118 Riverside Drive: Review and Ratings

Review of 118 Riverside Drive by Carter Horsley

Bottom Line

A gracious, pre-war co-operative in a fine Upper West Side location with an impressive lobby with a fireplace and large apartments.

Description

The orange-brick building, which has a slightly angled corner at 83rd Street, has a thin bandcourse above its second floor and another above the 13th floor. 

There are attractive decorative window surrounds on the third and the 13th floors and a discrete cornice. 

The building has a canopied entrance with an attractive arched surround, sconces and sidewalk landscaping on the side-street. 

It has inconsistent fenestration and permits window air-conditioners. 

The building has a very handsome paneled lobby that is steps up from the vestibule and it has a fireplace and stained glass windows.

Amenities

The building has a full-time doorman, a live-in superintendent, a gym, a bicycle room, a laundry and permits cats and dogs.

Apartments

Apartment 15B is a four-bedroom unit with a 13-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 25-foot-long living/dining room and a 16-foot-long breakfast room next to a 13-foot-long kitchen. 

Apartment 1C is a four-bedroom unit with a 13-foot-long entrance gallery that leads to a 21-foot-long living room and a 16-foot-long dining room adjacent to a 12-foot-long, windowed kitchen with a breakfast bar and a 12-foot-long windowed home office. 

Apartment 14B is a three-bedroom unit with a 20-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 24-foot-long living room, an 18-foot-long dining room next to a 14-foot-long enclosed kitchen. 

Apartment 4B is a three-bedroom unit with a 14-foot-long entrance gallery that leads to a 24-foot-long living room across from a 17-foot-long dining room near a pantry, a 13-foot-wide, windowed kitchen and a 10-foot-long maid's room. 

Apartment 3C is a three-bedroom unit with a 13-foot-long entrance gallery that opens onto a 23-foot-long living room across from a 17-foot-long dining froom next to a 14-foot-long kitchen.