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Townhouse Report Created: Saturday, June 29, 2019 - Listings Shown: 3

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36 -38 E 74th St (Click address for more details)		Listing #: 18720366
Price: $28,750,000 Floors: 5 Approx Sq Ft: 14,000	Sect: Upper East Side Garage: Yes

The Ultimate Get! Kips Bay Show House 2019! Known as one of the most iconic and rare townhouses on the Upper East Side, and celebrated for its 40 foot width, two car garage, 40 foot by 38 foot garden, approximately 14,000 sq. ft. interior, and exquisite Gold Coast location one block from Central Park, this 6 level single family townhouse with neo Federal fa??ade pushes all the right buttons for a dazzling lifestyle and the ultimate in luxurious New York townhouse living.The 14,000 sq. ft. interior includes 19 rooms, 8 to 11 bedrooms, 10 fireplaces, soaring ceilings up to 17 feet, and one of the most spectacular circular staircases in New York. The 40 foot width of the townhouse offers sublime horizontal living rather than the vertical living found in townhouses, allowing the luxury of intimate or large scale entertaining to take place all on one exquisite parlor floor, with huge south facing drawing room overlooking the garden.InteriorsThe Garden Floor of the townhouse provides for the exceptional: a two car garage, chauffeur's room or reception room, grand entrance gallery with glorious circular staircase, a lovely south-facing breakfast room with fireplace and door leading to the garden porch and the 40 foot wide x 38 foot deep, approximately 1,520 sq. ft. south garden. The kitchen, with stairs leading to the butler's pantry off the upstairs dining room, is adjacent to the breakfast room and also overlooks the garden. A small bar and a powder room complete the floorParlor Floor, with its luxurious 38 x 24 foot south-facing drawing room with fireplace, 12 foot ceiling, and grand bay windows overlooking the garden, it is just about the most exquisite private space in New York for grand or intimate entertaining. The romantic perfectly square 21 x 21 foot dining room with fireplace has bay windows overlooking the street and is connected to the downstairs kitchen via butler's pantry and back stairs. The intimate bay-windowed library, also overlooking the street, is perfect for gatherings after dinner.The Third Floor, currently configured as four bedrooms, all with fireplaces, has the luxury of offering the entire floor of 2,200 sq. ft. as a master bedroom suite with flexibility of floor plan options, including a large south-facing master bedroom overlooking the garden, sitting room with garden views, ample dressing room with large bay window overlooking the street, and large baths. The Fourth Floor, which offers four to five bedrooms, two with fireplaces, and three bathrooms, is the perfect children's floor with enough rooms to accommodate a family through several stages of children's needs, including a nanny's room, and later a playroom, or study room.The Fifth Floor is unique with its fabulous north-facing room with soaring 17 foot ceiling and skylight, and which can be used as a billiards room, media room, artist's studio, and more. There is also an adjoining bath to this extraordinary room. Also on this floor is a bedroom that can be used as a gym, which has an en suite bath. A third room can be used as a family TV/game room. This floor can also be used as staff quarters, or extended family quarters.The Lower Level has a gym, laundry room, 5 storage rooms, and a mechanical room.The elevator services all 6 levels, including the lower level, with doors that open on both sides, and also provides direct access to the garage.Architectural and Social ProvenanceA triumph of simplicity and classically refined ornament, the understated neo-Federal brick fa??ade with four great bays with Greek fret bands and balustrades, and a delicate fanlight over the entrance, was designed for Mrs. George Whitney in 1920 by the renowned architectural firm of Cross & Cross, who often worked with Rosario Candela. Originally two townhouses in a row of 11 Italianate-style imposing brownstone residences with columnar entrance porticos, built by famed architects, D. & J. Jardine in 1870-1871, Cross & Cross also combined the interiors of the two townhouses.In 1948, Dorothy Hearst Paley, a glamorous figure in New York society at the time, purchased the townhouse and engaged Swiss architect, William Lescaze, a pioneer of modernism in American architecture, to provide interior alterations and remodel the front steps.Known for her beauty and style, Ms. Paley was frequently photographed and written about during her glittering marriages to John Randolph Hearst and William S. Paley. She was immortalized by Henri Matisse in a 1936 charcoal portrait, and remembered for her social, human rights and political activism.Several of the houses on the street were designed by the era's most prominent architects, including the large neo-Georgian house at No. 33, designed in 1901 by architect Grovenor Atterbury, and is one of his most elegant early 20th century designs.Set in the heart of the Upper East Side with Central Park one block away, The Met Breuer around the corner, housing The Metropolitan Museum's collection of modern and contemporary art,

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114 Waverly Place (Click address for more details)		Listing #: 18694139
Price: $9,950,000 Floors: 4 Approx Sq Ft: 5,410	Nghbd: Greenwich Village

LAST CALL...PRICE REDUCED ESTATE SALE: 114 Waverly Place is one of nine homes which were built on Waverly Place in 1826 for Thomas R. Mercein, President of New York Equitable Fire Insurance Company(and City Comptroller). Of the four left standing, 114 Waverly was renovated in 1920 by William Sanger for Murray P. Bewley. The straight roofline was replaced with an immense parabolic sweep enframing an arched studio window typical of the Art Nouveau style. The entrance floor has Italianate styling, with English basement stoop and round-arched doorway and windows. The painter, Jacob Getlar Smith, worked there in the 1940's in the top floor studio replete with 16ft beamed ceilings. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to gut renovate this one of a kind Village Gem. Delivered Vacant. Sale may be subject to court approval

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123 East 10th Street (Click address for more details)		Listing #: 273530
Price: $7,695,000 Floors: 4 Approx Sq Ft: 4,200	Nghbd: East Village

Bohemian RhapsodyIdeally located on one of the most coveted and picturesque blocks in the Village, 123 East 10th Street is an exceptional Anglo-Italianate townhome boasting a trifecta of grand scale, glorious light and priceless architectural details throughout its 4,200 sf of interior space. The property has been stylishly renovated to accommodate the needs of today's modern lifestyle while carefully preserving its countless irreplaceable historical elements. Upon entering this exceedingly handsome home, one is instantly imparted with a sense of space so elusive in Manhattan. The welcoming entrance hall seamlessly flows into a spacious open plan dining room and sitting room to the rear. Just below, the large and modern eat-in family kitchen awaits. This space is both highly designed and inviting with a large hearth and a wall of steel casement French doors opening onto the picturesque shared garden. The terraced garden is an idyllic and beautifully landscaped retreat offering tranquil views of the nearby St. Mark's Church. The grand double parlor, with its soaring ceilings, ornamental moldings and carved fireplaces is located just above the entrance level. This stunning space is ideal for entertaining and offers protected views of surrounding townhouses through its floor to ceiling windows and a charming cast-iron "Juliet" balcony running the width of the fa??ade. The upper two floors of this five-story home are reserved for private family quarters including two large bedrooms and a glorious full floor master suite with his and her walk-in closets and a sumptuous master bathroom. A most special offering sited at the epicenter of the St. Mark's Historic District, this home's extraordinary light and tranquility will be forever preserved.

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