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160 Riverside drive~

160 Riverside Drive is a sought-after pre-war cooperative building built in 1929, located on the North corner of 88^th Street.  This attractive mid-sized building has an elegant tan-colored brick façade with striking arched windows running along the seventh and top floors of the building.  160 Riverside Drive has 16 stories and has approximately 70 units, ranging from gracious 1-Bedrooms to grand, 8-room homes with 3 Bedrooms and 3 Baths totaling approximately 2,200 square feet.  Those with Western Exposures have direct Park and River views.  The apartments have charming original details with high ceilings, arched doorways, hardwood floors, and baseboard, crown, and picture-frame moldings.  160 Riverside Drive is a coveted full-service Pet-Friendly Building with 24-Hour Doorman, Private Storage, Bike Room and Washer/Dryers allowed in the apartments and is located on a lovely quiet stretch of Riverside Drive conveniently located across the street from Riverside Park and the iconic Soldiers and Sailors Monument, transportation, popular dining and shopping and all area amenities. 

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210 Riverside Drive is a handsome prewar Co-op built in 1909 by the prolific architectural firm, Schwartz & Gross.  With twelve floors and approximately 88 units, 210 Riverside Drive was designed in an ornate Renaissance style with a rusticated base and symmetrical brick façade with elaborate decorative plasterwork particularly on the top portion of the building.  The elegant marble lobby has coffered ceilings, beautiful original Tiffany-style stained glass windows, and was featured in the popular 1998 film, You've Got Mail, as "Joe Fox's" (Tom Hanks) building lobby.

The residences feature generously proportioned rooms, high ceilings, charming arched doorways, and picture frame moldings and vary in size from studios to three bedroom homes. 

210 Riverside Drive is a pet-friendly, lovingly maintained building with a full-time concierge/elevator operator, live in super, central laundry, and storage and bike rooms.  It is located on a quiet stretch of Riverside Drive directly across from Joan of Arc Park between 93^rd and 94^th Streets.

267 West 89th Street~ is a boutique prewar cooperative located midway between Broadway and West End Avenue on the North side of 89th Street.  Built in 1910 and converted to cooperative in 1983, 267 West 89th Street, is a well-run building with gracious prewar layouts, and apartments ranging in size from One-Bedroom to Three-Bedroom homes with traditional layouts: Edwardian Fives with 1 Bedroom, Formal Dining Room and Maids Room, and Classic Six and Seven Room apartments with 2 and 3 Bedrooms respectively, plus formal dining room and maid's room.  For a more modern lifestyle, purchasers may wish to convert dining or maid's rooms to extra bedrooms. The facade of this charming building has a limestone base, and brick upper facade and features interesting ornamental flourishes such as gargoyles.  267 West 89th Street is a pet-friendly building with 8 stories and approximately 36 units and features a part-time doorman, excellent live-in Superintendent, private storage bins, bike room, and common laundry.  It is perfectly located on a quiet block just off of Broadway, only blocks away from public transportation, Riverside Park and Hippo Playground, and all that the Upper West Side has to offer.

Literally 3 minutes from the #1 local train as well as the 86^th street cross town bus.

Minutes from food shopping and great clothes stores as well, including the GAP and Banana Republic.

