Key Details
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Listed: Oct 11, 2024Last Price Change: ($300,000) on Oct 28Days on Market: 20Building Type: CooperativeNeighborhood: Riverside Dr./West End Ave. (Manhattan)Doorman: FT Doorman
Insider Highlights
- Location and Building: This distinguished Upper West Side cooperative is ideally located just a block from Riverside Park, with convenient access to transportation, fine dining, and boutique shopping. The building features an Italian Renaissance palazzo-style facade, a large marble lobby, and a new outdoor common seating area/garden space.
- Renovations and Interior Details: The apartment has been meticulously renovated, blending modern luxury with exquisite pre-war details. It boasts soaring 11-foot ceilings, polished oak parquet floors with mahogany borders, 9-foot French doors, picture-frame walls, custom tile work, and large wood-framed windows throughout.
- Dining and Kitchen: The expansive formal dining room features a decorative fireplace mantle and an intricately filigreed mirror. The windowed eat-in kitchen is equipped with top-of-the-line appliances including a La Cornue cooking range, Subzero refrigerator, and a full size Subzero wine cooler.
- Bedrooms and Bathrooms: The apartment offers three generously sized bedrooms and a windowed bath. The master bedroom comes with an original shaving sink, a built-in wall safe, and there's a versatile maid’s room with a half bath.
- Amenities and Services: The full-service cooperative offers a 24-hour doorman, live-in super, spacious storage lockers, bicycle room, laundry room, gym, and a pet-friendly policy. Additional building amenities include a fitness center, bike room, and live-in superintendent.
- Convenience and Lifestyle: The quiet apartment offers a serene retreat from the city, while being very convenient to public transportation and close to excellent retail and restaurants. Pets are welcome, enhancing the quality of life in this prestigious cooperative.
Description
SOARING 11’ CEILINGS - RARE PRE-WAR CLASSIC SEVEN WITH GILDED AGE ELEGANCE
Step into a stunning masterpiece at 490 West End Avenue off of the raised lobby level, paying homage to the opulence of the Gilded Age. This beautiful classic seven, located on the first level of a distinguished Upper West Side cooperative, has been meticulously renovated, blending modern luxury with exquisite pre-war details. This home showcases craftsmanship that’s both rare and irreplaceable.
With soaring 11-foot ceilings (higher than any other floor), the grandeur of this home is evident from the moment you enter the gracious foyer.
The expansive formal dining room, wood-paneled and adorned with a decorative fireplace mantle and an intricately filigreed mirror, invites lavish gatherings. The space is enriched by polished oak parquet floors with mahogany borders and 9-foot French doors, all beautifully preserved.
Picture-frame walls, custom tile work, and large wood-framed windows throughout add further touches of refinement. Every detail has been thoughtfully designed to evoke the charm of a grand townhouse while being nestled in a full-service building.
The apartment is pin-drop quiet, offering a serene retreat from the city.
The windowed eat-in kitchen features top-of-the-line appliances including a La Cornue cooking range, Subzero refrigerator, full size Subzero wine cooler, and a plethora of practical and thoughtful custom cabinets. The adjacent maid’s room features a half bath & a Washer/Dryer, providing a versatile space for an office, study, or nursery. Down a private hallway, separate from the entertaining spaces, are three generously sized bedrooms and a windowed bath.
The master bedroom boasts an original shaving sink and a rare and charming built-in wall safe.
490 West End Avenue is a 12-story, full-service cooperative featuring a 24-hour doorman, live-in super, spacious storage lockers, bicycle room, laundry room, gym, pet-friendly policy and new outdoor common seating area/garden space to relax and enjoy.
Ideally located just a block from Riverside Park, with convenient access to transportation, fine dining, and boutique shopping, this historic residence blends architectural grandeur with modern comfort-the perfect home for those who appreciate the best of both worlds.
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