305 Riverside Drive: Review and Ratings

Review of 305 Riverside Drive by Carter Horsley

This very attractive, 12-story building at 305 Riverside Drive on the southeast corner at 103^rd Street is known as the Clearfield.

It was erected in 1910 and designed by Lawlor & Haase.

It has 60 rental apartments.

Bottom Line

This very handsome pre-war has a delicate fence with finials, a limestone base and top and fireplaces.

Description

The building has bandcourses above the 3^rd and 4^th floors and a four-step-up entrance.

The second and third floors have arched windows.

It has window surrounds on the 4^th and 5^th floors and the 10^th and 11^th floors and a limestone band above the 5^th floor.

The building has a 4-story limestone base that is rusticated on the 2^nd and 3^rd floors.

The top floor is limestone.

The building has some protruding air-conditioners and a very delicate and tall fence with nice finials.

The building has a four-step-up, canopied entrance.

Amenities

It has a doorman, an elevator operator and a live-in superintendent.

Apartments

Apartment 3A is a three-bedroom unit with a long entry foyer that opens onto a 24-foot-long living room with a fireplace and a 18-foot-long, windowed dining room adjacent to a 12-foot-long kitchen and an 18-foot-long maid’s room.

Apartment 8C is a two-bedroom unit with a wide entry foyer that turns into a very long hall.  The foyer opens onto a 19-foot-long living room with a fireplace adjacent to the 13-foot-long dining room that is next to a 9-foot-long kitchen.

Apartment 10D is a one-bedroom unit with a 26-foot-long living room with a fireplace, a 9-foot-long dining room next to an 8-foot-long kitchen.