180 West 58th Street, 9-D

Just steps from Central Park and Carnegie Hall, the landmark terracotta masterpiece, Alwyn Court, designed by Harde & Short, has ranked among New York's most prestigious residences for over a century. Apartments in its largest and best-designed D-Line are rarely available, and this impeccable, recently-renovated two-bed two-bath unit is one of the building's finest. It evokes Alwyn's storied past with a nearly 30-foot long parlor, eleven foot ceilings, parquet floors, gracious cove moldings, elegant doorframes, a large entry foyer, separate public and private rooms, generous closets, and spacious black-and-white tiled bathrooms--both with long, deep cast-iron bathtubs--and updates it with skim-coated Fowler & Ball-painted walls, extraordinary built-in cabinetry and bookshelves, Sub-Zero, Viking, and Miele appliances in its windowed, Bauhaus-inspired kitchen, an in-wall McQuay HVAC in the living room, a washer-dryer , and a storage room, complete with spacious built-in cedar closet. The apartment also boasts skyscraper-top views through nine west facing windows, WBFP, buried cable, phone and A/V wiring, a magnificent built-in computer-ready home office in the second bedroom, a large linen closet, and a walk-in closet in the master suite. Alwyn Court has a stunning lobby with a 12-story atrium, a superb staff including a 24-hour doorman and live-in super. It is friendly to pets, pied-a-terres and foreign buyers, offers a discount at Petrossian and Petrossian Bakery (which are in the cooperative), a multitude of transportation options, and is walking distance from Broadway theaters, Columbus Circle, Lincoln Center, Madison Avenue and dozens of Manhattan's finest restaurants.