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Take a tour of four iconic NYC structures that went from derelict to dazzling.
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This sprawling 7,500-square-foot apartment spread across three floors in a tony Park Avenue co-op offers a wealth of architectural details that speak to its 1928 pedigree.
Art deco ceiling lights, from Manhattan's storied Russian Tea Room, add a touch of whimsy.
A complete renovation by Silver Rail has raised the bar on this already grand manor-like home. Details include seven-zone air-conditioning, hardwood floors, Waterworks fixtures, honed granite countertops, front and back staircases, high ceilings, a cozy library now with refinished pine paneling, and a fully loaded wet bar and a powder room clad in Crema Marfil marble. The original 19 rooms have been reconfigured as 16—14 face the picturesque treetops along Park Avenue and East 71st Street. Triple exposures (east, north, and west) flood the spaces with bright natural light.
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The stylish layout works equally well for formal entertaining and casual family nights at home in the eat-in kitchen and multiple media and rec rooms. The regal entrance gallery features marble floors and a sweeping staircase with hand-cast bronze spindles that leads to the upper and lower floors. The gallery opens to the corner formal living room, which boasts a fireplace finished in limestone and bronze and four oversized windows that showcase the city views. The adjacent formal dining room seats 24.
The large windowed kitchen offers two Miele dishwashers, two sinks, a Viking double oven, a Sub-Zero refrigerator-freezer, a six-burner Viking range with a vented hood, and a spacious walk-in pantry. Oh, and there’s a whole second kitchen on the lower floor (and a second vented laundry room). Tucked behind the main kitchen is a media room with a built-in home office area and a second windowed powder room.
The upper floor holds four large bedrooms, including the corner primary suite, which has the third fireplace, two dressing rooms and a 22-foot-long spa bathroom with a deep soaking tub, two sinks and a walk-in shower. Another three bedrooms are on the lower level, along with a large entertainment room and a billiards room.
Every Level of Sophistication
Amenities at 730 Park Avenue, a 20-story, 40-unit white-glove boutique building, include a large renovated gym, a full-time doorman and a resident manager – and a superstar Upper East Side location.
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There’s a great old song by Irving Berlin called “(Let’s Go) Slumming on Park Avenue,” about a date spent strolling among the high-society types along the titular Manhattan thoroughfare. Let us hide behind a pair of fancy glasses / And make faces when a member of the classes passes. Berlin composed the song in 1937, and there’s a good chance he had grand number 730 in mind when he did.
This Renaissance Revival masterpiece in masonry has commanded the corner of Park and East 71st Street since 1928, a standout on a stupendous stretch of residential buildings that runs along the avenue from 70th to 74th Streets. For close to a century, these five addresses — 720, 730, 740, 770, and 778 — have set a high gilded bar for New York City residential living, attracting (and keeping) a who’s-who of movers, shakers, and iconic newsmakers. Journalist Mike Wallace lived at 730 for many years, as did department store founder Lyman Bloomingdale and publishing magnate Donald Newhouse. The building was, is, and always will be a citadel of the elite.
It will come as no surprise, then, that opportunities to purchase one of 730 Park’s 38 extraordinary residences come along about as frequently as Irving Berlin chart-toppers. Apartments here tend to be keepers, with ownership that passes generations like family jewels. Any availability causes a stir, but an availability as monumental as Apartment 3/4B-2B — a 7,500-square-foot corner triplex with seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms — is a genuine reason to celebrate.
This palatial triplex at 730 Park Avenue holds seven bedrooms with en suite baths and multiple spaces for work and play.
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