Central Park and surrounded by world class shopping along Fifth Avenue and fine dining establishments including Le Bilboquet, Avra Estiatorio, and La Goulue.
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Built in 1924, the Atalanta at 25 North Moore Street in TriBeCa is a 17-story former warehouse for butter, cheese and eggs that was converted into loft apartments in 2001.
It has three lofts on each floor that range in size from 1,914 to 2,926 square feet. Atop the Atalanta are two terraced, duplex penthouses of 4,500 square feet and 5,200 square feet, one of which has outdoor space in the form of an addition on top of the building. Units were sold as raw space, allowing the owners to get creative with the interior design and layout.
Amenities at the Atalanta include a 24-hour doorman, resident manager, state-of-the-art wiring, and a sundeck with gas grill and panoramic city views. 25 North Moore Street is situated close to restaurants and shops, as well as Washington Market, Hudson River Park, and the 1/2/3/A/C/E trains.
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The Empire opened in 2001 and is located at 188 East 78th Street in the Upper East Side.
It is a traditionally styled, brick-clad tower that sits atop a block-long, four-story retail base stretching from 77th to 78th Streets. The Empire’s façades are adorned by columns of bay windows and bowed terraces.
Layouts in the 77 apartments are generally expansive; all are between 1,200 and 3,400 square feet and many have 11-foot ceilings. Most of the residences have two or more bedrooms, foyers, spacious formal dining rooms, crown moldings, herringbone floors, washers and dryers, marble baths and oversized closet spaces. Many enjoy terraces and several have fireplaces. Large eat-in kitchens are equipped with custom cabinets and premium appliances.
Residents have access to such amenities as concierge service, a state-of-the-art fitness center and a children’s play room. Bonus services include a pool, a roof deck and a private garden. Downstairs there are 36 storage rooms and 36 wine cellars available for purchase. The Empire also has a 25-car garage and is near to Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Originally constructed in 1912 as the Hawley & Hoops chocolate factory, 285 Lafayette Street underwent a complex conversion in 1999 that transformed it into one of SoHo's most distinctive luxury condominiums. The ambitious renovation, led by developer Allied Partners, required building a fireproof structure over the existing non-fireproof base—a three-year engineering feat that involved hanging steel beams from tubular grillage spanning up to 70 feet. The 10-story building now houses 31 apartments above 30,000 square feet of retail space occupied by the New York Public Library and Ralph Lauren.
The building's loft-style residences showcase authentic industrial details including original cast iron columns, exposed wooden beams, and soaring ceilings that reach up to 26 feet in the eight penthouses. Apartments range from approximately 2,100 to over 4,000 square feet, featuring Brazilian cherry hardwood floors, chef's kitchens with high-end appliances, wine refrigerators, and luxurious bathrooms with six-foot soaking tubs. Many units boast private terraces, and the penthouses include wood-burning fireplaces. The building's design, crafted by architect Costas Kondylis, seamlessly blends prewar architectural elements with modern luxury finishes.
285 Lafayette Street gained considerable cachet through its celebrity residents, most notably David Bowie and his wife Iman, who purchased one of the penthouses. Other notable residents have included Courtney Love, Studio 54 co-founder Ian Schrager, actor Saul Rubinek, tennis player Patrick McEnroe, and members of the Murdoch and Nederlander families. The building's full-service amenities include 24-hour doorman and concierge service, a professionally landscaped rooftop garden, and two entrances—one on Lafayette Street and a more discreet entrance on Mulberry Street for enhanced privacy.
Strategically positioned just south of the iconic Puck Building at the intersection of SoHo and NoLiTa, the building offers residents immediate access to world-class dining, shopping, and cultural attractions. The 800-square-foot lobby features a striking 10-foot white onyx countertop, setting the tone for the building's sophisticated aesthetic. With its combination of historical significance, architectural distinction, and prime location, 285 Lafayette Street represents one of downtown Manhattan's most coveted residential addresses.
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The Park Laurel at 15 West 63rd Street is a distinctive 41-story condominium tower completed in 2000, designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and Costas Kondylis for developers Vornado Realty Trust and David Edelstein. The building's most striking feature is its large, stepped pyramidal top that makes it highly visible from Central Park. Built above and adjacent to the historic West Side YMCA, the tower preserves the landmark Romanesque-style façade of the former McBurney School while incorporating it into the modern structure. The light red brick was specifically chosen to harmonize with the neighboring YMCA building, creating an architecturally cohesive streetscape.
The building houses 56 luxury condominium apartments spanning floors 14 through 40, with nearly all units offering sweeping Central Park views. Apartments range from two to four bedrooms, with sizes varying dramatically from 1,309 square feet to over 7,000 square feet for full-floor units. Notable residences include a Charles Gwathmey-designed penthouse duplex with 360-degree views and 20-foot ceilings, and several full-floor apartments featuring expansive terraces overlooking Central Park. Common luxury finishes throughout the building include Calacatta Gold marble bathrooms, premium appliances from Sub-Zero, Miele, and Thermador, herringbone hardwood floors, and individual climate controls.
The development faced significant controversy during its 15-year planning process, with notable opponents including Madonna and other prominent residents who argued the tower would overwhelm the neighborhood. The project ultimately moved forward using inclusionary housing zoning, which allowed additional density in exchange for preserving affordable housing units. This air-rights development not only created the luxury tower but also expanded the historic YMCA facilities.
The Park Laurel offers white-glove service with 24-hour doorman and concierge, a fitness center, children's playroom, and bicycle storage. Its prime location provides immediate access to Central Park, Lincoln Center, and Columbus Circle, making it one of Manhattan's most coveted addresses for those seeking luxury living with unparalleled park views and cultural amenities.
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