Key Details
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Listed: Nov 19, 2024Days on Market: 2Building Type: CooperativeNeighborhood: Park/Fifth Ave. to 79th St. (Manhattan)Doorman: FT Doorman
Insider Highlights
- Spacious Elegance: This apartment boasts 4 bedrooms and 4.5 baths, with a grand 30 by 20 foot corner living room featuring nearly 11 foot ceilings.
- Designer Touches: Originally designed by renowned architect Rosario Candela, the apartment showcases exquisite molding, herringbone floors, and wood-burning fireplaces.
- Luxurious Entertaining Spaces: Enjoy a formal dining room over 20 feet long, a library with custom built-ins, and a windowed loggia serving as a stylish bar.
- Chef's Dream Kitchen: The expansive eat-in kitchen features a built-in banquette, an island, and ample space for culinary creations, complemented by a large pantry/laundry room.
- Prime Location: Situated on Park Avenue, this residence offers stunning views and is steps away from Central Park and upscale shopping and dining.
- Exclusive Building Amenities: 770 Park Avenue features a full-service attended lobby, a fitness center, and resident storage, ensuring a luxurious living experience.
Description
8D is perched high above landmarked townhouses and clears to the north and west, enjoying light from four exposures. The apartment was originally 11 rooms, now 9 with a formal living room with a fireplace, formal dining room, library with second fireplace and windowed loggia, a double staff room now serving as a sitting room office with private bath, a huge eat-in kitchen, a large laundry room/pantry, and three enormous bedrooms each with an ensuite bath. The apartment is in excellent condition with through the wall air conditioning and updated windows, plumbing and electrical.
Off a semi-private elevator landing, the square gallery has ample closet space and a large powder room. The gallery opens up to all three entertaining rooms in classic Candela style. A dramatic 30 by 20 foot corner living room has nearly 11 foot ceilings, a wood-burning fireplace, and large windows with open views north and side views west of Central Park and Central Park West.
Adjacent to the living room is a formal library with another wood-burning fireplace, bright western exposure and custom built-ins. The windowed loggia, a Candela signature, serves as a bar. The formal dining room is over 20 feet long and has open northern views and gracious proportions.
A private hallway lined with closets leads to three enormous bedrooms, each with their own bathroom ensuite and generous closet space and open views. The kitchen faces east, has a built in banquette, an island and is a chef’s dream. There is a large windowed pantry/laundry room with access to the service elevator.
The two staff rooms have been combined into a large sitting room with built in desk and bookshelves with open views north, lovely light and a full bath. This apartment comes with a storage room in the basement.
770 Park Avenue is an elegant, full-service building with a glamorous lobby designed by renowned designer Dorothy Draper. The cooperative has superb staff, a resident manager, and a gym.
Pets and pied-a-terres are allowed. There is a 3% flip tax paid by purchaser and summer work rules apply
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