1025 Fifth Avenue is one of the most prestigious Fifth Avenue addresses, located between 83rd and 84th Streets, directly across the street from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Unlike the prewar buildings on either side, 1025 Fifth Avenue is a postwar building, marked by a long canopy that extends deeply to the actual entrance to the building lobby, which is set-back, creating a gap between 1020 Fifth Avenue, a stately prewar co-op just south of 1025 Fifth, and three former mansions north of 1025 Fifth Avenue.  The actual building is composed of two mid-block buildings on 83rd and 84th Streets that are connected only at the lobby level.  These 13-floor, post-war buildings were built in 1955 by H. L. Feldman as a cooperative and has approximately 158 units total.  The clever developers, unhampered by historic preservation initiatives that would come into effect in later years, purchased a turn of the century mansion designed by Ogden Codman and replaced it with 1025 Fifth's lobby entrance in order to boast a Fifth Avenue building address when the actual buildings are located on the sidestreets.  The lobby of 1025 Fifth Avenue was designed by Raymond Loewy Associates and is one of the largest in the city, extending approximately 100 feet to connect the midblock buildings and features an attractive landscaped central courtyard.  It is sleek and modern with black and white terrazzo paving and shining marble floors.  This luxury cooperative offers residents a variety of amenities for comfortable living, such as a 24 hour doorman, concierge, fitness center, parking garage and pets upon board approval.  The location is one of the most coveted in the city, across the street from Central Park and Metropolitan Museum, designer shops, fine dining, and some of the best NYC schools...a truly white glove experience!
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60 Gramercy Park North is truly a building evocative of old New York.  Commissioned by the Rockefeller family, it was designed by famed New York City residential architect, Emory Roth and completed in 1928.  Located between Park Avenue South and Lexington Avenue, 60 Gramercy Park faces the Northwestern part of exclusive Gramercy Park and occupies the full block from Gramercy Park North to East 22^nd Street, with entrances on both streets.  This sizable building has approximately 121 units, ranging from studios to four bedroom homes and was converted to cooperative in 1984.  The stunning marble lobby features elegant stained glass and a 24 hour doorman.  Residences feature high beamed ceilings, charming arched doorways, gracious prewar proportions, and the higher floor homes facing south onto Gramercy Park North have quiet views of the Park.  A quintessential white glove building, 60 Gramercy Park North has a full-time staff, including doorman, live in Super, and offers amenities such as two landscaped central courtyards, a fully equipped fitness center, private storage, bike room and central laundry, not to mention the coveted key to Gramercy Park.  With prestigious establishments such as the Gramercy Park Hotel, National Arts Club, and Gramercy Tavern only moments away, 60 Gramercy Park North is home to lucky residents who enjoy a tiny pocket of Manhattan conveniently located yet seemingly unchanged from years past.

Some of our favorite spots located so close to 60 Gramercy Park North:

BLT Prime, Eataly, Shake Shack,  Madison Square Park, Gramercy Park, The Gramercy Park Hotel and The Union Square Farmers Market!
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201 West 70^th Street, "Sherman Square"

Sherman Square is an impressive, towering white-glove co-op with much to offer residents, from its premium Upper West Side / Lincoln Center location on 70^th Street at the intersection of Broadway and Amsterdam to the many luxury building amenities it boasts.  Built in 1972, 201 W.70^th Street's 41-stories towered over neighboring buildings and even today it is a recognizable part of the UWS skyline.  This elegant building has a circular driveway with landscaped front courtyard and the lobby is staffed by a 24-hour doorman and concierge.  Sherman Square is composed of approximately 387 units ranging from studios to two-bedroom apartments with a smaller number of larger combination units.  Many of the apartments have private balconies and the terrific height of the building allows for spectacular, sweeping city and river views.  201 West 70^th Street, Sherman Square is a full-service co-operative featuring a stunning common roof garden, gym, garage, central laundry, and live-in Superintendent.  Live in the heart of the Upper West Side with shopping, fine dining, and the best of this vibrant Manhattan neighborhood, including Bar Boulud, Picholine, Magnolia Bakery, and Fairway Market.  For current and past sales see:

http://streeteasy.com/nyc/building/201-west-70-street-new_york

And for shopping and eating, you are within a 5 minute walk from Trader Joe's, Fairway, Citarellas, Vai Restaurant, Calle Ocho Restaurant, Nanoosh, and Loews Movie Theatres.......You are 1 second from the express and local red line!!!!!

30 East 37^th Street, The Morgan Park Condominium

The Morgan Park, 30 East 37^th Street is a mid-sized brick building built in 1950 by quintessential NYC architectural group Emery Roth & Sons.  Located in the heart of midtown East on an elegant block between Madison and Park Avenues, The Morgan Park has the charm and character of a boutique prewar building, with beamed ceilings, slightly higher than the typical post-war buildings built in the 1950's and beyond.  Many of the south-facing apartments have views of the cultural establishment that gave the condominium its name, The Morgan Library, which is located 1 block south on East 36^th Street.  Built in 1950 and converted to condominium in 1986, The Morgan Park is 13 stories with 104 apartments consisting of studios, 1-and 2-Bedroom apartments.  30 East 37^th Street is pet friendly and boasts a 24-hour Doorman, live-in Superintendent, and common laundry.  The Morgan Park is perfectly situated a stone's throw from The Union League Club, The Scandinavia House, The Ginger Man, Grand Central Station, and the Empire State Building.  For current and past sales see:

