Once home to Arthur Rankin Jr., producer-director behind the holiday classics Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman, experience north, east and west exposures, iconic city views, and abundant natural light.
On the Main Level : A formal foyer opens to the great room, where 10+-foot ceilings, original chevron floors and Art Deco details frame formal dining room and multiple seating spaces. A decorative fireplace, dramatic dry bar, and new floor-to-ceiling casement windows frame the skyline. The impressive great room opens directly on the first of 2 private terraces, for seamless indoor-outdoor living and entertaining nearly year round.
The windowed modern kitchen, with Shaker-style cabinetry, brushed brass hardware and stainless appliances offers a convenient service entrance and breakfast bar. Also on this level, a stunning spacious bedroom, with mid-century modern built-ins, overlooking your glam terrace and the iconic cityscapes through 4-pane transom windows. This could easily serve as the Primary bedroom if desired, or a lavishly appointed guest bedroom, library or home office. The adjacent newly renovated full bath has a Carrara marble shower, white quartz vanity, and Kallista fixtures.
On the Upper Level : A graceful staircase rises to your gracious Primary bedroom, a serene retreat with its own terrace running the full length of the apartment, full wall of custom closets, plus separate dressing room providing exceptional storage. J ust outside the upper dressing room service door, a dditional storage, as available, offers convenient access. The windowed white marble primary bathroom offers Kallista fixtures and tub/shower combination. New central air and recessed lighting run throughout both levels, as well enjoy plentiful custom built-ins.
The Studio: 3 former staff rooms, thoughtfully combined into 1 immense Studio, is a special retreat, the large space, features a comfortable seating area, pantry kitchen, wall of closets and built-in desk, plus pin-drop quiet views over the building's sun-filled, professionally tended courtyard garden. The Studio carries separate shares and a separate lease, and may be resold to Rockefeller Apartment shareholders after closing if desired.
The Building: Nelson Rockefeller developed the Rockefeller Apartments in 1936 with architect Wallace K. Harrison. The buildings at 24 West 55th and 17 West 54th Street remain among Manhattan's most celebrated Art Deco cooperatives, known for their signature curved bay windows and home to Michael's restaurant. Residents enjoy 24-hour doormen, porters, and resident manager, plus landscaped courtyard garden and storage. The building sits just off Fifth Avenue only 4 blocks to Central Park, with MoMA, Rockefeller Center, world-class shopping and dining and major transit all within a few blocks.
75% financing permitted. 2% flip tax. Temporary assessment. Pieds-à-terre and pets welcome.
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People, yellow cabs, bright lights, big crowds, 24-hour eateries and just about every type of store imaginable. it’s a frenetic buzz that only a few places on the globe can offer. And that’s just one part of it. Midtown West is the birthplace of hustle and bustle and it’s bordered by 42nd to the south, 59th Street to the north, 8th Avenue to the west, and 5th Avenue to the east.
Midtown West is not as residential as other neighborhoods in Manhattan. The bustling part of Midtown West is 42nd Street between Times Square and 8th Avenues where the retail and office space, theatres, and attractions are. No matter what time of day it is, you'll always find activity there.
Residential buildings lay near the western end of Midtown West beginning around 8th Avenue.
Location, location, location. Of all the neighborhoods and enclaves of Manhattan, Midtown West is perhaps the most commutable place to live, visit, or work. It contains one of the highest concentrations of subway lines in the Big Apple. A, C, E, N, Q, R, 1, 2, 3, and the 7 train. The transit system feeds the streets with commuters from everywhere. The Port Authority Bus Terminal and nearby Penn Station adds to the number of people that flood Midtown on any given day.
It’s one of the easiest places in all of Manhattan to navigate because it’s a true grid. Uptown, street numbers go up. Downtown, street numbers go down. It’s the same concept from east to west. You really can’t get lost in Midtown West.