Carter HorsleyDec 23, 2011
Carter's Review
This handsome, post-war, 20-story building at the northeast corner of Washington Square Park has 242 rental apartments.
The gray-brick building has a very attractive rooftop water-tank enclosure and a very impressive entrance with curved mosaic walls and white marble. It has a one-story polished black granite base that extends to the second floor above the canopied entrance. The building is indented at several places above the second floor that adds a nice modulation to its large mass as the building extends all the way to 56th Street along the avenue. The window reveals are white, which also lightens the mass of the building. It has a doorman, a garage, discrete air-conditioners, sidewalk landscaping and consistent fenestration. A large and very attractive bistro, Rue 57, occupies its corner retail space.
One block from Fifth Avenue and Tiffany's and Bergdorf Goodman and two blocks south of Central Park and only a few blocks north of Rockefeller Center, this building has a very prime midtown location.
There is a supermarket one block to the south and many restaurants in the vicinity and excellent public transportation. There is also a lot of traffic.
- No Fee Rental built in 1963
- 7 apartments currently for rent ($3K to $12K)
- Located in Midtown West
- 242 total apartments 242 total apartments
- Doorman
- Pets Allowed
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