This distinctive space, designed by an award-winning architect, boasts gleaming original hardwood floors, stunning octagonal dining room with cast plaster features on ceiling and restored original clerestory glass windows in the entrance hall. The layout is well suited for entertaining with a kitchen that opens into the dining and living room yet is sufficiently separated to give this apartment a home-like feel. Large windows throughout, including a bay window, enhances spaciousness and beckons plentiful natural light. Display your books in the living room?s oversized custom bookcases featuring library lighting and Farrow and Ball paint.
Enjoy cooking and meals in a distinctive chef designed eat-in kitchen with European white cabinets with dimmer lighting and marble counter tops and backsplash. Top of the line kitchen appliances include a Thermador professional gas range, subzero refrigerator, a Franke stainless steel sink with water filter, and a Thermador Star Sapphire dishwasher. In addition to these wonderful features and appliances, you also have the convenience of a built in Miele washer and dryer.
Imagine soaking in the original refinished tub in the primary bathroom surrounded by elegant Calacatta gold and Landmark ceramics Charmelux large format style. This bathroom boasts Kohler vanities, shower body faucets, towel bars and two large medicine cabinets, and a Toto toilet. The second bathroom is exquisitely updated with a glass enclosed Kohler shower, Italian ceramic marbleized tile walls and floor.
All bedrooms are nice sizes with possibilities for home office(s) or guest rooms. The roomy and light filled primary bedroom with a bay window has a large, custom built walk-in closet and a lay out that could accommodate a home office area. The third bedroom has its? own en suite bathroom and conspicuous spaces for a murphy bed, and/or bookshelves or a desk.
The apartment electric and wiring have been upgraded and is hardwired for wifi throughout.
527 West 110th street, also known as the Britannia, is a remarkable part of NYC architectural history. Designed to capture the feeling of ?home? (NY Times, 2009) this building and apartment are a rare find in NYC. Do not miss this one-a-kind home in an iconic building.
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Due to the large number of institutes of higher learning that are housed within its borders, most notably Columbia University, Morningside Heights has a very definite college-town vibe. It has been dubbed the “Academic Acropolis,” both for the large number of schools and for the fact that the neighborhood is built high atop the Manhattan schist bluffs that are the geological bedrock of NYC. From this vantage point, which is the highest point of land in all of Manhattan, you can take in stunning views of upper Manhattan and the Hudson River. Sunsets are especially breathtaking from Riverside Park.
Walk through Morningside Heights and you’ll see a diverse population, especially when the schools are in session. It has a generally quiet atmosphere, bounded by large green spaces, dotted with small cafes, specialty stores, and restaurants that offer all manner of international cuisine. There is a modest nightlife consisting of intimate bars and small musical venues, many of which are open to the wee hours of the morning, and frequented by students.
Housing is primarily pre-war buildings that have larger apartments and beautiful architecture clustered around Broadway. You can find affordable walk-ups in low-rise buildings on the side streets. Many of the residential buildings in the area actually are owned by Columbia University.