246 West End Ave, 7-C

This is a grand two bedroom, two bathroom pre-war apartment in a classic J.E.R. Carpenter-designed building, with a spacious entry gallery, 10 1/2 foot detailed ceilings, very large rooms throughout, two beautiful functioning (subject to inspection) wood-burning fireplaces, herringbone floors, and large windows overlooking West End Avenue and, across and between the facing rooftops, the Hudson River and New Jersey. Large front, rear and side exposures maintain the sense of airiness and light. The current owner's family has resided here for 80 years, and the apartment is filled with 80 years of living and requires TLC and more. Potential buyers with vision are required, and the apartment is priced accordingly./nThe building, Howard House, is a classic pre-war, and one of the Grand Old Dames of West End Avenue. It was designed in 1912 by noted architect J.E.R. Carpenter, a graduate of MIT and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, who has been called the leading early 20th-Century architect of luxury residential high rise buildings in New York City, and one of the Three Kings of Manhattan residential real estate, along with Rosario Candela and Emory Roth. He designed and built 44 of these treasures, scattered along Park Avenue, Fifth Avenue, and Central Park South, as well as West End Avenue, of which 42 still remain. /nHoward House offers old-world service (the daily weather forecast is even posted in the elevator) with its pre-war scale and charm, lovely Beaux Arts marquee entrance and marble lobby, full-time doorstaff, resident superintendent, staff, and is pet-friendly. Like many Carpenter buildings, it has two wings and elevator banks for greater privacy. The C-line elevator currently serves only two or three apartments per floor. Laundry in the basement, as well as bike storage and storage bins, both subject to availability, and a new gym for residents in planning. Pied-a-terres are permitted./nLocated a block from Riverside Park, three blocks from Central Park, and around the corner from the Broadway-line subway, Howard House is set amidst all the best the Upper West Side has to offer: great restaurants, shops, schools, theatres - including Lincoln Center nearby - and easy access to the rest of the City.