 http://streeteasy.com/nyc/building/30-east-37-street-manhattan

 
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173-175 Riverside Drive

173 Riverside Drive is one of the most impressive, monumental white glove buildings on Riverside Drive, occupying the full block from West 89^th to 90^th Streets.  Hugging the curve of Riverside Drive, 173 is an asymmetrically shaped building with the large expanse of West-facing windows providing residents with stunning river and park views.  Built in 1926, by John Carpenter, and converted to Cooperative in 1968, this well-established 16-story building is unusual, boasting many larger apartments that are often few and far between in Manhattan.  With units ranging in size from One Bedrooms to grandly proportioned, approximately 3000 square feet, 9 room apartments, 173 Riverside Drive is a highly coveted, elegant Co-op with four elevators and only two residences per landing for utmost privacy.  With a full and attentive staff, this lovely prewar co-op features a 24 Hour Doorman, state of the art fitness center, bike room, storage, game room, play room, and central laundry room.  This pet-friendly building permits washers and dryers in the units, allows up to 50% financing and offers Riverside Park just outside its door, Hippo Playground, soon to open Two Boots Pizza,  Equinox Fitness and Le Pain Quotidien.....

For current and past sales at 173-175 Riverside Drive see:

http://streeteasy.com/nyc/building/175-riverside-drive-new_york

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120 East 90^th Street, "Trafalgar House"

The Trafalgar House is a full-service, post-war condominium located in the lovely and quiet neighborhood of Carnegie Hill, between Park and Lexington Avenues.  Built in 1963 and converted to a condominium in 1985, The Trafalgar House has 16 floors and approximately 104 units ranging in size from studio to 2-bedroom apartments.  This well-maintained building recently renovated the lobby as well as common hallways and boasts a full-time doorman, private storage, central laundry room and bike storage.   Sorry, pets are not allowed.

120 East 90^th Street is perfectly located in the highly coveted, elegant neighborhood of Carnegie Hill, offering some of the finest area amenities including top-rated NYC schools, Central Park and Carl Schurz Park, the 92^nd Street Y, numerous world-renowned museums including the Guggenheim and The Jewish Musuem, and restaurants including Sarabeth's East and one of our all time favorites, Sfoglia ....

To be kept up to the minute on the Trafalgar House, see the building's website:

http://www.trafalgarhouseonline.com/

For current and recent sales at 120 E.90^th Street see:

http://streeteasy.com/nyc/building/trafalgar-house

For current and recent sales at 120 E.90^th Street see:

http://streeteasy.com/nyc/building/trafalgar-house
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588 West End Avenue

588 West End Avenue, located on the East Side of the Avenue between 88^th and 89^th Streets was built in 1922 by the architectural firm, Schwartz & Gross, the most prolific architects on West End Avenue, who also built the adjacent 590 West End Avenue.  This stately seventeen-story building was converted to a cooperative in 1879 and has approximately 63 units, originally all 1 and 2 Bedroom apartments though some combinations have created a small number of larger apartments. 

The interior of 588 West End Avenue has an intimate quality with semi-private hallways and only four units per floor.  Prospective purchasers are drawn to the apartments' high beamed ceilings, lovely moldings, original French Doors, generously proportioned rooms and excellent storage space.  Perched atop this elegant pre-war building, the Penthouse level, on the 17^th Floor is unique with only three apartments, each with enviable wrap-around terraces and exterior square footage even larger than interior square footage.

The façade of 588 West End Avenue is brown brick with classical accents and embellishments of limestone and terracotta located near the ground level and upper stories.  The canopied entrance leads to an elegant marble lobby.  This conveniently located pre-war co-op is pet friendly and features a part-time doorman on duty from 8am-2am, live-in Super, private storage bins, central laundry (washer/dryers are also allowed in the units), and a bike room.

Two of our favorite apartments at 588 West End Ave are # PH17C and # 8A

For current and recent sales at 588 West End Avenue, see below:

http://streeteasy.com/nyc/building/588-west-end-avenue-manhattan