Key Details
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Listed: Sep 26, 2024Last Price Change: ($255,000) on Oct 23Days on Market: 58Building Type: CooperativeNeighborhood: Morningside Heights (Manhattan)Doorman: FT DoormanListing viewed 202 times
Open house:
- The afternoon of Sunday, Nov 24
Insider Highlights
- Location and Exclusivity: This rarely available apartment is located in the prestigious and historic Swarthmore building, in the heart of the flourishing Columbia University neighborhood. With only one sale per year on average, this high floor corner apartment offers stunning north/east views and is close to Riverside Park, public tennis courts, and numerous dining, shopping, and entertainment venues.
- Architectural Beauty: The apartment retains many extraordinary prewar details and boasts an architecturally distinguished facade with a grand arched entrance and curved marquee. The beautifully proportioned, light-filled rooms with soaring ceilings offer impressive views of Riverside Park and the Hudson River.
- Modern Updates: The apartment has been tastefully updated, including new windows throughout, new cabinets and granite counters in the kitchen. The large primary bedroom features two exposure open city views and a spacious renovated bathroom.
- Additional Features: The apartment includes a large maid’s room that can be used as an office or third bedroom. The central bathroom retains original decorative tiles, a deep cast iron tub, and a separate multi-head shower stall.
- Building Amenities: The full service building provides a FT Doorman, private storage, and a bike room, ensuring a comfortable and convenient living experience.
- Proximity to Landmarks: The apartment is ideally located close to Columbia University, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and the 1 train, making it a perfect choice for those seeking a blend of historic charm and modern city living.
Description
You know you are in a special home as soon as you walk in.
The gracious hallway off the entry foyer is filled with light. Upon entering, you are struck by the space, scale, original detail and elegant proportions of light-filled rooms with soaring ceilings and beautiful partial river and open city views.
The apartment has been lovingly maintained with tasteful updates, including new windows throughout. It retains many extraordinary prewar details.
The 22 x18 LR has elaborate plasterwork moldings including a ceiling medallion, original oak parquet floors with varying beautiful marquetry, and a decorative fireplace. The 12x 18 dining room gets superb eastern light (and can easily serve as a fourth bedroom). The large 19x 16 primary corner bedroom is sun flooded with two exposure open city views, and a spacious renovated bathroom with open east views.
The second bedroom also has two exposures and gets terrific light. There is a central bathroom which has the original decorative tiles, deep cast iron tub, pedestal sink and an impressive separate multi-head shower stall with the original chromed cage water pipes enclosure and porcelain floor. These are museum caliber remnants! There is a large maid’s room which has been used as office and third bedroom with its sleeping loft.
The original maid’s half bathroom hous es a washer/dryer, but can be restored if so desired. Lastly, the kitchen has been updated with new cabinets and granite counters.
Entry into The Strathmore immediately evokes a by-gone era and a fabled living style where you will enjoy unmatched elegance and ambiance in this most sought after address. The Strathmore is honored with an entire chapter in Andrew Alpern’s iconic "Luxury Apartment Houses of Manhattan".
This full service building is located in the heart of the flourishing Columbia University neighborhood and a particularly beautiful span of Riverside Park with public tennis courts just a short walk away. The thriving area offers a multitude of superb living experiences and unrivalled cultural and intellectual energy. There are numerous dining, shopping and entertainment venues conveniently located in the area as well as exciting new construction, excellent school options and convenient transportation.
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