170 West End Ave, 22-L

Walk into this unique high floor studio and immediately be dazzled by the abundance of light streaming through the beautiful new windows that carry your gaze to the iconic Manhattan cityscape and beyond the Hudson to New Jersey. After trudging from one cookie cutter studio to another, be so pleasantly surprised at the oversized sleeping alcove, nicely complemented by a surprisingly roomy living room. Then suppress a smile as you take in the creatively reconfigured and refreshingly rare open kitchen, which, like the bath, has been tastefully and smartly renovated. Add in the richly stained wood floors, overhead lighting and ample closets, and ask yourself, why wasn't everyone so creative?

All of this is in a pet friendly full service, luxury building with all of the amenities, including an exercise room and playroom, and access to Lincoln Towers' private, gated park, with its playground, basketball court, pickle ball court, picnic tables and acres of lawns, trees and benches. Walk two blocks to Lincoln Center, or a couple more to Riverside and Central Parks, or to the plethora of cultural, gastronomic and shopping options on the dynamic, Upper West Side. No more trudging -- you have finally found that perfect move-in ready apartment to call home or the elusive, affordable, very special pied-a-terre you have been searching for.