Carter's Review

This attractive, 36-story rental apartment building at 800 Avenue of the Americas on the east side of the avenue between 27^th and 28^th Streets and was originally known as the Aston and is now called Archstone Chelsea. 

It has 266 apartments and many curved bay windows and corner windows in the tower that rises above a five-story base. 

It was developed in 2004 by Matthew G. Adell, who with his father, Leonard Adell, waged a long campaign to have the Flower District rezoned for residential uses.  

According to an article by Edwin McDowell in the October 31, 2003 edition of The New York Times, Leonard Adell began assembling three sites in the "corridor" in the 1970s and with the Witkoff Group built the Capitol at Chelsea, a rental apartment building, in 2001.  They also bought the land where the Chelsea Tower stands and sold it as well as this building.  This building was sold in 2004 for about $195 million. 

Costas Kondylis & Partners designed this and the Capitol at Chelsea. 

It is one of several high-rise apartment buildings that radically transformed the city's former "Flower District" that played host to wholesale florists for decades in the area just to the north of the Ladies' Mile Historic District. 

These buildings are close to the popular NoMad area and the Flatiron District.

Bottom Line

One of the more handsome towers that sprouted in the former Flower District in the 20’s on Sixth Avenue before the stylish conversion of many nearby buildings in the NoMad area.

Description

The building has an attractive, wood-paneled lobby and many corner windows and many bay windows on its south and west sides.

Amenities

The building has a doorman, a concierge, garage, a fitness center, a laundry, a live-in superintendent, and pets are allowed. 

The building also has an outdoor bocce court and patio and valet service.

Apartments

Apartments has bamboo plank flooring and some have 16-foot-high ceilings. 

Kitchens have two-tone maple cabinetry, Imperial white granite countertops, and Whirlpool appliances. 

Apartments have Bosch washers and dryers. 

Apartment 35F is a two-bedroom unit with a 19-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 21-foot-long living room in one direction and a 12-foot-wide kitchen in the other.

Apartment 37B is a one-bedroom unit with an 8-foot-long entry foyer next to a 7-foot-long, pass-through kitchen and a 20-foot-long living/dining area with a curved corner window. 

Apartment 37C is a one-bedroom unit with an 8-foot-long entry foyer next to a 7-foot-wide, pass-through kitchen and an 18-foot-long living/dining room with a slightly curved window wall. 

Apartment 37A is a studio unit with a 19-foot-long living area and a 10-foot-wide open kitchen.